Have you seen a horse this big and bulky? Hehe. Check out its special hooves too!
up close and personal with the Jutland
Let me introduce you to the Jutland horse. *smile* The Jutland is Denmark‘s own breed of heavy horse. Its ancestors have been bred on the Jutland peninsula
since the middle ages and before. Selection for the breed as it appears today
began around 1850. One of the greatest contributions to the success of the breed
came from the stallion Oppenheim who was imported from England in 1862. Oppenheim
was Shire and Suffolk.
Six generations later the stallion Aldrup Menkedal, who is considered the foundation
stallion of the breed, was born. Almost all Jutland breeding can now be traced
back to Hovding and Prins af Jylland, two of his sons.
this picture was taken from www.ansi.okstate.edu/…/jutland/index.htm
Beginning in 1928, there has been a close association between the Jutland
breed and the Carlsberg brewery which uses Jutlands to haul brewery wagons.
At one time there were 210 Jutland horses with Carlsberg and today about
twenty are still used for beer transportation in Copenhagen. The Carlsberg
horses take part in many shows, festivals and films, promoting both the
breed and the brewery.
this is the load they have to lug, so no wonder ya… *laugh*
How come there aren’t many shots of its head? Or is Jutland camera shy
Did you get to ride it?
Man… these horses are just like a supra that come with a custom wide bodykit… you know what I’m saying… *laugh*
Looked strong and solid. Wonder how many horsepowers it produce.. *grin*
Wow ! dear Hannah the horse look great beside you and how wonderfull that they still use the natural and thanks god for them the Jutlands still have work to do if not they will become extinct . Bravo to the farm management
wow. special horse breed. these horses really have long tails and are really really big. the horses are even used to transport beer around. do the horses get a Carlsberg beer after every trip? imagine a horse a horse drinking. haha.