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About the Italian Breed
.Italy was never a horse-breeding country
of any note, although it was said that at one time many thousands
of almost pure bred Arabs and Barbs were kept by Pope Gregory
the Great at the expense of the State. In the 16th and 17th
centuries, in the district of Naples, there was established
a Neapolitan breed which became quite famous the great role
in the foundation of this breed being played by Spanish horses.
It is said that the Neapolitan horses were similar to the famous
Spanish jennets but bigger, and with paces similar to their
Moorish contemporaries in Northern Africa. The Neapolitans were
said to take longer to mature than horses of other races, being
best when put into training when six or seven years old, and
they maintained their perfection considerably longer than other
horses.
Since the middle of the 18th century horse breeding in Italy
was very much neglected, and was only revived to some extent
during the Fascist regime. According to ‘L’ippicultura
italiana’, written by V. de Simone in 1942, in the province
of Belzano, where the Hafflinger Stud Books were established
in 1932, the Hafflinger is very popular and also used for the
improvement of horses in the mountainous regions of Parma, Piacenza
and Como. In Le Murge a large robust Murgese horse, which is
of oriental origin, is bred and much improved by careful selection.
In Apulia local mares are bred to Salerno and Maremma stallions
with an admixture of English Thoroughbred blood carefully added,
thus resulting in strong saddle and draught horses having a
good appearance and excellent conformation.
It should be noted that the island of Sardinia produces a pony
of considerable worth, which in appearance is very similar to
the Corsican ponies. They are bred in a semi-wild state and
are very hardy. They stand approximately 13 to 14 hands, are
bay in colour, and when exported usually fetch good prices.
They are used both for harness work and riding. Heavy carthorses
are seen mostly in the Po Valley and are usually not bred in
Italy, as all heavy works in that country is carried on by bullocks
and mules. Other very good horses are the Sicilians, which are
or Arab type with Spanish and Italian influence.
It should be mentioned that just previous to the Second World
War Italy achieved great success in breeding racehorses, an
outstanding example being the very well known and successful
‘Nearco’, sire of ‘Dante’ and another
well-known and fashionable stallions, ‘Donatello II’
Lying as Italy does so much to the southernmost part of Europe,
it is surprising to find that the strong, cold-blooded carthorse
exists and thrives there, for the tendency is for the lighter
or hot-blooded types to predominate in such regions.
It is well known that Italy has produced horsemen of outstanding
reputations, not only as instructors in equitation, but also
in show-jumping, and their horse shows are among the best organised
in the world. It seems, however – and indeed this applies
to some other nations as well – that they must rely to
some extent on the imported horses for their requirements. In
this connection it should be noted that the show jumper is not
a breed, and that all horses, whether pure bred or crossbred,
are potential show-jumpers.
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Arab
| Akhal-Teke
| Albino
| American
Quarter | American
Saddle | Andalusian
| Anglo-Arab
| Anglo-Arab
in France | Anglo-Kabarda
| Anglo-Norman
| Appaloosa
| Ardennes
| Australian
(Waler) | Austrian
| Balearic
| Barb
| Basuto
| Batak/Deli
| Beberbeck
| Beetwk
| Boulonnais
| Brabancon
| Breton
| Budyonovsky
| Burmese
(Shan) | Camargue
| Caspian
| Charollais
Half-bred | Cleveland
Bay | Clydesdale
| Cob
(Riding) | Connemara
| Criollo
| Dales
| Danish
| Danubian
| Dartmoor
| Donsky
| Dutch
Draught | East
Bulgarian | Exmoor
| Falabella
| Fell
| Flemish
| French
Thoroughbred | Friesian
| Galiceno
| Gelderland
| Gidran
and Nonius | Gothland
| Groningen
| Gudbrandsdal
| Hack
| Hackney
Horse | Hackney
Pony | Hafflinger
| Hanoverian
| Highland
| Holstein
| Hungarian
Shagya | Hunter
| Iceland
| Iomud
| Italian
| Jutland
| Kabarda
| Karabair
and Lokai | Karabakh
| Kathiawari
and Marwari | Klepper
| Knabstrup
| Konik
| Latvian
| Limousin
(Half-bred) | Lipizzaner
| Manipur
| Mecklenburg
| Mongolian
| Morgan
| Mustang
| New
Forest | Norwegian-Fjord
| Oldenburg
| Orlov
| Palomino
| Percheron
| Persian
| Pinto
| Pleven
| Polish
Arab | Polish
Half-bred | Polish
Thoroughbred | Rhenish
| Russian
Saddle | Russian
Steppe | Russian
Thoroughbred | Scandinavian
| Schleswig
| Shetland
| Shire
| Spanish
| Spiti
and Bhutia | Standard
Bred | Strelets
| Suffolk
| Swedish
| Tarpan
| Tennessee
Walking Horse | Tersky
| Thoroughbred
| Timor
Pony | Trakehner
| Turk
| Ukrainian
| Vendéen-Charentais
Half-bred | Viatka
| Welsh
Cob | Welsh
Mountain and Welsh Pony | Zeeland
Horse | Zemaitukas
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