Brabant Horses Information:
Also known as the Belgian horse, the Belgian heavy horse and Brabant, this is a draft horse breed and it acquires its name from the place it comes from.
Brabant Horse
Brabant horse is also known by the names of Belgian horse, Brabancon or Belgian Heavy Horse. This horse breed is that of draft horse and it comes from the West Brabantian region of Belgium.
Brabant or Belgian Heavy Draught Horse
The Brabant horse also noticed the Belgian heavy draught try, Collie horse is one of the most famous and influential of all the heavy horse breeds look at, ...
- Brabant -
The Brabant is an extremely old breed of horse which can be traced to the prehistoric horses of the alluvial period and is likely to be related to the Ardennes.
The Brabant has influenced many other breeds of draft horses. During the Middle Ages, the Brabant was also known as Flanders Horse, and played a major role in the development of the heavy English breeds - the Shire, ...
The European Brabant draft horse is the foundation horse for the American Belgian and until around 1940, the Brabant and the American Belgian were pretty much the same horse. After World War II, the breeds diverged into two different types.
The American Brabant Association
Was founded to promote and preserve this wonderful breed of heavy horse.
Boulonnais horse
Brabant, see Belgian (horse)
Brandenburger
Brazilian Sport Horse (Brasileiro de Hipismo)
Breton (horse), or Trait Breton
Brumby
Budyonny (horse) or Budenny ...
These -Great Horses- were called Flemish or Brabant and the genetic material proves that there is a slight difference with all modern draft horses.
The Belgian horse, Belgian Heavy Horse, or Brabant is a horse breed comes from the West-Brabantian region of Belgium. They are one of the strongest of the heavy breeds.
This breed was found in great numbers in the provinces of Zeeland and North Brabant, where it did excellent work on large arable farms in the heavy marine clay.
Local mares were bred with Ardennes, Percheron, Brabant, and other heavy breeds. In 1923 heavy horses from the Netherlands were brought in to compensate for breed losses during World War I. herd book was issued from 1951 to 1996.
The Belgian Draft more normally seen in the United States is not as "massive" as the Brabant, but still retains the proportions of the Brabant. The body is compact with a short, wide back and powerful loins.
The Belgian Draft Horse is called the Brabant horse in Europe, and in America it is called the Belgian. The Belgian is the descendant of the type of horse used by knights as war horses. Richard the Lionhearted imported many Belgians to England.
The familiar "blond" Belgian Draft horse that we see in the United States has its roots in the Brabant, also known as the Belgian Heavy Draft. This name has been shortened to Belgian for common usage.
The Belgian Draught horse - or Brabant - is one of the oldest of the Draught horse breeds. They have earned a reputation as strong and willing work horses.
Origin: Belgium.
Colour: Chestnut, sorrel, or roan with flaxen mane and tail.
Many of the horses settled in the provinces of North Brabant and Zeeland, where they are popular for carrying heavy loads of marine clay and helping farmers in their daily duties.
This animal was bred out of a local need for a harness horse & was formed by breeding native forest type horses with the Ardennes, Brabant & the Dole from Norway (The Dole was the strongest contributor).
The Belgian Draft Horse is descended from the war horse of the Middle Ages. Its location of origin is Brabant, in what is now Belgium. Belgians, as the breed is known in America, differ slightly from its European ancestor the Brabant.
Grey; height 16 to 16.2; Use: Draught
Brabant: See -- Belgian Breton (France)
Bay, chestnut, grey, roan; height 15 to 16.1; Use: Carriage, Draught
Brumby (Australia) ...
The heaviest recorded horse (3,400 pounds) was a Belgian, who died in Iowa (USA) in 1948.
Belgian Draft Horse Corporation of America, P.O. Box 335, Wabash, IN 46992-0335
American Brabant Association, 2331A Oak Drive, Ijamsville, MD, 21754, ...
is non-progressive though it does change a little with the seasons, also this gene is thought to be a dominant lethal meaning that RR horses die during developement, most roans are Rr and throw solid colored foals as well as roans, Dutch and Brabant ...
Brabant - see Belgian Heavy Draft
Brandenburg - all solid colors
Brazilian Sport Horse - no color preference
*Breton Draft - all colors
British Riding Pony (type) - similar to Riding pony ...
 See also: Belgian, Chestnut, Bay, Black, Quarter
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