List of Swiss horse breeds
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This is a list of the Swiss breeds of horse,[1] with various names used for them in that country:
| International name | French | German | Italian | Notes | Image |
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| Ajoie | extinct, merged into the Swiss Warmblood in the 1970s[2]: 298 | ||||
| Burgdorfer | coldblood, from cross-breeding of Jura and Ardennes, became extinct in the twentieth century[3][4] | ||||
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Cavallo della Madonna | warmblood, considered extinct since the mid-twentieth century;[3] contributed to the development of the Swiss Warmblood, which is sometimes known as the New Einsiedeln;[5] a small number remain[6]: 202 | |||
| Entlebucher | light coldblood, became extinct in the twentieth century[3] | ||||
| Erlenbach | Erlenbacher | derived from Danish mares and Mecklenburger stallions, original form lost by the mid-eighteenth century;[7]: 506 warmblood, became extinct in the twentieth century, merged into the Swiss Warmblood[2]: 300 [3][5] |  | ||
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Freiberger |  | |||
| Ormont | extinct[5] | ||||
| Schwyz | extinct[5] | ||||
| Swiss Halfblood | extinct, merged into the Swiss Warmblood in the mid-twentieth century[7]: 506 | ||||
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Cavallo della Svizzera | formed in the early 1970s through merger of the Ajoie, Einsiedler and Erlenbach local breeds and the Swiss Halfblood;[2]: 300 [7]: 506 sometimes known as 'Neue Einsiedeln'.[7]: 506 | .jpg) |
