Schleswig Coldblood

Schleswig Coldblood
Conservation status
  • FAO (2007): endangered[1]: 50 
  • GEH: Category II, "seriously endangered"
Other names
  • German: Schleswiger Kaltblut[2]
  • Danish: Slesvigsk Koldblod
Country of origin
  • Denmark
  • Germany
Distribution
Traits
Height
  • 154–162 cm[3]
  • Male:
    average 158 cm[4]
  • Female:
    average 156 cm[4]
Colourusually flaxen chestnut
Distinguishing featuresMedium-sized draught horse
Close-up of head

The Schleswig Coldblood (German: Schleswiger Kaltblut, Danish: Slesvigsk Koldblod) is a breed of medium-sized draught horse originally from the historic Schleswig region of the Jutland Peninsula, which today is divided between modern Denmark and Germany, and from which its name derives. It is found primarily in the northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein, and also, in smaller numbers, in Lower Saxony. It shares the origins, ancestry and much of the history of the Danish Jutland breed, and shows some similarity to the British Suffolk Punch. It is used in agriculture and forestry, and to draw coaches and wagons.

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