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http://www.welt-der-pferde.de/b_clydesdale.htm#Clydesdale
http://www.clydesdalehorse.co.uk/
http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/breeds/horses/CLYDESDA/
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Clydesdale
Characteristics and Origin of the Clydesdale
Horse
The Clydesdale is a breed of heavy draft
horse developed in and deriving its name
from the district in Scotland where it was
founded. Its type was evolved by the farmers
of Lanarkshire, through which the River Clyde
flows. The old name for Lanarkshire is Clydesdale.
It was bred to meet not only the agricultural
needs of these farmers, but the demands of
commerce for the coal fields of Lanarkshire
and for all the types of heavy haulage on
the streets of Glasgow. The breed soon acquired
more than a local reputation, and in time,
the breed spread throughout the whole of
Scotland and northern England.
The district system of hiring stallions was
an early feature of Scottish agriculture
and did much to standardize and fix the type
of the breed. The records of these hiring
societies go back in some cases to 1837.
The Clydesdale Horse Society was formed in
1877 and has been an active force in promoting
the breed not only in Great Britain but throughout
the world. The Clydesdale alone, of the British
breeds of heavy draft, has enjoyed a steady
export trade to all parts of the world. The
most active trade has been to commonwealth
countries and the United States. Today the
Clydesdale is virtually the only draft breed
in its native Scotland and New Zealand. It
holds a commanding lead in Australia and
is popular, though not the numerical leader,
in Canada and the United States.
The Clydesdale is a very active horse. He
is not bred for action, like the Hackney,
but he must have action. A Clydesdale judge
uses the word "action" with a difference.
A Hackney judge using the word means high-stepping
movement; a Clydesdale judge means high lifting
of the feet, not scuffling along, but the
foot at every step must be lifted clean off
the ground, and the inside of every shoe
be made plain to the man standing behind.
Action for the Clydesdale judge also means
"close" movement. The forelegs
must be planted well under the shoulders
- not on the outside like the legs of a bulldog
- and the legs must be plumb and, so to speak,
hang straight from the shoulder to the fetlock
joint. There must be no openness at the knees,
and no inclination to knock the knees together.
In like manner, the hind legs must be planted
closely together with the points of the hocks
turned inwards rather than outwards; the
thighs must come well down to the hocks,
and the shanks from the hock joint to the
fetlock joint must be plumb and straight.
"Sickle" hocks are a very bad fault,
as they lead to loss of leverage.
A Clydesdale judge begins to estimate the
merits of a horse by examining his feet.
These must be open and round, not thin and
flat. The hoof heads must be wide and springy,
with no suspicion of hardness that may lead
to the formation of sidebone or ringbone.
The pasterns must be long, and set out at
an angle of 45 degrees from the hoof head
to the fetlock joint. Too long a pastern
is very objectionable, but very seldom seen.
A Clydesdale should have a nice open forehead
(broad between the eyes), a flat (neither
Roman-nosed nor "dished") profile,
a wide muzzle, large nostrils, a bright,
clear, intelligent eye, a big ear, and a
well-arched long neck springing out of an
oblique shoulder with high withers. His back
should be short and his ribs well sprung
from the backbone, like the hoops of a barrel.
His quarters should be long, and his thighs
well packed with muscle and sinew. He should
have broad, clean, sharply developed hocks,
and big knees, broad in front. The impression
created by a thoroughly well-built typical
Clydesdale is that of strength and activity,
with a minimum of superfluous tissue. The
idea is not grossness and bulk, but quality
and weight.
As in all breeds of livestock, the Clydesdale
has gone through several changes of emphasis,
over the years, to meet the demands of the
times. In the 20's and 30's the demand was
for a more compact horse; of late, it has
been for a taller, hitchier horse. Most of
the horses range in size from 16.2 to 18
hands and weigh between 1600 and 1800 lbs.
Some of the mature stallions and geldings
are taller and will weigh up to 2200 lbs.
With the changes in the size and type of
horse wanted, the Clydesdale emphasis on
underpinning has remained paramount.
The most common color in the Clydesdale breed
is bay. Black, brown, and chestnut are also
seen with roans (solid body color with white
hairs throughout the coat) in all of the
colors. The preferred markings are four white
socks to the knees and hocks, and a well-defined
blaze or bald face. The show ring does not
discriminate on color with light roans and
horses with dark legs being considered equally
with horses of the more solid colors and
traditional markings. The increased popularity
of big hitches has directed more attention
to color in recent years and the stabilization
of color patterns.
For anyone desiring an active yet tractable,
intelligent, stylish yet serviceable draft
animal for work, show, or simple pleasure
- the Clydesdale merits his or her most serious
consideration.
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