{"id":47648,"date":"2025-01-22T10:38:02","date_gmt":"2025-01-22T15:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ehorses.com\/magazine\/?post_type=horse-breed&p=47648"},"modified":"2025-01-22T10:38:02","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T15:38:02","slug":"haflinger","status":"publish","type":"horse-breed","link":"https:\/\/www.ehorses.com\/magazine\/horse-breed\/haflinger\/","title":{"rendered":"Haflinger"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Important data at a glance<\/h2>
  • Origin:<\/strong> South Tyrol (Italy), Tyrol (Austria)<\/li>
  • Main breeding area:<\/strong> Italy, Austria, Germany<\/li>
  • Type:<\/strong> harmonious, well proportioned, compact<\/li>
  • Head:<\/strong> Dry head with broad forehead, straight to slightly concave nose bridge, large nostrils, small, mobile ears, lively, large eyes.<\/li>
  • Neck:<\/strong> Relatively short, but well set on, pyramidal.<\/li>
  • Body:<\/strong> relatively steep shoulder, broad chest, pronounced saddle, long, strong back, compact rectangular horse, luxuriant long coat<\/li>
  • Legs:<\/strong> dry, strong pasterns and joints, well muscled hindquarters. Well formed, hard hooves<\/li>
  • Size:<\/strong> according to breed standard between 54 – 58 inches in stature, larger animals do occur but are not accepted for breeding.<\/li>
  • Colours:<\/strong> All fox colours permitted, from cabbage fox to Isabellen. Markings on the legs only conditionally desirable, markings on the head only limited, for example star or blaze, lantern undesirable.<\/li>
  • Suitability:<\/strong> Leisure, equitation, driving.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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    Country of provenance\/origin of the Haflinger<\/h2>

    When the Tyrolean horse breeder Josef Folie from the village of Hafling brings his mare to the Arabian stallion put up as a stud in 1873, he cannot foresee that this foal, born in 1874, will become the progenitor of a new horse breed. Josef Folie hoped for the connection to create a sure-footed, lighter horse for work on the mule tracks on the mountain.<\/strong> His hopes were not only fulfilled, but far exceeded. The golden chestnut foal, registered as “249 Folie”, developed so favourably that he in turn was used for breeding. He and his offspring are the progenitors of all Haflingers now bred on all continents. In 2005 there were about 250,000 Haflingers worldwide, which confirms the popularity of the cool, blond horses.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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    Over 100 years of breeding history<\/h2>

    Compared to the history of other horse breeds, 100 years is not much – but in the case of the Haflinger, some momentous events <\/strong>have taken place in these now almost 150 years. When Folie was born, his homeland belonged to Austria. After the First World War, South Tyrol became Italian. An important stud mare population existed in South Tyrol, only a few stallions were on Austrian territory. Fortunately, visionary breeders and horse lovers were found, mares were exported to Austria, stallions were placed in Italy as studs.<\/p>

    As early as 1921, a national horse breeding commission was set up in Italy, and at the same time the first Haflinger horse breeding cooperative was founded in North Tyrol. In the years between the wars, Haflinger breeding took a positive course,<\/strong> and in the 1930s many Haflingers were sold to the army, mainly for use in the mountains. The Second World War initially meant a halt, but in the post-war years the breed was successfully expanded. In particular, the Haflinger Breeders’ Association Tyrol has rendered outstanding services to the international spread of the breed.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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