Croatian Coldblood

Croatian cold blood at an agricultural fair in Bjelovar

Croatian cold blood (Croatian Hrvatski hladnokrvnjak ) is an indigenous Croatian cold blood horse breed originating from the flachländischen part of the north-western and central Croatia.

History

These purebred horse breed originated in the 19th century by many years of crossbreeding domestic mares and imported stallions of the Ardennes, Brabant and Percheron breeding lines. Later, some stallions Hungarian cold - blood horse breeds were bred more and more.

At the beginning of the 20th century, the breed expanded by some other regions of Croatia ( Posavina, Slavonia, etc.). Today, the Croatian cold blood the most numerous ( both indigenous and general) horse breed in Croatia, with a total of 5,907 stallions, mares and foals (which refers to the year 2012). The breeding center is located in the micro-region Moslavina.

Features

A typical Croatian cold blood is strong, muscular, sturdy and heavy, with a height at the withers 150-160 cm. It has a medium-sized head with small ears, a medium- long curved neck, broad chest, long back and massive, well- formed legs with wide hooves. The coat colors outweighs Brauner, followed by black horse, Fox, mold and Isabell.

It has a calm temperament, plus there is willing to use, durable and makes fewer demands. It used to be mainly used for heavy -duty traction work, as well as in agriculture and forestry, but is now often grown solely for meat production.