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Vladimir Heavy Draft |
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Vladimir Heavy Draft |
This very vigorous breed was created in the Vladimir region of the former Soviet Union in the second half of the 19th Century. Various heavy draft breeds as the
Ardennais,
Suffolk Punch,
Cleveland Bay,
Clydesdale, and
Shire have contributed to the development of the Vladimir Heavy Draft. There was no further recourse to outside contributions following the Russian Revolution, and in 1946 the breed was registered under its current name. Today, the breed is regionally
important in Vladimir.
The Vladimir Heavy Draft is a horse of the brachymorphic type with an energetic, vigorous and willing temperament. It is well suited for heavy draft and farm work. Selection for registration is strictly controlled by having arduous practical trials.
Standing at 15.1 to 16 hands high, the Vladimir weighs from 1,500 to 1,675 pounds. The coat color may be chestnut, bay, brown, or black, and white markings are frequent. The average-sized head has a heavy jawline, and the profile is often convex. Its ears are pricked. The broad, muscular neck is of average length and arched, and the withers are quite high and long. It has a short, strong and straight back. The croup is wide and sloping, and the loins are short and strong. The chest is wide and deep, the shoulder sloping and powerful and the abdomen is tucked up. The short and solid legs are quite feathered, and the thigh is muscular. Hooves are broad and rounded.
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Published June 1997 North West Breyer Horse Club newsletter. (em)
© 1997-2019 NW Breyer Horse Club
& Refiner of Gold Creations
Equinealities in place since 1997, Section in place 2001, Updated 1/27/2019
