Scientific name:
Equus

Natural spread:
Ireland

moderate-sized, very powerful warmly-blood-horse. Big, straight or easily convex head with long ears and good-natured expression. Neck often badly and relatively shortly, exactly and muscular. Strengthen, long shoulder, sometimes somewhat steeply, low instep. Wide, load-bearing back with tendency to the length. Depth, wide breast, unloading rib-vault. Excellent feed-user. Falling croup of good width and length, deep tail-base. Massive foundation, strong joints, some Behang, relatively big, flattens Hooves. Walks diligently and surprisingly easily, with much action, outstanding Springvermögen. Frequently mold, foxes and brown, size of 155 to 165 cm of stick-measurement.

Already in before-Christian time, Celtic dealers brought horses from North-Africa, Spain and possibly Gaul (France) on the Greens party island. The Norman conquerors brought strengthens, movable war-horses, and later, further horses came from Spain on the trade route here. they all thrived on the very lime-hands ground splendidly and became in the 18. Century through imported Kaltblüter further reinforces. They kept its good Reiteigenschaften on that occasion on the basis of the diverse application. In younger time, the breeding was lifted by prizes and Hengstkörungen further. A breeding-association became only 1976 established, the since then keen job achieves. The crossing-products with thoroughbreds are famous, the Irish Hunter.