Friesians

I have 3 ,
i have two sports and one banoque type ,
The temperament of the Friesian horse is loyal, Willing, placid and cheerful. Friesians are very people oriented and highly intelligent with an uncanny ability to retain knowledge. dont get me wrong if not trained propley can also turn bolshy and many other things
The Friesians strength and willingness makes them suitable for use as Workhorses, (plowing, pulling) Their good looks and proud bearing makes them excellent for Carriage and harness. Their agility and temperament provide great dressage and riding Horses.
today, there are two distinct conformation types. The baroque type has the more robust build of the classical Friesian. The modern, sport horse type is finer-boned. Conformation type is judged less important than correct movement, and both types are common, though the Modern type is currently more popular in the show ring than is the Baroque Friesian.
some people dish the modern type friesian for a long weak back and weak backend and also for being quite hot tempered , but to me a banoque type probley has conformation faults too
 
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I did own one and I sold her on, we didnt get on :( was gutted as in theory she was my dream horse. She was sharp sensitive and had HUGE and stunning paces!! She suffered from pretty bad seperation anxiety. Def not a bad horse and was good in traffic. Mine had a stallion in her breeding who I believe is known for producing hot heads, which she def was!!
 
I've ridden a few :)

It's not my type of breed. I don't love their looks (some are just fabulous, but most I've seen is just a bit too much...) and definetly not the temperament I prefer. But we're all different. :)

First one I rode and met was one of those real beauties. Still a stallion, of course..:P and completely nuts. He wasn't mean, just.. bad. looked everywhere, couldn't focus and as dull to any aids as a rock. Without any mares nearby.. I didn't stay up on him for too long though, heard later he was retty much the same with everyone. I know that he was sent around to lots of different trainers (rode him when he was at my trainer) that had lots of different methds but they all sent him back unfinished. At last he was sold cheap to some really good driver (competed in horse driving classes) and that's something he fit in well for so he has a happy life there now :)

The second one was the opposite, pretty ugly with a weird overbent deer neck, toppy and pointy everywhere despite being a bit on the chubby side. But really sweet. She was kind and careful, only thing wrong with her in my opinion was that she was a bit dull to the aids. Not really resisting them, more as if she just couldn't feel them unless I really pressed it. But a sweetheart and I'm sure she's just perfect for someone else somewhere.

The others has been somewhere in the middle, ok looking, ok to ride. But I've felt a great lack of sensetivity in them, is all.

Now I like really sensetive horses, so it's simply not the breed for me :) But someone with other priorities will surely find them perfect.
 
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Mate has a stallie, he's fabulous. Intelligent in spades, willing, calm, bombproof. I'll message her so she can respond.
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Guilty your honour. quick reply as off to work.

I am on my third friesian. i had two friesian stallies that i drove as a pair and rode on the odd occasion. these were very young (3) when i got them and I now have Aize antoher stallion - as finances dictated i had to downsize and the other two were very much a pair.

I will say that it has taken me a lifetime to find this breed and i am totally enamoured. I iwlll never have any other breed now.

They are indeed Intelligent (does allsorts of tricks and high school movements) willing calm bombrpoof but has a pulse. He has manners to burn and you can leave him for months then just get on/drive and he is no different. high winds, nothing, rain, nothing, in traffic, nothing, we pulled the "celeb" in front of a marching band at our local festival. ride drive in any company. we compete at dressage and do riding club and people actually go look at the undercarriage as they dont believe he is a stally.

they are very much a people horse as a breed. very loyal to their "person" and try their hearts out for you.

Once you have one you wont part with it.

and I wont sell you my boy, no one in this world has enough money i could have sold him a hundred times, but no, go buy your own. :P

by the way, i bought the first friesian whilst i was undergoing chemotherapy, an unbroken 3 year old stally, i bought his pair unseen off the internet from holland. Neither disappointed!

feel free to message me and i will answer any question as best i can.
 
I have never owned one but I had one here on livery - he was a nightmare, he was really spoilt by his owner - a brat that used to beat up all the other horses, he would chase them around the field to double barrell them, he would p*ss off everytime you lead him in or out .... he used to set his neck (which was huge) stick his head in the air and was gone, he was also horrible to ride ... lovely looking though - nah, not for me :rolleyes:
 
I used to share a 5YO gelding, was very sweet, full of character. He was a sports Fresian.

To ride, he was fantastic to hack alone and in company, he was so comfy too. 99.9% bombprof (took alot to get him spooked) a little lazy in the school, but when you really worked on him he went lovley. Jumping, he was a little green but was very willing and always tried his heart out.

To handle, very cheeky but loveable. Would however test you, nothing dangerous just could be a bit bargy, not respecting your space. But once you were firm with him and showed him who's boss he was an angel to handle.
 
I own a friesian, have known two others, all different in their ways.

As other has said mine is extremly people orintated. Loves humans and being around them. If you sit in the field he will make sure that he is near to you. Everyone gets greated with a whicker (even if ur not his owner, just someone he knows of). Extremly kind of heart and despite having naughty tendancies would never do anything that would hurt you. In fact the few times I have fallen off of him he was horrified. They are very clever and very quick to learn.

To ride, well, he is bouncy, not bombproof even though good around tractors. He is not a ploddy ride, infact quite forward so dont be fooled by their cobby appearance, they arent all plods.

His paces are amazing and even though hasnt been schooled to the highest ability could have excelled at dressage.

Friesians are unlikely to make cross country machines or high level showjumpers but my boy will easily jump a 1.10m course.

Generally it depends on what you are looking for on their suitability but if you want a loyal friend then a friesian is def the breed for you. Another owner that would never part of with her friesian and a breed I will now always own.
 
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