Friesian horses

[W5GA]

Originating in the Netherlands, one of the most beautiful breeds around. Always black, and always feathered (the long hair around the hooves). The super high hoof lift when at a trot is natural, the extreme head set (chin almost touching the chest) is not, and is cruel. Enjoy the vid.
http://www.youtube.com/v/Y5XJbSqwriM?version=3&feature=player_detailpage

[NY3V]

Originating in the Netherlands, one of the most beautiful breeds around. Always black, and always feathered (the long hair around the hooves). The super high hoof lift when at a trot is natural, the extreme head set (chin almost touching the chest) is not, and is cruel. Enjoy the vid.
http://www.youtube.com/v/Y5XJbSqwriM?version=3&feature=player_detailpage

Magnifique! Thanks Doug.

[KG4CGC]

At 2:19 and 3:23 you see Romney.

[NY3V]

At 2:19 and 3:23 you see Romney.

It must be nice to be in the 1% to afford these horses.

[KG4CGC]

It must be nice to be in the 1% to afford these horses.

Yes, and then treat them cruelly and get to write them off as tax breaks.

[KG4CGC]

OK. I'm sorry. This wasn't s'posed to be political.

[NQ6U]

I don't like them Dutch horses. Got to replace them damned wooden shoes pert near every week.

[PA5COR]

I live smack middle in the province Friesland, and driving around in the countryside you see lots of them.
One time they were almost extinct, but good programs of raising them took care of them.
They were used as workhorses before the mechanisation came in play.

Same as the Frisian cows, exported all over the world. ( Holstein breed)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holstein_(cattle)
With the growth of the New World, markets began to develop for milk in North America, and dairy breeders turned to the Netherlands for their livestock. After about 8,800 Holsteins had been imported.
"Friesian" denotes animals of a traditional European ancestry, bred for both dairy and beef use.
The rich polder (https://forums.hamisland.net/wiki/Polder) land in the Netherlands (https://forums.hamisland.net/wiki/Netherlands) is unsurpassed for the production of grass, cattle and dairy products. Between the 13th and 16th centuries, the production of butter and cheese was enormous. Historic records describe heavy beef cattle, weighing from 2600 to 3000 pounds each.
They are a breed (https://forums.hamisland.net/wiki/Breed) of cattle (https://forums.hamisland.net/wiki/Cattle) known today as the world's highest-production dairy animal. Originating in Europe, Holsteins were bred in what is now the Netherlands (https://forums.hamisland.net/wiki/Netherlands) and more specifically in the two northern provinces of North Holland (https://forums.hamisland.net/wiki/North_Holland) and Friesland (https://forums.hamisland.net/wiki/Friesland). The animals were the regional cattle of the Batavii (https://forums.hamisland.net/wiki/Batavi_(Germanic_tribe)) and Frisii (https://forums.hamisland.net/wiki/Frisii), two tribes who settled in the coastal Rhine region around 2,000 years ago.

Or our sheep, producing lots of milk for the cheese.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Friesian_(sheep)

[WØTKX]

Doesn't Friesland have it's own dialect that is very closely related to English?

[PA5COR]

It's a Language, Frisian, the official 2nd language in the Netherlands.
And yes, it has lots of similarities to English, we did conquor the UK as only country that did that one, and Frisians did a lot of trade with their English neighbours, even go live there.
We even beat the snot out of the Romans that tried to over run us, but faailed miserably.
http://www.boudicca.de/frisian1.htm

In 28 A.D. the Frisians rebelled, and hung the taxmen. To retaliate, the Romans sent their legions to punish and conquer Friesland. But the Roman army was slain in a battle at the Baduhennawood. The name of the Frisians was now a feared one in Rome.

Around 450 A.D. Angles, Saxons, Jutes and a Frisian fraction cross the North Sea and establish the Anglo-Saxon empire (currently known as England). The Frisians colonized the county of Kent in southeast England.

Around 400 A.D. the Frisians started establishing their Frisian Empire. In 500 and especially 600 A.D. there was a fast expansion and a strong increase in trade. At its peak, in the 7th century, this empire consisted of the coastal areas from north Belgium to southern Denmark. And it controlled a large part of the North Sea traderoutes from Friesland to England, France, Scandinavia and northwest Russia.

The heathen king Redbad is the greatest folk hero of the Frisians. He is the defender of the Frisian freedom against the invading Frankish armies and against the Church of Rome. Redbad was a devout heathen. So when the Franks were internally divided as whom was to rule, he attacked the Franks, conquered Utrecht and distroyed the church.

In 714 A.D. Pepin dies. Redbad takes advantage of this and he beats the Frankish armies under Charles Martel in 716 A.D. at Cologne, thereby winning back the Frisian Empire. King Redbad dies in 719, leaving behind a Great and Heaten Friesland.


It is safe to say we Frisians don't like authority and the taxman ;)

[W5GA]

Historic records describe heavy beef cattle, weighing from 2600 to 3000 pounds each.
They are a breed (https://forums.hamisland.net/wiki/Breed) of cattle (https://forums.hamisland.net/wiki/Cattle) known today as the world's highest-production dairy animal. Originating in Europe, Holsteins were bred in what is now the Netherlands (https://forums.hamisland.net/wiki/Netherlands) and more specifically in the two northern provinces of North Holland (https://forums.hamisland.net/wiki/North_Holland) and Friesland (https://forums.hamisland.net/wiki/Friesland). The animals were the regional cattle of the Batavii (https://forums.hamisland.net/wiki/Batavi_%28Germanic_tribe%29) and Frisii (https://forums.hamisland.net/wiki/Frisii), two tribes who settled in the coastal Rhine region around 2,000 years ago.

Or our sheep, producing lots of milk for the cheese.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Friesian_(sheep (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Friesian_%28sheep))
I'm here to tell ya, if you raise Holsteins here for beef you will be sadly disappointed.

[NA4BH]

The horses have a gait just like a Tennessee Walking horse. The Tennessee Walker has a smoother ride.