East Friesian Horse
The East Friesian horse is a quality saddle or carriage horse. It is similar to the Oldenburg horse. Today, the old East Friesian horse is nowhere to be found.
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The original East Friesian is now extinct. It was a heavy warmblood and was used as a carriage and farming horse. Friesian Arabs were developed by using the Arabian stallion "Wind ox", "Jason ox," and "Haladin ox.
East Friesian
Ostfriese
The original "old" East Friesian breed is extinct. That was a heavy warmblood, nearly a draft horse but with warmblood gaits and character: used as carriage and farming horse.
The East Friesian Warmblood comes from a wide variety of bloodlines, from England to Spain to Turkey to Poland. The idea was to produce a modern horse that met the growing needs of equestrian sporting.
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The East Friesian, , which was originally found in the Federal Republic of Germany, was developed along similar lines to the Oldenburg until the political division of Germany at the end of WWII.
Alt-Oldenburg/East Friesian, Silesian, East-German, and Holsteiner horses of the appropriate type were used to re-establish the Groningen, as well as one Cleveland Bay stallion. Today there are 25 approved stallions and over 400 mares.
*East Friesian - any solid color
*Elegent Warmblood - no color preference
Eleia - brown, bay, chestnut, red roan, and rarely grey
*Eriskay Pony - varieties of grey, never chestnut, piebald, skewbald, or with white markings ...
East Friesian (horse), see Ostfriesen/Alt-Oldenburger
Estonian Draft
Falabella (horse)
Faroese or Faroe horse, see Faroe pony in pony section
Finnhorse, or Finnish Horse
Fleuve
Fjord horse also called Norwegian Fjord Horse ...
Another breed that probably contributed to the blood of the Mustang is the old-type East Friesian. For a period of over 10 years during the late 1800s and early 1900s about 150 stallions each year were purchased by the U.S. government from Germany.
In the nineteenth century East Friesian, Oldenburg, Hackney and Thoroughbred blood was introduced. Gelderlanders were originally bred as utility horses, to work the land as well as provide transportation.
breed that probably contributed to the blood of the Mustang is the old-type East Friesian.
Friesian of that time was a heavy warmblood or coach horse and was purchased to pull artillery or heavy wagons.
INFLUENCES
1. Oldenburg 2. Anglo-Norman 3. East Friesian 4. Dutch Friesian 5. Hackney 6. Thoroughbred
For more information:
Vereniging Warmbloed Paarden-Stamboek In Nederland (W.P.N.) Soesteijkseweg 360 Z. Bilthoven NETHERLANDS ...
Black, chestnut; height 16; Use: Competition
East Friesian (Germany)
Any color; height 15.2 to 16.2; Use: Carriage, Riding
Einsiedler (Switzerland) ...
The United States government purchased 150 horses from Germany every year for 10 years between the 1800's and 1900's. The East Friesian horse was a heavy warmblood that could pull heavy wagons and artillery- but some escaped and their blood was mixed ...
The best of the disparate progeny were interbred to obtain a fixed type. Later, snore Oldenburgers and East Friesians were brought in, and in 1900 a Hackney was used to add sparkle. Since then there have also been some infusions of Anglo-Norman blood.
In the nineteenth century, other breeds were introduced, such as the East Friesian, Oldenburg, Hackney, and Thoroughbred. Today the Gelderland is used as a carriage horse and as a show jumper. It has an effective high stepping trot.
The Gelderland is bred in the province of Holland of the same name. It is descended from crosses between the Dutch Friesian, German East Friesian, Thoroughbred, Hackney, and Anglo-Norman horses.
Notes of Interest ...
Besides the purebred Oldenburgs, Oldenburg crosses and Hanoverian, Norfolk Roadster, Ardennes and East Friesians were widely used. A special role in breed formation was played by the Okte stud in the Talsa region.
 See also: Friesian, Stallion, Warmblood, Oldenburg, Chestnut
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