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I wanna tell you about Friesian horse breed. I was lucky to work with them and want to let this site explorers to learn about these beautiful horses.
The horse farm where I am working is located in Spain Catalonia, in a small village named L’Aldea. It was founded by Don Juan De La Cruz and and has his name “Hipica de la Cruz“. The farm was built in the early 60′s of the 20th century and now it is managing by Don Huan’s son Oriol.

At the begining horses from Holland were imported for trade, but now the farm has its own breeding base. There are about 50 horses available to be sold and regular import of new horses is realize. The farm stuff are break in horses for ride and team. It is awarded in many competitions for high ride and horse morphology.

The horses are remarkable for their even temper and intelligence. Their imposing figure make them desired for teams in carriages. The Friesian are frequently guest of nice weddings. I hope that these horses will come to Bulgaria soon to be a part of horse ellite in our country. The mark thing about these horses is that they have very long horse-haired mane and hoofs. The Friesian need good hygiene and everyday walking.

The Friesian are universal for ride and for teams. Their break is easy and there is no need to press power to control them. They have firmly and robust hoof. They have solid and strong hoof and are cheap for their height. Daily, they eat about 5 kg oats at large. The forage improves their hairs and hoofs’ condition.

The Friesian breed is known even since atiquity. The horses were used as a war horses in battles, in knight tournaments. A lot of them were used in crusades. In the early XX century, during the WWII the horse number fall down, but after the war especially in Holland their number rised.

Farm daily routines and Friesians trainings are as follows:

At 7,30 every morning we feed oat straw and oats to horses. An hour later we give water to horses, bring them out the the stable boxes. During this time, the beddings are cleaned and the straw is changed. The horses are brushed thoroughly before return back. When everything is done the break in begin.

The break in of every horse is at different level, so the approach to every Friesian must be different too (it is individual). Usually we repeat the elements from last/previous drills and then we break in new movement and elements. After the drills the horses are washed. The horses’ manes and tails are plaited to make it curly. When necessary the horseshoes are changed. At the evening the horses are feed again.