This is a list of the Swiss breeds of horse, [1] with various names used for them in that country:
International name | French | German | Italian | Notes | Image |
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Ajoie | extinct, merged into the Swiss Warmblood in the 1970s [2]: 298 | ||||
Burgdorfer | coldblood, from cross-breeding of Jura and Ardennes, became extinct in the twentieth century [3] [4] | ||||
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Cavallo della Madonna | warmblood, considered extinct since the mid-twentieth century; [3] contributed to the development of the Swiss Warmblood, which is sometimes known as the New Einsiedeln; [5] a small number remain [6]: 202 | |||
Entlebucher | light coldblood, became extinct in the twentieth century [3] | ||||
Erlenbach | Erlenbacher | derived from Danish mares and Mecklenburger stallions, original form lost by the mid-eighteenth century; [7]: 506 warmblood, became extinct in the twentieth century, merged into the Swiss Warmblood [2]: 300 [3] [5] |
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Freiberger |
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Ormont | extinct [5] | ||||
Schwyz | extinct [5] | ||||
Swiss Halfblood | extinct, merged into the Swiss Warmblood in the mid-twentieth century [7]: 506 | ||||
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Cavallo della Svizzera | formed in the early 1970s through merger of the Ajoie, Einsiedler and Erlenbach local breeds and the Swiss Halfblood; [2]: 300 [7]: 506 sometimes known as 'Neue Einsiedeln'. [7]: 506 |
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ProSpecieRara lists several other extinct Swiss breeds of horse: [8]
This is a list of the Swiss breeds of horse, [1] with various names used for them in that country:
International name | French | German | Italian | Notes | Image |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ajoie | extinct, merged into the Swiss Warmblood in the 1970s [2]: 298 | ||||
Burgdorfer | coldblood, from cross-breeding of Jura and Ardennes, became extinct in the twentieth century [3] [4] | ||||
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Cavallo della Madonna | warmblood, considered extinct since the mid-twentieth century; [3] contributed to the development of the Swiss Warmblood, which is sometimes known as the New Einsiedeln; [5] a small number remain [6]: 202 | |||
Entlebucher | light coldblood, became extinct in the twentieth century [3] | ||||
Erlenbach | Erlenbacher | derived from Danish mares and Mecklenburger stallions, original form lost by the mid-eighteenth century; [7]: 506 warmblood, became extinct in the twentieth century, merged into the Swiss Warmblood [2]: 300 [3] [5] |
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Freiberger |
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Ormont | extinct [5] | ||||
Schwyz | extinct [5] | ||||
Swiss Halfblood | extinct, merged into the Swiss Warmblood in the mid-twentieth century [7]: 506 | ||||
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Cavallo della Svizzera | formed in the early 1970s through merger of the Ajoie, Einsiedler and Erlenbach local breeds and the Swiss Halfblood; [2]: 300 [7]: 506 sometimes known as 'Neue Einsiedeln'. [7]: 506 |
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ProSpecieRara lists several other extinct Swiss breeds of horse: [8]