Dutch Draft
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The Dutch Draft or Script error: No such module "Lang". is a Dutch breed of heavy draft horse. It is of cold-blood type, massively built and calm in temperament; it has good stamina. It was bred in the early twentieth century in the province of Zeeland, and may for that reason be known as the Zeeland Horse or Script error: No such module "Lang"..[1]Template:R/superscript It derives from cross-breeding of local Zeeland mares with the Belgian Ardennes and Brabant breeds, to which it is very similar.
History
The Dutch Draft was created in the years after the First World War by cross-breeding the heavy draft mares of the province of Zeeland with Ardennes and Brabant stock from neighbouring Belgium.[2]Template:R/superscript[1]Template:R/superscript Until after the Second World War, it was the most important Dutch horse breed, but with the mechanisation of agriculture, it declined rapidly.[3]Template:R/superscript In 2009 the breed population was reported to be Script error: No such module "val"..[4]Template:R/superscript There are two breeders' associations for the horse: the Koninklijke Vereniging Het Nederlandse Trekpaard en de Haflinger ("royal association for the Nederlands Trekpaard and the Haflinger") and the Stichting het Werkend Trekpaard Zeeland ("foundation for the working draught horse of Zeeland");[3]Template:R/superscript the former was founded in 1914, and received a royal charter in 1948.[5]Template:R/superscript
Characteristics
The Dutch Draft is a massive cold-blooded horse, with free movements, a calm temperament and good stamina.[2]Template:R/superscript The legs are heavily feathered.[3]Template:R/superscript
References
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- ↑ a b Valerie Porter, Lawrence Alderson, Stephen J.G. Hall, D. Phillip Sponenberg (2016). Mason's World Encyclopedia of Livestock Breeds and Breeding (sixth edition). Wallingford: CABI. Template:Isbn.
- ↑ a b Elwyn Hartley Edwards (1994). The Encyclopedia of the Horse. London; New York; Stuttgart; Moscow: Dorling Kindersley. Template:Isbn.
- ↑ a b c Nederlands Trekpaard (in Dutch). Stichting Zeldzame Huisdierrassen. Accessed June 2017.
- ↑ Nederlands Trekpaard / Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (Horse). Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed January 2025.
- ↑ Oprichting vereniging (in Dutch). Koninklijke Vereniging Het Nederlandse Trekpaard en de Haflinger. Accessed June 2017.
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