:List of Swiss horse breeds

This is a list of the Swiss breeds of horse,{{r|dad}} with various names used for them in that country:

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\| Ajoie \| \| \| extinct, merged into the Swiss Warmblood in the 1970s{{r\|save2\|p=298}} \| style="height: 60px;" \|
\| \| Burgdorfer \| \| coldblood, from cross-breeding of Jura and Ardennes, became extinct in the twentieth century{{r\|int\|dad2}} \| style="height: 60px;" \|
\| \| {{ubl\|Einsiedler\|Einsiedeln}} \| Cavallo della Madonna \| warmblood, considered extinct since the mid-twentieth century;{{r\|int}} contributed to the development of the Swiss Warmblood, which is sometimes known as the New Einsiedeln;{{r\|fm2}} a small number remain{{r\|elise\|p=202}} \| style="height: 60px;" \|
\| \| Entlebucher \| \| light coldblood, became extinct in the twentieth century{{r\|int}} \| style="height: 60px;" \|
Erlenbach \| \| Erlenbacher \| \| derived from Danish mares and Mecklenburger stallions, original form lost by the mid-eighteenth century;{{r\|cabi\|p=506}} warmblood, became extinct in the twentieth century, merged into the Swiss Warmblood{{r\|save2\|p=300\|int\|fm2}} \| 180px
\| {{ubl\|{{nobreak\|Franches-Montagnes}}\|Franc-Montagnard\|Cheval du Jura\|Jura{{r\|save2\|p=298}}}} \| Freiberger \| \| \| 180px
\| Ormont \| \| \| extinct{{r\|fm2}} \| style="height: 60px;" \|
\| \| Schwyz \| \| extinct{{r\|fm2}} \| style="height: 60px;" \|
Swiss Halfblood \| \| \| \| extinct, merged into the Swiss Warmblood in the mid-twentieth century{{r\|cabi\|p=506}} \| style="height: 60px;" \|
{{ubl\|Swiss Warmblood\|{{nobreak\|Swiss Saddle Horse}}}} \| {{ubl\|Demi-Sang CH\|Demi-sang Suisse}} \| {{ubl\|{{nobreak\|Schweizer Warmblut}}\|CH-Warmblut\|Neue Einsiedler}} \| {{nobreak\|Cavallo della Svizzera}} \| formed in the early 1970s through merger of the Ajoie, Einsiedler and Erlenbach local breeds and the Swiss Halfblood;{{r\|save2\|p=300\|cabi\|p2=506}} sometimes known as 'Neue Einsiedeln'.{{r\|cabi\|p=506}} \| 180px

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style="width: 150pt;" | International name

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| Ajoie

| extinct, merged into the Swiss Warmblood in the 1970s{{r|save2|p=298}}

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| Burgdorfer

| coldblood, from cross-breeding of Jura and Ardennes, became extinct in the twentieth century{{r|int|dad2}}

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| {{ubl|Einsiedler|Einsiedeln}}

| Cavallo della Madonna

| warmblood, considered extinct since the mid-twentieth century;{{r|int}} contributed to the development of the Swiss Warmblood, which is sometimes known as the New Einsiedeln;{{r|fm2}} a small number remain{{r|elise|p=202}}

| style="height: 60px;" |

| Entlebucher

| light coldblood, became extinct in the twentieth century{{r|int}}

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Erlenbach

| Erlenbacher

| derived from Danish mares and Mecklenburger stallions, original form lost by the mid-eighteenth century;{{r|cabi|p=506}} warmblood, became extinct in the twentieth century, merged into the Swiss Warmblood{{r|save2|p=300|int|fm2}}

| 180px

| {{ubl|{{nobreak|Franches-Montagnes}}|Franc-Montagnard|Cheval du Jura|Jura{{r|save2|p=298}}}}

| Freiberger

| 180px

| Ormont

| extinct{{r|fm2}}

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| Schwyz

| extinct{{r|fm2}}

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Swiss Halfblood

| extinct, merged into the Swiss Warmblood in the mid-twentieth century{{r|cabi|p=506}}

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{{ubl|Swiss Warmblood|{{nobreak|Swiss Saddle Horse}}}}

| {{ubl|Demi-Sang CH|Demi-sang Suisse}}

| {{ubl|{{nobreak|Schweizer Warmblut}}|CH-Warmblut|Neue Einsiedler}}

| {{nobreak|Cavallo della Svizzera}}

| formed in the early 1970s through merger of the Ajoie, Einsiedler and Erlenbach local breeds and the Swiss Halfblood;{{r|save2|p=300|cabi|p2=506}} sometimes known as 'Neue Einsiedeln'.{{r|cabi|p=506}}

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Other extinct breeds

ProSpecieRara lists several other extinct Swiss breeds of horse:{{r|pro}}

Bündner Oberländer Pferd
Charrat-Pferd
Delsberger Pferd
Emmentaler Pferd
Freiburger (Wifflisburger)
Luzerner Pferd
Mayenfelder Pferd
Pruntruter Pferd
Seeländer Pferd
Simmentaler Pferd
Solothurner Pferd
St.Galler Oberländer Pferd
St.Galler Rheintal Pferd

References

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[https://www.fao.org/dad-is/browse-by-country-and-species/en/ Breed data sheet: Switzerland / Horse]. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed April 2023.

[https://dadis-breed-datasheet-ext-ws.firebaseapp.com/?country=CHE&specie=Horse&breed=Burgdorfer&lang=en Breed data sheet: Burgdorfer / Switzerland (Horse)]. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed April 2023.

[https://web.archive.org/web/20220129082402/http://www.fm-ch.ch/fr/portrait-de-la-race/historique.html Historique] (in French). Avenches: Fédération Suisse du Franches-Montagnes. Archived 29 January 2022.

[https://web.archive.org/web/20220812172223/http://www.originalfreiberger.ch/rasse_d.html Das Original Freiberger Pferd] (in German). Interessengemeinschaft zur Erhaltung des Original Freiberger Pferdes. Archived 12 August 2022.

[s.n.] (2016). [https://web.archive.org/web/20161207042853/https://www.prospecierara.ch/uploads/media/80/lebende_und_ausgestorbene_rassen.pdf Nutztierrassen und -schläge der Schweiz] (in German). Basel: ProSpecieRara Schweiz. Archived 7 December 2016.

Élise Rousseau, Yann Le Bris, Teresa Lavender Fagan (2017). [https://books.google.com/books?id=Eus9DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA176 Horses of the World]. Princeton: Princeton University Press. {{isbn|9780691167206}}.

[Monitoring Institute for Rare Breeds and Seeds in Europe] (2003). [https://web.archive.org/web/20220524150902/https://www.save-foundation.net/images/projekte/alpen/monitoring-2003-en.pdf Agricultural Genetic Resources in the Alps; Landwirtschaftliche Genressourcen der Alpen; Ressources génétiques agricoles des Alpes; Risorse genetiche agricole delle Alpi; Kmetijski genetski viri v Alpha]. Zürich: Bristol-Stiftung; Bern, Stuttgart, Wien: Haupt. {{isbn|3258066698}}. Archived 24 May 2022.

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