| North Swedish Horse is a heavy draft and farm workhorse. It is
of the same origin as the Dole horse of Norway, which descended from
the ancient Scandinavian native horse.
The North Swedish Horse is a medium sized coldblood. Mare usually
reaches the height of 15 hands while the stallions are about 15.2
hands. The qualities that the North Swedish Horse possesses are
energy, durability, stamina, and respectable longevity.
Acceptable colours are brown, blackish-brown, yellowish black,
black, chestnut, buckskin, palomino, smoky and grey. In the latter
case however only where descent is verifiable back to the Norwegian
so-called "blue horses". Markings on the head and legs are
acceptable.
This breed consists of two types: the draft horse and the
trotter. These two types were combined to produce a light horse that
had a fast trot for racing purposes and a heavy horse that could
compete with the
Belgian breed. |
