Welcome to Clydesdale Horse Society Denmark

Clydesdale horse Type: Heavy draft horses Origin: Scotland (Lanarkshire). Geography: Europe mainly UK, USA and Australia. Blood: Cold Blood. Properties: Active, brave. Temperament: Friendly and quiet. Color: The brown colors dominate, often with large markings on the body and head. Stg: 170-200cm. Race Description Exterior Description A Clydesdale should be muscular and energetic to watch. One of the breed characteristics is the huge round head. In addition, the desire to Clyde Valley has a wide flat head, with a profile which is just outside the Roman nose. Broad muzzle with large nostrils, bright intelligent eyes. Long, curved neck, the withers must be velmarkeret and higher than the croup. Clyde valley has steep shoulders that contribute to the characteristic, high foreleg motion. Back short and strong with velrundede ribs. Hindquarters are long and muscular tail with relatively high position. Good head with strong hovskæg. Clyde Valley moves with great energy, and hooves lifted completely clear of the ground. History Clydesdale breed comes from Lanarkshire, the lowlands of Scotland, which is crossed by the River Clyde. In the middle of the 18th century led to the expansion of mining regions in Lanarkshire to improve the roads, so pakhestetransport could be replaced by carriage on the far more effective horse-drawn carriages. The local farmers would need strong animals to pull wagons and began crossing local mares with larger and stronger, imported Flemish stallions. The result was called Clydesdale. The new breed quickly became popular. In 1911 was the Clydesdale breed is so thick that you could export the 1617 stallions out of Scotland. With the mechanization of agriculture, the number of Clydesdale horses dramatically. Now the breed used for riding and driving and shows.