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  Friesian Horse Home Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The Friesian Horse originated in Friesland, one of twelve provinces of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (Holland), situated in the northwest of Europe.
The Friesian horse descends from the Equus robustus.
The Friesian Horse Association of North America cannot recognize a horse whose papers are not issued by the Friesch Paarden Stamboek.
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 Friesian horse bloodlines, Friesian horse history, Friesian horse facts, Friesian breed
Friesians in their late teens can be easily recognized due to the gray hair that grows around their eyes and head which later spreads to the legs.
Friesians are thick skinned and therefore not prone to accidents however they have a very high pain tolerance so keep in mind when you're Friesian displays symptoms of sickness or lameness the injury or illness is most probably fairly advanced.
The Friesian Horse, native to the Netherlands in Holland, is known in its native county as a 'Jack of all Trades'.
www.usfriesianreferral.com /bloodlines.htm   (2505 words)

  
  Friesian Timeline   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Friesians horses were popular as a trotting horse for short distances.
Friesland's studbook became the 'Friesian Horse Studbook' with two registries, the 'Inlands Ras' and the 'Buitenlands of Gekruistras.' The latter registry became the 'Bovenlands Ras' (breed of the Northern Provinces).
Friesian horses were exported to South Africa to improve the 'Flemish horse' (het Vlaamse Paard).
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 Horse Breeds - The Friesian Horse
The Friesian horse is an ancient breed descended from the primitive Forest Horse (Equus caballas silvaticus).
Friesian horses are always fl, and are noted for their thick and luxuriant mane and tail, as well as the feathering on the lower legs.
Friesians today are still used for working on the land, and have become increasingly popular as carriage and harness horses where their flowing mane and tail and flashy leg action make them a popular sight in the show ring.
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 Friesians, Friesian Horses - Forest Gate Farm
“Friesland”; (“Fryslan” in the Friesian language) is one of the eleven* provinces of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, situated in the northwest of Europe.
Because of their good qualities Friesian stallions were imported, for example, by the Electoral Prince George William of Prussia in 1624, later by the famous Danish stud at Frederiksborg, by the stud at Salzburg and by the stud in Kladrub in 1771 and again in 1974 (stallion Romke 1966 FPS 234).
The Friesian branch of the stadtholders, the Nassaus, held Court in Friesland from 1584 to 1747 (Marijke Muoi 1765).
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 Bouma History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
“Friesland”; (“Fryslan” in the Friesian language) is one of the eleven* provinces of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, situated in the northwest of Europe.
Because of their good qualities Friesian stallions were imported, for example, by the Electoral Prince George William of Prussia in 1624, later by the famous Danish stud at Frederiksborg, by the stud at Salzburg and by the stud in Kladrub in 1771 and again in 1974 (stallion Romke 1966 FPS 234).
The Friesian branch of the stadtholders, the Nassaus, held Court in Friesland from 1584 to 1747 (Marijke Muoi 1765).
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 Breed of the Month - The Friesian Horse
The Friesian was used as a war horse by Friesian soldiers fighting with the Norman Armies, and later used by knights and travelled all the way to the Middle East with the Crusaders.
The Friesian was also used as a fast trotting coach horse, and it was in fact the Friesian who was the original horse used in trotting races over short distances (320 metres) in the 18th century.
The Friesian has been used to form the basis of many breeds such as the Shire, New Forest, Oldenburger, Gelderlander, Orlov Trotter and was recently used to revive the Kladruber breed.
nzhorses.co.nz /Breedofthemonth/Friesian/Index.html   (400 words)

  
 Brochure
Friesian horses are often categorized as driving type or riding type depending on their conformation and style of movement.
At various times in their long history the versatile Friesians were used in the classical riding schools of Europe, were bred as racing trotters, were included in royal stables as elegant coach horses, thrilled European crowds as circus horses and also had to perform as light draft and all-purpose horses.
The studbook registry for the Friesian horse was established in 1879 in the Netherlands.
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 Friesian Horses
This infusion streamlined the breed and gave the Friesian horse a greater grace and refinement, and established the horse's high-stepping gait.
During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the Friesian was bred to produce a lighter trotting horse for pulling carriages.
The Friesian horses are shown to the inspectors in a bridle or halter.
www.walnutacresfarm.com /friesianabout.html   (782 words)

  
 FriesianHorse.com
It descends from the horses of ancient Europe and was used to carry the knights of Friesland during the Crusades.
Friesians were first brought to America during the 1700’s by Dutch settlers to New Amsterdam (New York).
It is important to note that due to the popularity of the pure bred Friesian horse in limited venues for exhibition and competition that the United States is home to almost 20 percent of today’s world population.
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 "The Friesian Horse"
The Friesian horse is noted for its lovable character, intelligence, and easy temperament, they are most recognizable by their jet-fl coats, fluid motion, knee and hock action, long manes, and feathering around their feet.
Friesian stallions have such a difficult trial to become breeding stallions that less than 1% of horses that are tried get their permanent breeding approval.
If a Friesian stallion is given breeding approval by the FPS, the parent organization for the Friesian Horse Association of North America, (FHANA), it is never allowed to crossbreed with other breeds of horses.
www.desertmountainfriesians.com /Pages/friesian_horse.htm   (370 words)

  
 Breeds of Livestock - Friesian Horse   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The Friesian breed is one of the oldest domesticated breeds in Europe.
The Friesian suffered a decline in numbers with the increase of mechanization on the farm and in transportation.
In fact, the number of Friesian stallions reputedly was reduced to only three prior to World War I. The breed was rejuvenated by introducing Oldenburg blood.
www.ansi.okstate.edu /breeds/horses/friesian   (373 words)

  
 Horses - The Friesian Horse - Horse and Pony Breeds on Equiworld - Equestrian Information on the internet
In the course of the 18th and 19th centuries the Friesian horse became restricted to the province of Friesland where the horse was used for pleasure purposes such as trotting races.
Finally, at the end of the 19th century, the start of the 20th century the Friesian horse with "the blood of a nobleman and a talent for dancing" had to be used on the farms and compete with the heavier horse-breeds, the so called Bovenlanders.
In the 60s the Friesian horse was hit by a worse crisis than even that of 1913 with the world-wide abolition of horse-power on the farms and the introduction of mechanisation.
www.equiworld.net /uk/horsecare/Breeds/friesian/index.htm   (967 words)

  
 The Principles of Friesian Philosophy
This allows Friesian epistemology to accommodate a hermeneutic dimension of interpretation and reinterpretation, with the common sense limitation that the interpretations of synthetic propositions must be recognized as grounded by immediate knowledge in order to be true.
Similarly, Friesian epistemology combines both the coherence and the correspondence theories of truth: the coherence of mediate with immediate knowledge, but then the correspondence of mediate knowledge to the empirically real phenomenal objects that are present in immediate knowledge.
That God might ask Abraham to sacrifice his son, or that Jesus might take the sins of the world upon himself in the Crucifixion, or that Salvation might be by "faith alone," as separately taught by Luther and Shinran, are all aspects of religion that could not be captured either by morality or by aesthetics.
www.friesian.com /friesian.htm   (2215 words)

  
 FAQs - Frequently Asked Questions - Australian Friesian Horse Society - the breed registry for the Friesian Horse breed ...
The Friesian horse is a race rather than a performance breed, and the objective of the breeding societies is to maintain racial pureness.
Friesians are still very rare in Australia and NZ and there is a strong demand.
The breeding of Friesians is strictly regulated and you have to make yourself aware of the rules and procedures involved.
www.horsetalk.co.nz /friesian/faq.shtml   (1065 words)

  
 Breeds of Livestock - Friesian Milk Sheep
The origin of the Friesian sheep breeds is the region of Friesland extending along the North Sea coast westward from the Weser River in the northeast of Germany along the north coast of the Netherlands and south to the Schelde (Scheldt) River at the border of the Netherlands and Belgium.
The family of Friesian sheep breeds are of the marsh-type including the East Friesian Milk Sheep (Deutsches Friesisches Milchschaf) from East Friesland, Germany, and, from the Netherlands, the Dutch Friesian Milk Sheep (Fries Melkschaap) from West Friesland, and to the south, the Zeeland Milk Sheep (Zeeuwes Melkschaap) from the Zeeland island.
Prints from the early 19th Century show a "short-tailed" Friesian sheep which suggests some linkage with the Northern European Short Tail breeds, the Finnish Landrace and the Romanov which is consistent with the high prolificacy of the Friesians.
www.ansi.okstate.edu /breeds/sheep/friesianmilk/index.htm   (801 words)

  
 Friesian one of the oldest European horse breeds   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The Friesian is one of the oldest European horse breeds.
The Friesian's popularity for cross-breeding, coupled with the decline in demand for working horses, caused its numbers to drop drastically before World War I, when action was taken to save the breed with the help of Oldenburg stallions (a breed originally derived from the Friesian).
The Friesian was crossed with the Oldenburg and East Friesian to produce the Groningen, a slightly larger horse that is used for driving, riding and light draft-work.
www.equineestates.com /library/breeds/f006.htm   (260 words)

  
 DressageDaily: The Friesian Horse
The "Friese Paarden Stamboek", or Friesian Horse Association, is the Netherlands' oldest and second largest studbook and has about 7,400 members living in the Netherlands and abroad.
One of the oldest domesticated breeds in Europe, the Friesian is native to the province of Friesland in the northern Netherlands.
The Friesian suffered a decline in numbers with the increase of mechanization on the farm and in transportation.
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 United States Equestrian Federation, Inc : Eq Sports : Breeds : Friesian   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The adult Purebred Friesian stallion should be 15.2 hands by the age of four, and mares and geldings should be at least 14.3 hands.
References to the Friesian as a war horse in this period are well documented, as is its presence in the stables of the nobility of Europe, including the Hungarian King Louis II, Don Juan of Austria and Prince George William of Prussia.
There is evidence that the Friesian made its presence felt in New Amsterdam (New York), North America as early as 1625 and that it may also have played a role in the development of the Morgan horse.
www.usef.org /content/equestrianSports/breeds/friesian.php   (596 words)

  
 Australian Friesian Horse Society - the breed registry for the Friesian Horse breed in New Zealand and Australia
Australian Friesian Horse Society - the breed registry for the Friesian Horse breed in New Zealand and Australia
The AFHS is the representative of the Royal Society "The Friesian Horse Studbook", Koninklijke Vereniging Het Friese Paarden Stamboek (KFPS), based in the Netherlands.
The KFPS is recognised as the World Wide Studbook for the Friesian Horse and is the world-wide authority on the Friesian Horse.
www.horsetalk.co.nz /friesian   (322 words)

  
 Friesian Dreams - We breed the Friesian horses of your dreams.
Friesian Dreams - We breed the Friesian horses of your dreams.
Friesian Dreams breeds only the finest ster mares with the best stallions to produce the Friesian foal of your dreams.
All our Friesian horses are registered with the Friesian Horse Association of North America (FHANA).Home of the FPS approved stallion Anne 340 and Anton 343, available this season for limited breeding to qualified pure bred Friesian mares.
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 Friesian Horse Gifts, Decals & Apparel
The Friesian is a prospering breed today due to the efforts of a few admirers of this magnificent warm-blooded horse.
The Dutch society "Het Friesche Paard"(The Friesian Horse) was founded in 1913 to promote the breeding of purebred Friesian horses, and by 1915 were able to convince FPS to agree to split the registries once again.
Thus, thanks to the efforts of a few Dutch Friesian admirers in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, purebred Friesians are now seen and enjoyed around the world, with the majority being in the Netherlands and Germany, followed by North America.
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The Friesian Horse Society, Inc. (FHS) is a non-profit organization whose mission is to both promote and preserve the beautiful Friesian horse through strict registration standards, as originated in the Netherlands for this Dutch breed.
Zuchtverband e.V. (FPZV), the FHS serves as a Friesian registry with its primary goal being the breeding of pure offspring of this unique, centuries-old breed of horse.
The Friesian horse, though well known for its beauty, shining fl coat, luxuriant mane, tail and feathering, and powerful, high-stepping gait, is also beloved for its easy-going temperment and companionable nature.
www.friesianhorsesociety.com /Home.html   (139 words)

  
 Coastal California Friesian Horse Club
It is reproduced here by the Northern California Friesian Club Chapter with the permission of the Friesian Horse Association of North America and with permission of author and Het Friesch Paarden-Stamboek.
Friesland” (“Fryslan” in the Friesian language) is one of the eleven* provinces of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, situated in the northwest of Europe.
The maintenance and improvement of the Friesian horse is supervised by the “Het Friesch Paarden Stamboek.” Notes: * Since the original publication of this article, a twelfth province has been added to the Netherlands.
www.mcn.org /n/ccfc/history.html   (3710 words)

  
 Friesian -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
A common breed of (Female of domestic cattle: "`moo-cow' is a child's term") cow (also known as the (Click link for more info and facts about Holstein Friesian) Holstein Friesian), recognised by their fl and white mottled hides.
They are large and heavy, and are primarily used as (A farm where dairy products are produced) dairy (Domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age) cattle, although they are also (Click link for more info and facts about farmed) farmed for (Cattle that are reared for their meat) beef.
The philosophy, which can be known as Friesian philosophy or Neo-Friesian philosophy, that gets its name from the (Influential German idealist philosopher (1724-1804)) Kant-influenced German philosopher (Click link for more info and facts about Jakob Fries) Jakob Fries.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/f/fr/friesian.htm   (226 words)

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