Forum rules
Each breed may have only one topic. The first post in the topic is to be informative. It should help explain the breed, and breeding goals; advice on how to select mares and stallions; and links to ideal Stallions available for breeding.
Keeping a directory of breeders working on the same goal is also helpful.
All new threads must be approved.
Each breed may have only one topic. The first post in the topic is to be informative. It should help explain the breed, and breeding goals; advice on how to select mares and stallions; and links to ideal Stallions available for breeding.
Keeping a directory of breeders working on the same goal is also helpful.
All new threads must be approved.
𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝖲𝗈𝗎𝗍𝗁 𝖦𝖾𝗋𝗆𝖺𝗇 𝖧𝗈𝗋𝗌𝖾: aka South German Coldblood
The South German Coldblood
In HWO, the South German Coldblood is called the South German Horse. It is also known as the Süddeutsches Kaltblut in Germany.
"The South German Coldblood is a breed of draft horse from southern Germany. It is distributed mainly in Bavaria. It is the most numerous of the four principal German draft horse breeds – the others being the Black Forest Horse, the Rhenish German Coldblood and the Schleswig Coldblood – and is the only one not listed as endangered by the FAO or by the Gesellschaft zur Erhaltung alter und gefährdeter Haustierrassen, the German national association for the conservation of historic and endangered domestic animal breeds."
History
"The South German Coldblood shares common origins with the Noriker breed of Austria, the two breeds are considered entities though. However, genetic analysis has shown it to be not only quite distant from the other German draft breeds, but also to be clearly distinguishable from the Salzburg and Carinthian Noriker populations. The differences may be attributable to Thoroughbred and warmblood influences on the South German Coldblood.
In 1906 a stud book was established for horses of Noriker type in the Bayerisches Oberland, the upland region of central southern Bavaria that borders with modern Austria. From 1920 breeding came under Bavarian state control at the former State Stud of Schwaiganger at Ohlstadt; the stud book was closed, and an edelweiss (a German flower) symbol was adopted as a brand. At this time the lighter type of Noriker horse was known in Bavaria as the Oberländer (this is the name for the South German Coldblood in Bavaria), and the heavier type was called, as in Austria, the Pinzgauer; this distinction was dropped in 1939 (the name Oberländer was replaced), and the name Noriker applied to all. In 1948 the present name, Süddeutsches Kaltblut, was adopted (at some point the South German Horse was also named Noriker but it was changed to South German Coldblood or Süddeutsches Kaltblut in German)."
In 1906 a stud book was established for horses of Noriker type in the Bayerisches Oberland, the upland region of central southern Bavaria that borders with modern Austria. From 1920 breeding came under Bavarian state control at the former State Stud of Schwaiganger at Ohlstadt; the stud book was closed, and an edelweiss (a German flower) symbol was adopted as a brand. At this time the lighter type of Noriker horse was known in Bavaria as the Oberländer (this is the name for the South German Coldblood in Bavaria), and the heavier type was called, as in Austria, the Pinzgauer; this distinction was dropped in 1939 (the name Oberländer was replaced), and the name Noriker applied to all. In 1948 the present name, Süddeutsches Kaltblut, was adopted (at some point the South German Horse was also named Noriker but it was changed to South German Coldblood or Süddeutsches Kaltblut in German)."
Characteristics
Like the Noriker, the South German Coldblood is one of the few horse breeds to sometimes display leopard or "tiger" spotting.
"The South German horse is prone to the bone diseases osteochondrosis and osteochondritis dissecans. A study of 167 young horses averaging 14 months old found osteochondritic lesions in the fetlock or hock joints of 61.7% of the sample, and osseous fragments in 28.9%. The incidence in fillies was double that in colts, and symptoms were more often seen in horses a year or more old. Three single nucleotide polymorphisms associated with osteochondritis dissecans in fetlock joints have been identified"Studies
More sections will most likely be added when I find more info. I strive to breed these so it will be checked on regularly.
