Palatinate-Ardennes
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The Pfalz-Ardenner or is a German breed of heavy draught horse. As the name suggests, it originates in the Pfalz or Rhineland-Palatinate, and derives from the Ardennais horses of Belgium, France and Luxembourg. A stud-book was started in 1906.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- horse breed
- Subclass of
- coldbloods
- Population
- 27
- Country of origin
- Germany
- Mass
- 750
- Image
- Zoo Worms Pfalz Ardenner Kaltblut 2011.JPG
- Height
- 1.57
- Life expectancy
- 25
- Has use
- pleasure riding
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- Commons category
- Pfalz Ardenner horse
- color
- gray
- native label
- Pfalz-Ardenner Kaltblut
- influenced by
- Ardennes horse
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- Selection
- Use
- References
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The Pfalz-Ardenner or is a German breed of heavy draught horse. As the name suggests, it originates in the Pfalz or Rhineland-Palatinate, and derives from the Ardennais horses of Belgium, France and Luxembourg. A stud-book was started in 1906.
In the twenty-first century it is an endangered breed. In 2022 the breeding stock consisted of 27 brood-mares and 8 stallions.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Palatinate-Ardennes” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.