2LearnBreed
Fjord horse
Equus caballus
A breed of Horse, from Norway
Horse breed.
- Family
- Equidae
Keeping
How it is kept
For Horse generally
No keeping details are recorded for this breed yet, so these are the species’.
Kept for
- Draught work
- Companionship
- Mature weight
- 200–1000 kg
- Lifespan
- 25–30 years
- Gestation
- 340 days
- Temperament
- Sensitive herd animals with a strong flight instinct
- Forage
- Need plenty of grass or hay, eaten little and often, and constant clean water. Hard feed only if their work or condition calls for it.
- Housing
- Safe, visible fencing without barbed wire, shelter from the weather and enough grazing for the number of horses. A dry standing area helps keep their feet healthy.
- Good to know
- Horses need company, ideally other horses. Feet need trimming every six to eight weeks and teeth need checking every year, along with regular worm control. Sudden changes of diet and rich spring grass are common causes of colic and laminitis.
The record
Breed facts
Size
- Height (female)
- 141–148 cmBLE TGRDEU (Germany), 2024 (source, opens in a new tab)
- Height (male)
- 141–148 cmBLE TGRDEU (Germany), 2024 (source, opens in a new tab)
Appearance
- Colours
- Bay dun, red dunWikidata (source, opens in a new tab)
Status
- Population
- 774 breeding females, 141 breeding males in GermanyBLE TGRDEU (Germany), 2024 (source, opens in a new tab)
Uses
- Kept for
- Riding and leisure, competitionBLE TGRDEU (Germany), 2024 (source, opens in a new tab)
Photos, videos and notes
From keepers
Full detailsevery field on the record, to copy
- Name
- Fjord horse
- Slug
- fjord-horse
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Family
- Equidae
- Genus
- Equus
- Species
- caballus
- Cultivar
- Fjord horse
- Wikidata QID
- Q857040
- Origin country
- Norway
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 52