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Pfalz-Ardenner

Risk Level: at risk
Local Risk Level: critical
Listed by DAD-IS
Draft horse breed from Germany

Informations about the rare Pfalz-Ardenner

The rare Pfalz-Ardenner is a comparatively young horse breed, which was created around 1900. The breeding basis of the Pfalz-Ardenner breed was and still is characterized by breeding horses of the French draft horse breeds, in particular the Comtois and Ardennes, as well as by Belgians, Rheinisch-Deutsches Kaltblut and Süddeutsches Kaltblut. Pure breeding was not a dogma from the beginning. 

Origin and history of the Pfalz-Ardenner

In the past 100 years or so of breeding in the Rhineland-Palatinate-Saar breeding region, the breeding work was clearly oriented towards the breeding goal and used the advantages of the above-mentioned breeds to produce a draft horse that is in demand and therefore saleable.

When accepting the breeding lines, special attention must be paid to the preservation of the breed specific characteristics of the Pfalz-Ardenner. Against the background of the consolidation of the Pfalz-Ardenners breed, the current breeding programme stipulates that from the 2008 birth year onwards, a Pfalz-Ardennes horse must have at least one parent of the Pfalz-Ardennes breed.

Character and features of the Pfalz-Ardenner

Pfalz-Ardennes are gentle, calm, energetic and willing horses.

Utilisation of the rare Pfalz-Ardenner

A classic use is as a carriage horse, occasionally also in forestry for logging or as a light draught horse on vineyards. Leisure riders appreciate the Pfalz-Ardennes for its medium size and strength and the breed is becoming increasingly popular here.

Current situation of the rare and endangered Pfalz-Ardenner

This locally distributed breed is very rare and was almost extinct in the 1970s to 1990s. The population is very small, with only about 25 registered broodmares and a handful of stallions. Unfortunately, there is no organisation to date that is dedicated to the protection and conservation of the Pfalz-Ardennes. However, the breed has great chances for a positive trend in the leisure sector.

Native country

Germany

Distribution

local

Risk Level

Critical: less than 100

Size

152 - 162 cm

Coat colour

Chestnut, Bay, black, roan

conservation

Forgotten horse

Rare and endangered

Other names of the Pfalz-Ardenner horse

Palz-Adenner — Pfalz-Ardennes 

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