Golden Gaits Farm

The origin of the Haflinger can be climbed back up until the origin of the medieval times when the writings said of a native eastern type of horse that was found in the Tyrolian Mountains of the south on the border of Austria and of Italy of the current norths. A lot of towns and of farms of the Tyrol were accessible only by the narrow small exacting ways, nimble, sturdy and the horses of mountain of surefooted for the daily transportation and pack the provisions. Then, for the centuries, a line of these natal horses was raised in Tyrol of the south. They were to take general the horses, light the untidy one and the hitched horses just like packs animals. The work of regional art in the first 1800 watch a horse of noble brown one with the riders and the piles that crosses the craggy tracks of mountain.

In 1874, in the town of Hafling, Austria, (that after WWI is now in Italy), "249 Madnesses", the first registered Haflinger had been born. It was generated by a royal standard of half arabian named "133 El 'Bedavi XXII "and of a Tyrolian, natal and refined mare.

The whole purebred modern Haflingers must trace their ancestry directly to Madness by seven different lines of standard: One, B, M, N, THE S, ST, and W. Madness inherited the force of his mother, the disposal and the resistance and the grace and the refined and elegant bone structure his father. A year later, an influential account persuaded officers of the Imperial Austrian Ministry of Farming to establish a Haflinger objective high the program. Apreds the Madness of standard, crossing with a horse of another type is not allowed on or the side of the standard or the mare. Pure Elever is the primary indication of the American Haflinger Register (AHR) in Rootstown, Ohio, that is the association of official types and the register of studbook to the United States.

The Haflinger came to North America in 1958 when Tempel Smith of Illinois, the importes of Austria to begin a high program. Soon of others began importing Haflingers and today there several importers and several breeders through the United States and Canada. While Haflingers can be imported Germany, Holland, England, and Italy, more to continue come from Austria.

The modern Haflinger is found now everywhere in the world, active in such discipline varied as training, jump, jump, pack, pleasure driving, CDE, the track of the taking west, CTE, the endurance that takes, the work of untidy one and take the therapeutic programs. Held Haflingers their clean one in the competition with the other types, showing to astonish often the sports and the force for their size.

A desirable appearance of the horse is an of elegance and of harmony. A harmonious balance should be striven for that is suitable for a horse of complete pleasure. The Haflinger should have a lean and expressive head with the big one before that indicates eyes and wide nostrils, the well formed neck and the supple midsection, a good croup did not divide also and does not too run, a distinct musculature just like corrects, the members define with the joined vouchers. The tail should not be regulated too low. The standards and the mares for student clearly should have defined masculine or characteristics feminine

Haflingers generally is to hold gauged pony about 14 hands in average, although the variation "modern" can attain 15 hands. The desired range nevertheless is of 54 in. to 60 in, or 13.5 to 15 hands. The failure to attain the height minimum to 3 years means that the animal strongly will be discouraged student. The size maximum could be surpassed if the horse has an excellent or remarkable evaluation exterior

The characteristic more notable of the Haflinger is his coat color striking; this is always the brown with a white one, or "of linen," principal and the tail. The color can spread of the brown pale one to the brown one of dark liver, but always with the mane and the tail of pale linens. The paler versions and gilded often are identified as the horse palomino. Color impurities in the disgusting color as roan, or the black places are undesirable, as are the color impurities in the mane and the tail, and the excessive deviations of color will be considered very negatively and student strongly will be discouraged.

The head brands are desirable, but not a previous condition, although too much mark are undesirable and can finish by becomes strongly discouraged for student. The leg brands are not desirable and are penalized in the norm of type of the AHR as follows: "A white leg will not be penalized, two white legs will have for result an a deduction of not at all, three white legs will have for result a two deductions of not at all, and the horses with four legs or the white white one above the knees or above the jarrets strongly will be discouraged student. A white leg is a white sock that spreads above the weight joint. The white brands are meant by a change in the skin pigment".

The basic gaits of the Haflinger are distinctive and energetic but smooth. They are rhythmic and balance, and consist in a 4-the beaten Walk, a 2-the beaten trot, and a 3-the beaten gallop. The movements to a walk should be relaxed energetic and student. The movements to the trot and to the gallop should be supple, balance, light on the feet with a perceptible balancing phase and with a natural suspension. Some knee action is desirable. In particular, the gallop should show one before clear and jumping towards the top the sequence. The horse should have a not balancing attaining long voucher with an elastic gait, showing the good impulse of behind. The step should be correct, supple and of a pure rhythm without the serious defects.

The Haflinger has one To Do, the Docile temperament and not very complicated. In particular, it has an excellent character without the vices or without the bad habits and an equal temperament.

Currently, there are two different types of Haflinger -- a style of untidy one runs good for the work of driving or firm, and a bigger more refined version raised to take and to jump.

Basically, a Haflinger is a horse with the strong character and pleasant. It should be complete sturdy and anxious and able to execute, just like easy to acclimate to the useful being for all the goals. In particular this is true to take, driving and to jump in the sport sector, but also as a functioning horse to pull and to carry.

The Haflinger continues to capture hearts and enriches lives in North America as it has for more than two centuries to Austria.