The legs are clean, without feathering, and the hooves broad and strong. The head is short and dry, the shoulders sloped, and the croup broad and muscular. The Black Forest Horse is a draft horse of light to medium weight, well muscled and with a short and powerful neck. In a study of 250 horses of the breed published in 2013, two were found to carry silver genes, but because they were chestnut, the silver was not expressed it was thought to have been introduced by outcrossing to some other breed in the past. Intentional selection for flaxen chestnut coloring began in 1875. The coat varies from pale to very dark, sometimes almost black this, with a pale or silvery mane, is the coloring called in German Dunkelfuchs, "dark fox". The Black Forest Horse is always chestnut with a flaxen mane and tail no other color may be registered. Ī number of stallions stand at stud at Marbach Stud, where artificial insemination is also available. : 50 In 2017 a population of 88 stallions and 1077 mares was reported in 2019 the breed was listed by the Gesellschaft zur Erhaltung alter und gefährdeter Haustierrassen in its category III, gefährdet, "endangered". : 4 In 2007 its conservation status was reported by the FAO as "endangered".
With the mechanisation of agriculture and of transport, demand for working horses fell rapidly, and by 1977 the number of mares had fallen below 160. Īfter the end of the Second World War, there were more than 1200 breeding mares registered.
The Schwarzwälder Pferdezuchtgenossenschaft was re-founded in the 1990s. This was restarted after the War, in 1947, under the French administration. In 1935, in the Nazi period, it was merged into the general stud-book for Baden. Ī breed association, the Schwarzwälder Pferdezuchtgenossenschaft, was started in Sankt Märgen in 1896, : 444 and a stud-book was begun in the same year. Märgen for this reason it was formerly known as the St. Breeding was concentrated round the monasteries of St. The main area of breeding lay between the northern Hotzenwald to the south and the Kinzigtal to the north. A type of heavy horse, the Wälderpferd, was used for forestry and farm work : 444 it is conjectured that the Black Forest Horse derives from it. Horse breeding in the Black Forest – in what is now Baden-Württemberg – is documented from the early fifteenth century in the records of the Abbey of Saint Peter in the Black Forest. : 444 History Driven four-in-hand at Bernhausen in 2014 The Black Forest Horse ( German: Schwarzwälder Kaltblut) is an endangered German breed of light draft horse from the Black Forest of southern Germany. Jump straight to each letter of the alphabet.Stallion at the Haupt- und Landgestüt Marbach *All links open in a new window Where to Buy Legs are trim & strong with little feathering Traditional Colorsĭark chestnut coat with a flaxen modifier | grey | bay Temperament Short, refined head with small ears & large eyes At this point the government stepped in to help protect the Black Forest horse & only the finest stock was used to maintain the best qualities of the breed. The breed became endangered, with only 160 registered broodmares reported in 1981. Decline in NumbersĪs with many heavy breeds of Europe, their numbers have declined as their jobs became mechanized during the 20th century. During WWI the authorities realized that the Belgians were not suiting the needs of the locals & the studbook was opened to local stock. However, many locals continued to use native stallions, wanting to preserve the characteristics they found valuable on their farms. In 1896 an association was formed to standardize/ document the breed & it was established that only Belgian draft blood would be added to increase size. Similar in looks to a large Haflinger, or a small Noriker, they are well suited for the intense climate of their native highlands. For many years the breed was used almost exclusively for forestry work, enhancing their already robust constitution. Thought to date back as many as 600 years, The Black Forest horse is a very old native. This hardy animal is bred almost exclusively in the Black Forest in southern Germany. Märgener & Wälderpferd, the Black Forest horse is a small, tough draft breed with a high fertility rate & a long life span.
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