Friesian Horse Also known as Hard-draver (strong trotter), the Friesian Horse is one of the oldest horse breeds in Europe and some finds suggest that the progenitors of this breed were even from prehistoric times. Originally from the Friesian Islands (Holland), it is famous for its characteristic morello coat and its thick, often wavy horsehair. Breed selection… The selection of the breed was made by crossing the most powerful and heavier subjects with the Andalusian and Arabian Horses and was the protagonist in the formation of all the racing trotting races, also through the Hackney that derives from it. In the Friesian Horse three linesRead More →

Falabella Horse The Falabella Horse is a miniature horse but it is not a pony, as it is often confused, even if the perfect proportions and conformation are decidedly different from the ponies, and it has all the typical characteristics of a horse of normal stature: they are only reduced and compared to its size. For more than 150 years, the Falabella Horse Breed has been bred in the Recreo de Roca Ranch in Argentina, owned by the Falabella family, from which the Breed takes its name. The History The history of the Falabella Horse Breed is fairly recent and begins in 1845 when PatrickRead More →

The Maremmano Horse The Maremmano Horse. The origins The origins of the Maremmano Horse have their roots in the territory of the ancient Etruscans in the Tuscan-Lazio Maremma and, since then until the mid-1800s, the breed has maintained the same initial characteristics as a stocky, strong and shady horse. Around 1870 he began to cross it with more gentle and slender looking horses and, thanks to the English thoroughbred, he came to what is commonly called the new generation with the birth of the stallion Fauno, in 1902 in the royal stables of San Rossore, in Tuscany. And if you too… If you too loveRead More →

The Calabrian Horse The Calabrian Horse is an ancient breed originally from Calabria derived from a group of Arab horses imported from North Africa. The Calabrian Horse. The history The history and value of the Calabrian Horses naturally intertwines with the numerous dominations that have followed one another in the territory and, since ancient times, there are many testimonies that appreciate this breed of horses described by Polybius (Megalopolis 206 BC – approximately Greece 124 BC ) “Of elegant and quick shapes, agile and fast”. The Calabrian Horse during the Bourbon period During the Bourbon period the Calabrese Horse was crossed with the Andalusian whichRead More →

Nearco Nearco (24 January 1935 – 27 June 1957) from Pharos and Nogara was an Italian thoroughbred purebred English horse, gallop champion of the Dormello Olgiata Breed bred by Federico Tesio in Dormelletto, in Piedmont. Nearco he left a… Nearco he left a descendants that has had a lot of horses important as Nearctic, Northerm Dancer, Secreteriat and others to the point that Nearco was twice (in 1947 and 1949) at the top of the list of stallions whose descendants had won the highest sum of prizes in England and Ireland. According to… According to many horse racing experts, Nearco was one of the strongestRead More →

Donatello II Donatello II (m.s.) born in 1934 from Blenheim and Delleana da Clarissimus Owner: Teso – Incisa Coach: Federico Tesio Jockey: Pietro Gubellini Donatello II. Nine races disputed with 8 wins at 2 and 3 years including the Grand Prix of Milan, the Italian Grand Prix, the Italian Derby, the National Criterium, the Gran Criterium, the Eupili Award, and the only defeat is a placement : the second place at the Grand Prix de Paris in Longchamp. The star of Donatello II… The star of Donatello II begins to shine in the autumn of 1936, a prelude to a short but fulminant careers atRead More →

The Horses of the Beer Factory. We at Club Cavallo Italia always want to offer those who love horses like us interesting news about this extraordinary animal (but we don’t like to call it animal) and here we introduce you the Horses of the Beer Factory. And if… And if you too love horses and their elegance as we love them, visit the Club Cavallo Italia Friends page. Thank you. We waiting for you. There is an old brewery in Rheinfelden in Switzerland, which uses, on important occasions, cold blooded Belgian breed horses to carry the barrels of their precious beer. They are called theRead More →

The Salernitano Horse and the Ceramics of Vietri. Why? Our journey in search of excellence to propose to those who, like us at Club Cavallo Italia, love horses and their elegance stops in the province of Salerno because the Salernitano Horse originated here and in Vietri, in the province of Salerno, born the Vietri ceramics that the whole world of envy. The Salernitano Horse The origin of the Salernitano Horse dates back to the settlements of Greek horses in southern Italy after the founding of Paestum, later crossed both with Carthaginian and Etruscan horses and with oriental horses, due to the Saracen invasions and tradeRead More →

The Horse in children’s drawings is an excellent topic for discovering this form of art. Have you ever wondered how children see the horse? Or, better, as they imagine it because it is increasingly difficult for them to meet a “real” horse, especially for the little ones who live in the cities, away from the countryside. Furthermore, meeting a horse today is not as simple as many years ago, when travel was mainly made with carriages and the car was being born. For this reason we have created, in collaboration with Passione Cavallo, an Italian non-profit association for the knowledge of the horse, a seriesRead More →

Arabian Horse Arabian Horse is one of the oldest breeds, naturally originating in Saudi Arabia, which has also been used to create or improve other breeds from all over the world, first of all the English Thoroughbred. The thoroughbred Arabian horse is the result of centuries and centuries of selection and use in climatic conditions so difficult as to allow survival only for the most resistant and courageous subjects. And if… And if you too love horses and their elegance as we love them, visit the Club Cavallo Italia Friends page. Thank you. We waiting for you. To this must be added that the breedingRead More →