Fresians

Tiffany

Tiffany

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Anyone any experience of Fresian horses and if so, can you offer any advice on what I should be looking for regards type, their good points and not so good points. I know it will be a generalisation but I'm hoping to view a gelding this weekend if he's not sold.

I'm not specifically looking for a Fresian, just a forward going, sane general allrounder and one of the 3 I like just happens to be a Fresian.

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I have a friesian!!

There are a few different types but the main ones are the baroque (the heavy, shorter draft type) and the sports/modern (taller, less heavy). I personally like both types, they both are very attractive to look at, but i decided on a more modern type (though with some baroque horses in her breeding) as I wanted one that might be a bit more versatile that I could maybe do some jumping with. The Sports ones are being bred specifically to be more competitive in dressage and jumping so that appealed to me. There are some people who dont like them and only believe in friesians being the baroque type, and thats fine we're all entitled to our opinions!! But the way I see it, every breed has to move forward and more people want a competitive horse to ride these days.

Generally friesians have very sweet temperments, easy to train and very willing to do what you ask. There are a few lines that are known as being a little "hotter" which is not necessarily a bad thing if you want a competition horse!!

The main bad point with them is that due to their popularity there are a huge number of poor quality friesians and friesian crosses being bred now - terrible conformation (sway backed, swan necked, too fine) and with bad temperments. The best thing when looking for a friesian is to get a fully FPS registered horse so you know exactly what it is and where it came from (they DNA test them to register them which i think is a very good idea, no lying about lineage there!!), and if possible, one that has attended a Keuring so you know it is a good example of the breed :) If you are just looking for a safe, sane riding horse then I suppose the most important thing is how nice it is to ride though!!
 
Thanks for info UnaB, I've not asked his breeding yet but made a note of the useful points you've mentioned. Could you let me know the 'hot' breed lines please so, I can avoid them! I like forward going but getting too old for hot :D
If you have any photos you can post of your horse for me to look at that would be helpful.
This boy is 16.1hh and from what you've said I think he looks like the modern type?

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