Finnhorse
The Finnhorse or Finnish Horse is a horse breed developed in Finland. The Finnhorse is the national horse breed of Finland. It is suitable both for riding and to pull vehicles in races and as a workhorse.[1]
 Finnhorse stallion, trotter section | |
| Distinguishing features | Dry and strongly muscled, with strong bone and good hooves. Most often of chestnut colour. |
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| Alternative names | Finnish Horse, Finnish Universal, Suokki |
| Country of origin | Finland |
| Breed standards | |
| Hippos | Breed standards |
| Horse (Equus ferus caballus) | |
Studbook of Finnhorses was founded 1907. The horse is 156 cm high. It has many colours, but the main colours are brown and black. The Finnhorse has often white markings on the face and the legs.[1]
Finnhorse Media
A founding sire, Jaakko (Tt 118), photographed in 1882
Black is one of the rarest Finnhorse colours.
Draught-type stallion Murron-Ryhti 3531 pulling a stone cart at a pulling competition in the 1930s, exhibiting the typical low, effective pulling stature of the breed.
Murto 2306 (b. 1917) was ahead of his time both in speed and type. His light, "foreign" looks combined with flashy markings almost kept him out of the studbook, but once at stud he proved highly successful, and became exceedingly influential in the breed, especially through his son Eri-Aaroni.
Finnhorse stallion competing in dressage
Despite its small size, the pony-sized Finnhorse is not a pony, and possesses the same body proportion and movement as the larger sections.
Finnhorse stallion performing in the pulling test with a measuring car. His breeder is allowed to sit on the car, an exception to the rules. Car pulling was part of stallions' studbook evaluation from 1936 to 1970.
Finnish horses and a horse-drawn tram in Turku, 1890
Contrasting early types: A small, stocky roan Finnish horse from Karelian Isthmus, photographed in 1909. Template:Hands high.
Contrasting early types: A more refined flaxen-maned chestnut Finnhorse from Central Finland, photographed in 1910. Template:Hands high.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Finnhorse - speed, power and feeling Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine Hippos