Haflingers!!!

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Originally Posted by Wally

Funny you should say that kate F, I came to the same conclusion a while back.

My old fashioned Haflingers (back in the 70's) were totally trustworthy family nags. Safe as houses and sane. The ones I have seen recently do not float my boat......and I have yet to see some of the more famous ones keep all 4 feet on the ground for any length of time.!!!


These were my boys, father and son, both stallions driving at Royal Ascott, and doing a 50 mile endurance ride in the Somerset Levels.

Aww wow thank you for your pic's thire are lovely!

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Originally Posted by Kate F.

Being in Austria, I am up to my neck in haflingers, and just bear in mind that although they're small and look cute, they are not teddy-bears! It is, of course, unfair to make generalizations about any breed - but in general terms, and accepting that there are always exceptions, I would say this. In recent years they've been bred more towards sport purposes, with more arab blood, and in many cases that has made for highly strung tanks, that spook at their own shadow then pull the whole stable with them when they decide to bolt!

As they are usually intelligent and curious, they can also be very destructive. We have one that can rip ANYTHING off the wall in her box, however securely attached. As she regularly destroyed feed buckets, we tried a fixed manger. Mistake. Having used all the correct stuff up put it up, she proceeded to rip it off the wall and take half the wall with it. They regularly go through fences - some seem completely immune to electric fences - another one here leans against 5.000 volts quite happily and stays there with the fence on his neck while he pinches grass from the next field.

For all that, they usually learn quickly and can be great fun to train. If you are looking for an easy ride, I am not sure I would recommend a haflinger - unless perhaps a very old one. That cheekiness can quickly turn into serious pushing and bullying unless you keep your wits about you and draw very clear lines! However for a pint size challenge and potential for lots of fun - go for it!

Thank you,
Yeah i am up for a challenge! you could never get bored of a haffie! well you could never got bored of any horse/Pony but haffies do sound like what i want because of a number of things. Well thank you Kate of giving me some more info its appreciated

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[MrDCBags]

There's a stud down the road from me and all the last years youngsters are out in the fields looking very hairy!!!!

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Originally Posted by MrDCBags

There's a stud down the road from me and all the last years youngsters are out in the fields looking very hairy!!!!

aww bless them! how cute...

[Sarah-Lou :)]

ooo i found a website with some on
heres some links

haflinger 1
haflinger 2
haflinger 3


hope it helps