Origins
The Tolfetano Horse comes from the mountainous town in Tolfa in the north of the Rome province. They are a strain of the original Maremmano breed, their genetics different due to an infusion of English Thoroughbred.
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Bay tag
Tersk Horse
Intro
Also called the Tersky and Terskaya the Tersk is a relatively new breed developed in Russia in the early 20th century.
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Tavda Horse
Intro
Also called the Tavdinka and Tavdinskaya, the Tavda is a forest type draft breed that comes from northern Russia and is considered a rather natural breed as their development has had very little human intervention.
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Swedish Warmblood Horse
Intro
Horse breeding in Sweden has been a long and rocky road. Their position so far north makes much of the country an impossible place to nurture the equine animal. The the remaining southern portion took a long while to catch on to selective breeding practices.
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Swedish Ardennes Horse
Intro
The Swedish development of the Ardennes breed is a rather recent one, spurred by an agricultural boom in the late 19th century that local animals were ill-equipped to handle.
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Spanish Norman Horse
Intro
The Spanish Norman horse is a very rare breed and crosses the blood of Andalusian animals of Spain with that of the Percheron of France.
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Lehmkuhlener Pony
Intro
The Lehmkuhlener Pony originated Lehmkuhlen, Germany and was bred privately by the House of Baron Thunder stud farm and come from a cross between local Westphalian animals and a English Westmoorland blood.
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Barb Horse
Tokara Pony
Intro
Also called the Tokara Kyusu, Kagoshima, Kuyshu and Miyazki the Tokara pony comes from the Tokara Islands in Japan.
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Skyros Pony
Intro
The Skyros Pony comes from Greece and is the smallest of the Greek Pony breeds. Although they are small in stature, they display more miniature horse like characteristics rather than those typical of pony breeds.
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