Boer pony

' The Boerpferd ' ( Afrikaans Boerperd or Kaapse Boerperd ) is a horse breed from South Africa. It is also called Cape horse.

The Dutchman Jan van Riebeeck landed in Table Bay in 1652 to found a Dutch colony. The colony should serve to supply the ships of the Dutch East India Company. For the colony were imported ponies and horses, both Andalusian, Berber horses and Arabs as well as Java ponies, from which today's Boerperd has emerged. Boerperd were bred, sold to the settlers, used in the Boer trek, but were also used as a military horse and in the Boer War. The Boerperd was in 1945 as almost extinct. Since 1948, growers and but to increase the stocks.

Properties

The Boerperd is a small and relatively elegant and perennial riding horse with a stick mass of 147-167 cm. It come before the colors brown, gray, black, bay, chestnut, black, brown and dun. Cape Boerperd are medium-sized warm-blooded animals, frugal, with a good character and even temperament. In addition to the basic gaits, the Boerperd also dominates the tolt.

Use

Today, the Boerperd is increasingly grown in addition to its traditional use for the farm work as a sports and leisure horse, as it is very well suited for endurance sports and because of his good-natured character, especially for beginners and children.