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Namib Desert Horses are a rare horse found in the Namib
Desert, of Namibia, Africa. They are most likely the only feral herd of horses
residing in Africa. Today, approximately 150 horses now live in 350 square
kilometres of the Namib Desert. The origin of these animals is unclear, though
several theories have been put forward. Genetic tests have been performed,
although none to date have completely verified their origin.Horses are not native to Sub-Saharan Africa. The first horses in sub-Saharan Africa were brought by the Dutch to the area of the Cape of Good Hope in the 17th century. One theory says that a ship with horses on board was run aground; the strongest horses were able to swim ashore to the mouth of the Orange Ri ... | ||
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Nangchen horses are a small breed of horse native to the
Kham region of northern Tibet. They are thought to have been bred pure since
the 9th century. They became known to the western world in 1994 due to the
exploration of French anthropologist Michel Peissel.They are said to contain no ancestry from any of the common sources for most other Tibetan pony breeds, neither Mongolian horse, Arabian nor any type of Turkish blood. They are powerful and fast; and have many of the characteristics of a modern racehorse. They have refined features, are pony-sized, but tall for ponies, swift and agile. Their unique characteristics include adaptations to the very high altitude of the region, including enlarged lungs. In ... | ||
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Napoletano, or
Neapolitan, Horses originated on the plains between Naples and Caserta, in the
Campania region of Italy, but may have been bred throughout the Kingdom of
Naples. Neapolitan horses were frequently mentioned in literature from the 16th
to the 19th century and noted for their quality. Corte wrote in 1562: ‘in Italy
the horses of the Kingdom of Naples are greatly esteemed; [there] many fine
coursers are born ... suitable for use in war and in the manège and for every service
that the rider may require.’ The decline of the breed was noted in the early
20th century by Mascheroni (1903) and Fogliata (1908). Some sources state that
by 1950, the original Neapolitan horse was deemed extinct, but its lines were
incorporated in
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Narragansett Pacers were the first horse breed developed in
the United States, but is now extinct. This breed was developed in the United
States during the 18th century and associated closely with the state of Rhode
Island, and it had become extinct during the late 19th century. The Pacer was
developed from a mix of English and Spanish breeds, although the exact breeds
are unknown, and they were known to and owned by many famous personages of the
day, including George Washington. Sales to the Caribbean and cross-breeding
diminished the breed to the point of extinction, and the last known Pacer died
around 1880.Narragansett horses possibly could have been an ambling horse, rather than a true pacing breed. The pacer was k ... | ||
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Narym, or Narymskaya, horses are from Russia. Russian horses
are varied and have developed over a period of thousands of years. They have
evolved to live in harsh climates--cold and desolate. There is often little
forage for survival, however, the Russian breeds are hardy.
Narym Ponies are similar to Ob ponies and originated near the same area in the central of the region near the Ob River of Western Siberia. The two breeds live under much the same ecological and economical conditions, and may be considered two groups or types of the same breed of northern forest horse. It stands between 13 and 14 hands high. Narym Ponies are larger than the Ob pony and is crossed with draft horses and trotters in th ... | ||
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National Show Horses originated as a part-Arabian cross
between an American Saddlebred and an Arabian horse. They are now established
as a separate breed, since the founding of a breed registry in 1981.National Show Horses combine the refinement of Arabian Horses with the animation of Saddlebred horse. The resulting horse has the high-set, upright, long, swan-like neck of the Saddlebred. The neck should not have a pronounced crest. The head is usually refined and small, with small ears and either a straight or concave profile. The horses are close-coupled with a level topline and have a very deep, laid back shoulder. The tail carriage is high. National Show Horses may be a variety of colors, including the traditional ... | ||
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Navarra (also known as Navarran, Navarrais, Navarre, Caballo
Espanol, or Subraza de Navarra) Ponies are a North Iberian Mountain Pony. They
are bred in the Urbasa Nature Reserve. The province of Navarra, between the
Pyrenees and the valley of the Ebro, in the region around Pamplona is their
homeland. They live semi-wild in small herds.
They stand 12 hand to 12.3 hands at the withers. They are generally dark brown without white markings. medium head, straight profile, small ears, mouse, muscular, wide neck, strong, deep body, sloping croup, short coupling, solid legs, hard, round hooves. They are forward moving and sure footed. They have an abundant mane and tail. These ponies are tough, easy keepers and healthy. The ... | ||
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New Forest Ponies were named after a region in southern
England, New Forest. Their exact origin is unknown but ponies have lived in the
area for many centuries. During the 18th century the Thoroughbred stallion
Marske, father of the famous race horse Eclipse, served New Forest mares. In
the mid-19th century one of Queen Victoria''s Arabian stallions was allowed to
run with the New Forest herd. Hackney blood was also introduced. The cross
breeding added to the pony''s size but was harmful to the true pony element. In order to correct the situation stallions of other native breeds including Dales, Dartmoor, Exmoor, Fell, Highland, and Welsh Mountain ponies were crossed with the New Forest. The result was a tough, sure foot ... | ||
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New Kirgiz, or Novokirgizskaya, horses were developed in the
state and collective farms of Kirgiz, Russia, by crossing local horses with the
Don and the Thoroughbred horses. New Kirgiz horses are well adapted to highland
conditions. They are used for stock work and meat and milk production. They are
short-legged and massive and they have a strong constitution. In type and
conformation they closely resemble Don horses.
The average measurements of stallions (in cm) are: height at withers 156, body length 158, chest girth 188, the cannon bone girth 20.5. Mares'' measurements are somewhat lower: 151,155, 180 and 19 respectively. New Kirgiz horses have a medium-sized clean-cut head with low neck, well-defi ... | ||
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Newfoundland Pony are an “all purpose” pony known for its
strength, courage, intelligence, obedience, and willingness. Newfoundland Ponies
are hard workers and easy keepers.
Newfoundland Ponies’s ancestors first arrived with the Newfoundland’s early settlers from the British Isles. Their ancestors were primarily, Exmoor, Dartmoor, and New Forest ponies and to a lesser extent, Welsh Mountain, Galloway, Highland, and Connemara ponies. They were hardy creatures who were already well adapted to the harsh climate of the islands of the North Atlantic. Isolated from the rest of the world, the ponies intermingled for hundreds of years, breeding in the seclusion of Newfoundland’s bays and coves to produce a sturdy pony uniqu ... | ||
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Nez Perce Horses are spotted horses bred by the Nez Perce
tribe of Idaho. The Nez Perce Horse Registry (NPHR) program began in 1995 in
Lapwai, Idaho and is based on cross-breeding the old-line Appaloosa (Maamin -
the Nez Perce word for Appaloosa) horses (the Wallowa herd - "old
herd" mares from the Minam line in Wallowa, Oregon) with an ancient
Central Asian breed called Akhal-Teke. This program seeks to re-establish the
horse culture of the Nez Perce, a tradition of selective breeding of Appaloosa
horses and horsemanship that was destroyed in the 19th century. The breeding
program was financed by the United States Department of Health and Human
Services, the Nez Perce tribe and a nonprofit group called the First Nations
Developme
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Nivernais are endangered black heavy draught horses from the
Nievre region of central France. They stand about 165 to 175 centimetres at the
withers, occasionally up to 180 cm, and weigh 800–1000 kg. They were created in
1872 by the Comte de Bouille by crossing black Percheron stallions with local
Cheval du Morvan mares. A stud book was opened in 1880, and from that time the
breed largely supplanted the Cheval du Morvan. Their population declined from
the 1950s following the mechanisation of agriculture, and in 1966 the stud-book
was merged with that of the Percheron. Since the 1980s various efforts have
been made to preserve the breed. Without official recognition in France, it is
listed in DAD-IS by the FAO.
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Nokota horses are feral and semi-feral horses located in the
badlands of southwestern North Dakota in the United States. They get their name
from the Nokota Indian tribe that inhabited North and South Dakota.Nakota horses are often blue roan, which is a color rare in other breeds, although black and gray are also common. Other, less common, colors include red roan, bay, chestnut, dun, grullo and palomino. Pinto patterns such as overo and sabino occur occasionally. They have an angular frame with prominent withers, a sloped croup, and a low set tail. There are two general types of Nokota horses. The first is the traditional Nokota, known by the registry as the National Park Traditional type. They tend ... | ||
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Noma Horses (Noma Uma
in Japanese) come from the Noma region of Imabari in Ehime Prefecture, Japan.
They originated in the 17th century from Mongolian stock, they are the smallest
of the native Japanese horse breeds. They are valued for their gentle
personality and strength. In the past they were used for riding, light draft
work, and as packhorses on the steep mountainsides in the rough Noma region.
Today, they are mostly used as riding horses for children and as study subjects
in local schools.
It is believed that in the early 17th century, Lord Hisamatsu of Matsuyama Han charged local farmers with breeding his warhorses, and the breed grew in popularity until the Russo-Japanese war in 1904, when the Japanese arm ... | ||
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Nonius, or Noniusz, horses were developed at the Imperial
Stud at Mezohegyes, Hungary by careful linebreeding. Originally they were bred
to serve as a light draft and utility horse for Hungary''s military; but they
became a useful agricultural horse during the 20th century. Today they are bred
by preservationists and are used in agriculture, leisure riding, and
competitive driving sports. The largest numbers of Nonius horses are still
found at the Mezohegyes stud ranch, with representatives in other eastern
European nations as well.
Horse-breeding has been an important facet of Hungarian culture since its settlement, due largely to its geographic location and open plains. The Ottoman Conquest, beginning in 1526, saw ... | ||
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Nooitgedacht Ponies are one of the few indigenous breeds in
South Africa, and the only true descendant of the better-known Basuto Pony.
Nooigedachts are a rare horse breed, with only about 400 purebreds in
existence.
Their development began in 1951 when the South African Department of Agriculture brought a group of Basuto-type ponies. In 1952 a breeding project began on the Nooitgedacht Research Station. This was done primarily to save the famous Basuto horses from extinction but also because South Africa needed an indigenous farm and riding horse adapted to conditions of the region. Due to large-scale inbreeding in the past, the breeders at Nooitgedacht had to use extreme care. For this reason, a Bo ... | ||
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Nordlandshest / Lyngshest horses, also known as the
Northlands horse or Northlands pony, originated in Norway. They are the
smallest of the three Norwegian national horse breeds. They originated in
Lyngen, but were given the name Nordlandshest in 1968 by breeders in that area.
The name change was hotly disputed by breeders in Lyngen and surrounding areas,
but a compromise was later reached, and today their official name is both
Nordlandshest and Lyngshest.The first documentation of Nordlandshest / Lyngshest horses date back to 1898, in Lyngseidet, Troms. Organised breeding began in the 1930s, when most of the breed population lived in the northern counties of Norway. Many of them died and few were bred during World War ... | ||
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Norfolk Trotters, also known as Norfolk Roasdsters, are an
extinct horse breed once native to East Anglia and Norfolk, England. They were
claimed to be ‘a large-sized trotting harness horse originating in and around
Norfolk’.In 1542, King Henry the eighth required the rich citizens to keep a specific number of trotting-horse stallions. Norfolk Trotters were well praised in Norfolk, and later became known as the Norfolk Trotter. Norfolk Trotters became the standard travel horse in England. In the city of Yorkshire, the same breed was known as the Yorkshire Trotter. Norfolk trotters were also known as roadsters. It is common to see the term Norfolk / Yorkshire Roadster / Trotter in breed-history books; regardle ... | ||
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The Norico is a heavy
draft-horse, coming originally from the Alpine valleys beween Austria and Italy.The original horse was re-established by the Romans who undertook a breeding programme in their old province of Noricum. During the Renaissance the breed was improved with the introduction of strains from Neopolitan and Andalusian horses. Nowadays the Norico is to be found in some Alpine regions of Italy (Trentino and Alto Adige), as well as those of Austria and Germany. It is a mountain breed and characteristically resistant to illness, strong, fertile and long-living. A variety with a lighter build, known as the Pinzgauer, is raised in Bavaria. The Norico is suitable for pulling heavy loads a ... | ||
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Norman Cobs are descended from bidets, small horses that
from Asia. They were brought by the Celts. They lived in Brittany and Normandy
before the start of the Roman Empire. Eventually these horses reached Russia
and were interbred to Mongolian Horses. Romans interbred these horses with
their heavy pack mares. In the 10th century the Norman breeders were known for
their war horses--large, strong with good endurance. In the 16th and 17th
centuries Barb and Arabian blood was introduced. In 1665 the first royal stud
farms were founded. Stallions were selected in 1730. In the 19th century the
Norfolk Roadster was mixed in. English Thoroughbred blood was added along with
English hunter stallions. The horse developed into the Anglo-Norma
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North Swedish horses originated
in Africa…just kidding they are from Sweden. They were developed from
Scandinavian horse breeds. They have been used as pack horses, military mounts,
and forestry work. They can be found in Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Estonia. They
are smaller (about 15 hands tall) than some of the more powerful breeds, but do
not let their size fool you; they are very strong, excellent workers. They are also
very sweet, willing, tender, and easy to care for.
They have a relatively small head, a crested neck, sloping shoulders, deeper body frame, and very rounded quarters. They also have a low set tail and a sweeping quarter. They have solid, round feet. They also have a low wither and a deep chest ... | ||
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Novokirghiz, or Novokirgizskaya, horses were developed in
the 1930s in Kirghizia (Kirghistan). They were developed by breeding Old
Kirghiz horses with Thoroughbred, Russian Don, and Anglo-Don horses. They are
used for harness, riding, and agricultural work, as well as pack horses in the
mountains. They are able to cope with almost any type of terrain. The mares are
usually used for milk, which locals ferment and turn into kumis, a major staple
of their diet. The mares can give up to 20 kg of milk daily. Speed records of
this breed are: 1600 m in 1 min 48 sec, and 2400 m in 2 min 44.2 sec.In 1918, forty-eight Thoroughbreds were imported to the Issyk-Kul stud in Kirghizia (Kirghistan) and were bred with Old Kirghiz mares. ... | ||
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