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and tail; no other color may be registered. The coat varies from pale to very dark, sometimes almost black; this, with a pale or silvery mane, is the coloring called in German
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genes, but because they were chestnut, the silver was not expressed; it was thought to have been introduced by outcrossing to some other breed in the past.
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for flaxen chestnut coloring began in 1875. In a study of 250 horses of the breed published in 2013, two were found to carry
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Effects of inbreeding and other systematic effects on fertility of Black Forest
Draught horses in Germany
615:(in German). Gesellschaft zur Erhaltung alter und gefährdeter Haustierrassen. Archived 14 February 2010.
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670:(in German). St. Märgen: Schwarzwälder Pferdezuchtgenossenschaft. Accessed May 2019.
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Alderson, Stephen J.G. Hall, D. Phillip Sponenberg (2016).
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Rote Liste der gefährdeten einheimischen
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to the north. Breeding was concentrated round the monasteries of St. Peter and of
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and 1077 mares was reported; in 2019 the breed was listed by the
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Thomas
Armbruster, Wolf Brodauf, Gerhard Schröder (2007–2013).
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Maarit Müller-Unterberg, Sandra
Wallmann, Ottmar Distl (2017).
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Gesellschaft zur
Erhaltung alter und gefährdeter Haustierrassen
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Die Rote Liste der bedrohten Nutztierrassen in Deutschland
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The Black Forest Horse was originally bred for work in
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754:(3 volumes, in German). Freiburg: Schillinger-Verlag.
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Schwerpunkt - Pferde: Das Schwarzwälder Kaltblutpferd
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considered to be wholly or partly of German origin.
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Schwarzwälder Kaltblut - Geschichte und Geschichten
703:S. Momke, R. Schrimpf, C. Dierks, O. Distl (2013).
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440:broad and muscular. The legs are clean, without
680:Rassebeschreibung Pferd: Schwarzwälder Kaltblut
487:Barbara Rischkowsky, D. Pilling (eds.) (2007).
346:, it was merged into the general stud-book for
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342:was begun in the same year. In 1935, in the
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408:The Black Forest Horse is always
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464:and, more and more often, as a
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666:Manfred Weber (2010).
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70:Schwarzwälder Kaltblut
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373:was reported by the
222:Equus ferus caballus
949:Schleswig Coldblood
854:German Classic Pony
539:Horses of the World
400:is also available.
371:conservation status
79:Schwarzwälder Fuchs
36:Conservation status
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859:German Riding Pony
833:Black Forest Horse
828:Bavarian Warmblood
325:St. Märgener Fuchs
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974:Westphalian
909:Oldenburger
491:, annex to
454:agriculture
422:Dunkelfuchs
344:Nazi period
309:Wälderpferd
265:draft horse
59:Other names
1010:Categories
914:Ostfriesen
889:Leonharder
879:Holsteiner
869:Heck horse
864:Hanoverian
472:References
442:feathering
321:St. Märgen
313:Hotzenwald
289:Bernhausen
178:148–156 cm
171:150–160 cm
155:500–600 kg
969:Trakehner
638:(1): 70.
427:selection
387:gefährdet
379:stallions
340:stud-book
317:Kinzigtal
267:from the
263:of light
934:Rottaler
899:Lewitzer
843:Dülmener
722:See also
559:(2010).
458:forestry
410:chestnut
396:, where
192:chestnut
176:Female:
462:harness
412:with a
291:in 2014
279:History
273:Germany
130:harness
103:Germany
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414:flaxen
251:German
188:Colour
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163:Height
149:Weight
144:Traits
135:riding
84:German
75:German
66:German
438:croup
363:mares
348:Baden
261:breed
125:draft
587:ISBN
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