List of Swiss horse breeds

This is a list of the Swiss breeds of horse,[1] with various names used for them in that country:

International name French German Italian Notes Image
Ajoie extinct, merged into the Swiss Warmblood in the 1970s[2]: 298 
Burgdorfer coldblood, from cross-breeding of Jura and Ardennes, became extinct in the twentieth century[3][4]
Cavallo della Madonna warmblood, considered extinct since the mid-twentieth century;[3] contributed to the development of the Swiss Warmblood, which is sometimes known as the New Einsiedeln;[5] a small number remain[6]: 202 
Entlebucher light coldblood, became extinct in the twentieth century[3]
Erlenbach Erlenbacher derived from Danish mares and Mecklenburger stallions, original form lost by the mid-eighteenth century;[7]: 506  warmblood, became extinct in the twentieth century, merged into the Swiss Warmblood[2]: 300 [3][5]
  • Franches-Montagnes
  • Franc-Montagnard
  • Cheval du Jura
  • Jura[2]: 298 
Freiberger
Ormont extinct[5]
Schwyz extinct[5]
Swiss Halfblood extinct, merged into the Swiss Warmblood in the mid-twentieth century[7]: 506 
  • Demi-Sang CH
  • Demi-sang Suisse
  • Schweizer Warmblut
  • CH-Warmblut
  • Neue Einsiedler
Cavallo della Svizzera formed in the early 1970s through merger of the Ajoie, Einsiedler and Erlenbach local breeds and the Swiss Halfblood;[2]: 300 [7]: 506  sometimes known as 'Neue Einsiedeln'.[7]: 506 

Other extinct breeds

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ProSpecieRara lists several other extinct Swiss breeds of horse:[8]

  • Bündner Oberländer Pferd
  • Charrat-Pferd
  • Delsberger Pferd
  • Emmentaler Pferd
  • Freiburger (Wifflisburger)
  • Luzerner Pferd
  • Mayenfelder Pferd
  • Pruntruter Pferd
  • Seeländer Pferd
  • Simmentaler Pferd
  • Solothurner Pferd
  • St.Galler Oberländer Pferd
  • St.Galler Rheintal Pferd

References

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  1. ^ Breed data sheet: Switzerland / Horse. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed April 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d [Monitoring Institute for Rare Breeds and Seeds in Europe] (2003). Agricultural Genetic Resources in the Alps; Landwirtschaftliche Genressourcen der Alpen; Ressources génétiques agricoles des Alpes; Risorse genetiche agricole delle Alpi; Kmetijski genetski viri v Alpha. Zürich: Bristol-Stiftung; Bern, Stuttgart, Wien: Haupt. ISBN 3258066698. Archived 24 May 2022.
  3. ^ a b c d Das Original Freiberger Pferd (in German). Interessengemeinschaft zur Erhaltung des Original Freiberger Pferdes. Archived 12 August 2022.
  4. ^ Breed data sheet: Burgdorfer / Switzerland (Horse). Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed April 2023.
  5. ^ a b c d Historique (in French). Avenches: Fédération Suisse du Franches-Montagnes. Archived 29 January 2022.
  6. ^ Élise Rousseau, Yann Le Bris, Teresa Lavender Fagan (2017). Horses of the World. Princeton: Princeton University Press. ISBN 9780691167206.
  7. ^ a b c d Valerie Porter, Lawrence Alderson, Stephen J.G. Hall, D. Phillip Sponenberg (2016). Mason's World Encyclopedia of Livestock Breeds and Breeding (sixth edition). Wallingford: CABI. ISBN 9781780647944.
  8. ^ [s.n.] (2016). Nutztierrassen und -schläge der Schweiz (in German). Basel: ProSpecieRara Schweiz. Archived 7 December 2016.