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	Sorraia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sorraias are almost always a "primitive" color: dun, grulla, or sometimes a melanistic darkening that can almost look true fl (rare).
		Sorraias always have a dorsal stripe and, unless a population has been genetically bottle-necked, zebra markings on the legs, and withers.
		The Sorraia is descended from an ancient stock and is directly related to the Tarpan.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sorraia (856 words)

	The Sorraia Horse - Equiworld - Equestrian Information - horses and ponies on the internet
		Sorraias are of refined, slender, leggy build, with narrow heads, narrow chests, prominent withers, rather straight backs of medium length, and a rafter-shaped hip.
		In spite of being a primitive horse, the Sorraia, once tamed, is very suitable for riding, Due to its slender neck of sufficient length and clean throatlatch, the horse finds it easy to flex at the poll, its general agility and balance enables it to move in a collected way.
		It is not uncommon for Sorraias to be gaited.
	www.equiworld.net /Breeds/sorraia/thesorraia.htm (639 words)

	The Sorraia horse - Equiworld - Equestrian Information - horses and ponies on the internet
		The reason wild horses could survive in the lowlands of the Sorraia river was that the area used to be a fairly inaccessible wilderness which served as a hunting ground for the Portuguese Royalty until the early 1900s.
		D'Andrade concluded that the Sorraia is the wild ancestor of the Andalusian and Lusitano.
		Sorraia was proved, because it was found that the Sorraias all have a typical mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) pattern.
	www.equiworld.net /uk/horsecare/Breeds/sorraia/index.htm (4323 words)

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		The Sorraia horse is, in contrast to what some authors have disseminated, not just a breed, but it represents the indigenous wild horse of southern Iberia that survived in the wild until the first quarter of this century.
		That the Sorraia represents the indigenous South Iberian horse was and is acknowledged by other prehistorians of the horse, for instance Speed (Scotland), Etherington (Scotland), Ebhardt (Germany), Skorkowski (Poland), Zeeb (Germany) and Schaefer (Germany).
		A description of the Sorraia would be identical to that of the primeval form III horse: It is Roman-headed, which must not be confused with Roman-nosed.
	www.spanishhorses.co.nz /archives/sorraia2.htm (2139 words)

	Horses: Sorraia
		The Sorraia is noted for its ability to withstand extremes of climate, particularly dry, hot climates, and to survive on very little forage while at the same time maintaining its health.
		Sorraia blood in the Americas is evident, as several breeds in both North and South America bear the dun and grullo coloration and other physical characteristics of this ancient horse.
		The Sorraia is always dun or grullo in color, with a dark face/muzzle area, fl dorsal stripe, fl-tipped ears, usually zebra stripes on the legs, and sometimes a stripe across the shoulders, or even stripes across neck, shoulders, and back.
	www.pets-corner.net /breed/385.html (382 words)

	Mammals » Horses » Sorraia Main Page
		The Sorraia is considered to represent the indigenous wild horse of Southern Iberia.
		The Sorraia is one of the four primeval wild horses that all our modern domestic horses have evolved from.
		The Sorraia is well known for being able to survive in places with extreme climate, especially hot and dry climates.
	centralpets.com /animals/mammals/horses/hrs499.html (442 words)

	Sorraia Horse Nature Reserve (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Habitat — The Sorraia or Zatas River, is an important tributary joining the south bank of the Tagus where its waters are already salty, is formed by the joining of various tributaries all springing from the province of Alto Alentejo.
		The Sorraia, being formed by such numerous streams, and having as its source, at an altitude of approximately 600 m, channels into the Tagus waters from its extensive river basin which spans 5.150 Sq.
		This means that the difference between the Sorraia Horse and the 'garrano' of the north lies in their dental characteristics, and for this reason we believe it to belong to a different variety from the species E. c.
	www.sorraia.net /uk/science.htm (1224 words)

	Garrano - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Garrano, sometimes called the Minho, an ancient breed, descended from the same stock as the famous Sorraia.
		The Sorraia lives mainly between the two rivers Sor and Raia, while the Garrano lives in North-Portugal, so they developed differently according to their habitats.
		It is generally believed that the Garrano is one of the ancestors to the Andalusian and the Galician pony.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Garrano (326 words)

	Dr. Sponenberg on the Sorraias
		The Sorraia is a pivotal component of the Iberian horse breed group.
		I asked her to check into the truth (or lack of) that the original Sorraias were assembled from herds that were variable for color.
		As a summary, I have concluded that the Sorraia is not a subspecies, but is an integral component of the Iberian horse breed group.
	www.frontiernet.net /~RanchoTamarisque/Sponenberg-Sorraias.html (1624 words)

	Sorraia Horse Nature Reserve (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		With the colonization of the American Continent between the 16th and the 18th centuries and the recent agricultural mechanization, this important horse was forgotten, abandoned and almost extinguished.
		The Sorraia Horse Nature Reserve covers 40 hectares – soon to be expanded to 100 hectares in land belonging to the Alpiarça Town Council and to José Relvas Foundation.
		The Nature Reserve includes not only the free-roaming Sorraia horses, which are our founding nucleus, but also riding stables and mixed breed horses of the Riding School, a plant nursery, a falconry, a hatchery and aviaries for wild and exotic birds and lakes for aquatic birds.
	www.sorraia.net /uk/reserve.htm (439 words)

	Genetics and Molecular Biology - Variation in the mitochondrial control region sequence between the two maternal lines ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Sorraia, one of the three Portuguese native horse breeds, was recovered by Dr. Ruy d'Andrade in 1937, from 12 founders: 5 males and 7 females.
		Therefore, the phylogenetic relationships among Sorraia and other horse breeds is of interest for conservation measures that may be implemented for this rare (Galal and Hammond, 1996) and very endangered breed.
		The analysis of mitochondrial DNA of the Sorraia horse enhances the importance of establishing an effective management and conservation plan for this endangered breed, in order to prevent the two remaining matrilineal lineages from being lost in the near future.
	www.scielo.br /scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47572002000300010&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng= (1288 words)

	Equine Kingdom - Sorraia
		The Sorraia descended from very ancient stock and is related to the Tarpan as well as the Asian Wild Horse.
		Spanish conquistadors took many Sorraia ponies with them to America, and their influence is seen in many American breeds.
		Over the centuries, the Sorraia has undoubtedly been subject to man's selective breeding, but it still retains some of its primitive characteristics and bears a striking resemblance to many of the prehistoric cave paintings that have been discovered.
	www.equinekingdom.com /breeds/ponies/sorraia.htm (392 words)

	Sorraia Folheto
		Sorraia Horses are a remnant population of an indigenous, South Iberian wild horse, which survived almost pure in the inaccessible lowlands of the Portuguese river Sorraia until the early 1900s.
		Sorraias can be tamed and turned into good riding and work horses - sometimes they even make outstanding riding horses –, but they can maintain their primitiveness, instincts, specific traits and qualities only if a nucleus herd is allowed to live wild in some sort of a preserve.
		Sorraias haben eine erstaunliche Flexibilität, sowohl vertikal wie seitlich.
	www.sorraia.org /folheto.htm (14124 words)

	Sorraia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The Sorraia also known as Marismeño and is referred to as a small horse or pony standing between 12 and 14 hh.
		It is said that the Sorraia is a descendant of both the Asian Wild Horse and the Tarpan.
		The Sorraia is the last trace of the indigenous wild horse of south Iberia.
	www.terrific-horses.com /breeds/sorraia.asp (277 words)

	Valley Horse Owners Association: The Hoof Beat
		Sometimes misnamed the Sorraia Pony, the Sorraia based on its conformation is actually a horse and represents the "indigenous wild horse of Southern Iberia".
		The horse was named by Dr. Ruy d'Andrade after the Sorraia river where he discovered the last survivors earlier this century.
		The Sorraia tends toward 14 hands and European experts believe the original coloring is dun (dull, grayish brown).
	www.vhoa.org /newsletter/articles/200109_newsletter_10.htm (263 words)

	Horses, fajta ismertetõk
		Dr. d'Andrade found conclusive evidence in the teeth of the Sorraia horses: "As is well known, teeth are among the most common archaeological findings.
		The Sorraia Mustang Studbook (SMS) was established to collect, record and preserve data of mustangs of the Sorraia type in the interest of genetic conservancy and to ensure a continued existence of this subspecies.
		He was not prepared to find among the wild herds horses that resembled the Sorraia, which he knew as a sub-species desperately struggling to survive in its native southern Iberia.
	www.pointernet.pds.hu /lovaglas/horses-links/sorraiaT.html (2533 words)

	Born Survivors on the Eve of Extinction, Can Iberia's Wild Horse Survive Among America's Mustangs? -- Sorraia Mustang ...
		These Sorraia mustangs first came to the New World with Columbus and a few pure remnants have managed to survive in remote areas of the West.
		Whenever in any region remainders of a primitive race of horses are discovered, it deserves our utmost attention, because in a time as fast-moving as ours, it may be a matter of just a few years and something irretrievable might be lost.
		As the remaining Sorraias in Europe are so few, we must not miss out on the opportunities this discovery holds for us.
	www.premierpub.com /books/inprint/born_survivors.htm (1247 words)

	Sorraia - MedPort-Lexikon
		Sorraias haben einen kurzen, kräftigen Hals der auch an spanische und portugiesische Rassen erinnert.
		Die heute lebenden Sorraias sind keine Wildpferde mehr, leben aber mehrheitlich in Robusthaltung.
		Die Sorraias werden in einem Reservat in Portugal in halbfreiheit gehalten.
	www.medport.de /lexikon/index.php/Sorraia (189 words)

	The Lusitano Horse in History
		The Sorraia is believed to have developed from crosses between native Iberian Proto Draft Horses (Equus Caballus Caballus of Western Europe) and ancient strains of Oriental/North African horses.
		The Sorraia remained isolated for several millennia in the southern part of Iberia, the Alentejo and Andalusian regions of modern Portugal and Spain.
		Although it is not exactly clear how many of the invaders had brought horses with them, one can speculate that because of the difficulties in transportation the number of horses was limited and that most of the Cavalry men obtained their horses from the outstanding Iberian stock existing in the south of the Iberian peninsula.
	www.equibooks.com /lusitanohistory.html (1287 words)

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		As such, the Sorraia is an ancestor of all Spanish descended riding horses, the modern warm bloods, the Thoroughbred, the North African Barb, and of course, the Spanish Mustang, most specifically, the Sorraia-type Spanish Mustang, register able in the Sorraia Mustang Registry.
		It is the last surviving primitive descendant of an ancestral wild horse, and is indigenous to Spain and Portugal.
		As such, the Sorraia is an ancestor of all Spanish descended riding horses, the modern warmbloods, the Thoroughbred, the North African Barb, and of course, the Spanish Mustang, most specifically, the Sorraia type Spanish Mustang, registerable in the Sorraia Mustang Registry.
	hiddentrails.com /usa/rt/sd-plenty.htm (2076 words)

	Pet Handbook - Complete guide to pets and pet care » Sorraia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The Sorraia is a pony breed from Spain and Portugal, and have influenced many American horse breeds.
		Sorraias are almost always a "primitive" color: dun, grulla, or sometimes a melanistic darkening that can almost look true fl(rare).
		Today very few pure Sorraia still exist, and most have been maintained mainly by the d' Andrade family in Portugal, who keeps a small feral herd.
	www.pethandbook.com /pets698.html (581 words)

	The Sorraia Horse and the Mongolian Horse / Prezwalski's Horse on Equiworld -Horse and Pony Information- horses and ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Its color is dun, but with the pattern superimposed that is also found in the Exmoor: mealy mouth, lighter-colored rings around the eyes, lighter areas on the inside of the legs, under the belly, in the flanks.
		The Sorraia has a dark face and muzzle area, is of fairly uniform color, a dark zone - almost like a stripe - runs under the middle of its belly.
		It would be foolish to claim the Sorraia horse to be pure anymore, but its status is most likely that of a direct descendant of an ancestral form, the closest thing we have left to that form.
	www.equiworld.com /breeds/sorraia/mongolian.htm (518 words)

	Sorraia, Sorraias, Iberian Warmbloods and Baroque Horses, English Mastiffs.
		Sorraia, Sorraias, Iberian Warmbloods and Baroque Horses, English Mastiffs.
		Sovina was born in Portugal on Jose Luis Sommer d' Andrade's estate, and was later imported to Germany with his dam after German horseman Hardy Oekle purchased him during the purchase of the dam; as a yearling he was imported to the USA!.
		Sovina's younger brother, Tejo II is a German Sorraia, foaled in Germany, bred by Hardy Oekle as recorded in the Portuguese Sorraia Studbook..
	www.sorraias.com /Nature'sBaroques.htm (313 words)

	Manifest Fire - the Andalusian (Pure Spanish Horse) - Caballos de Pura Raza Española (version2) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The Sorraia breed can be directly related to the Tarpan, an ancient strain of wild Euro-Asian horse now extinct.
		Like the Horse of the Przewalski, the Sorraia exhibits all the primitive markings, including the "mustard dun" or "mouse grey" coloring, with zebra markings on the legs and the fl dorsal stripe; the fluffy mane and tail are usually streaked with the same yellow wash of hair.
		In the 2nd century B.C. the great Roman Empire arrived in the area that they would call Hispania after the Second Punic Wars, and it was during the 8th century when the Iberian Peninsula was conquered by the invading Moors where the greatest developement of the Andalusian took place.
	www.nocturnal-butterfly.net /andalusians/history.html (685 words)

	Iberian Wild Horses (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Among them were horses that are nowadays known as Sorraias, remnants of the indigenous wild horse of south Iberia (which is in modern day Portugal) and which is basically the same horse as the Marismeño of Spain.
		There is genetic evidence which strongly suggests that the sorraia characteristics date back to the Primitive Form-III horse which existed as far back as the ice age.
		Sorraia characteristics appear in a few remaining herds such as the Kiger Mustangs of Oregon, Sulphur Springs Mustangs of southwestern Utah, and the Pryor Mountain Mustangs of Wyoming and Montana.
	www.kbrhorse.net /wclo/sorraia1.html (258 words)

	Plenty Star Ranches Links (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		As such, the Sorraia is an ancestor of all Spanish descended riding horses, the modern warm bloods, the Thoroughbred, the North African Barb, and of course, the Spanish Mustang, most specifically, the Sorraia-type Spanish Mustang, registerable in the Sorraia Mustang Registry.
		Characteristics are the grulla or dun color with often two-colored manes and tails, sooty dark faces, as well as zebra stripes (barrings) on their legs and shoulder and even stripes on their fore head.
		In an article written by Hardy Oelke, Germany, The Sorraia Horse, he said: "Hardy bought one of Sharron Scheikofsky's mares, Misty Jo, a full sister to Silver Shadow, on of their breeding stallions, took her to Germany and found her very similar to his purebred Sorraias.
	www.plentystarranch.com /horses/mustangs.html (795 words)

	Mustang Magazine
		This means that there are indeed mustangs which trace back at least in their maternal line to the Sorraia population, that others go back to the ancestor of the Andalusian, and there are also some which stem from the ancestor of the Lusitano.
		Their Sorraia genes must be considered worthwhile preserving… Bringing them together with those of other Sorraia Mustangs, or even Portuguese Sorraias, in order to "strengthen the genes", will, in the long run, result in horses indistinguishable in phenotype from the Portuguese Sorraias.
		The goal is to preserve the Sorraia genes, not to deny their mustang background, or deliberately cover their origin and try "selling" them as being the same as Portuguese Sorraias.
	www.spanish-mustang.org /mustang.htm (4602 words)

	Breeds of Horses - Horse Breeds - Horses for Sale (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Although not of especially great conformation and small of size the Sorraia pony breed is very versatile and makes an excellent farm worker.
		The Sorraia Pony breed stands 12 – 13hh and is dun and eel type stripes down the center of the back.
		Should you be looking for Sorraia ponies or horses for sale, please check our horse classifieds… horseforsale.ca has the very best horses for sale from around the globe in our horse classifieds.
	www.horseforsale.ca /breeds/sorraia.cfm (167 words)

	Horse Directory Australia \| Sorraia Horse \| Horses of the World \| (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		It is believed that the Sorraia is a descendant of the ancient Asian Wild Horse and the Tarpan.
		The primitive looking Sorraia was formerly used for farm and riding work.
		The Sorraia is believed to be related to the Garrano pony of northern Portugal.
	www.horsedirectory.com.au /horseresources/horsesofworld/Sorraia.html (152 words)

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