www.horses.ch by Matile GmbH

The Noriker Horse is the biggest European Draught Horse breed of our days. In contrast to the other draught horse populations which could be close to extinction, the Noriker horse breed found its way to the 21st century.

 

This book encompasses more than 10 years of intensive scientific research and literature studies and it investigates the historical grounds of the survival of this breed.

 

The authors give an accurate description of the actual state of the Noriker breeding in Austria including genealogic structure and foundation stallions, selection program, coat colour genetics and husbandry systems in the Alps and also document the role of this horse in modern times, in the “leisure time society”. Traditional husbandry systems and social integration, as explained in this book, may be applied as a modern model to equine conservation breeding concepts.