Falabella

The Falabella is a Poney by its size and small a Cheval by its origins. Its Race was most probably created by the crossing of a small Thorough-bred with Shetlands.

History of the race

This race was creates in the Hacienda Reero de Roca, located close to Buenos Aires in Argentine, by the Falabella family at the end of the 19th century. It is resulting from crossings between small small thorough-breds and shetlands. The descendants were crossed between them, in order to emphasize the Gène dominating giving the small size, but making it more fragile.

Although it resembles a miniature horse, it is too often regarded as a pet. However its physical force and its characteristics require minimal equestrian knowledge.

During this process, the reduction in the size was done with the costs of the force and the robustness. Current Falabella completely lost the strength which he had inherited in the beginning his Shetlands ancestors.

Characteristics

Falabella are very gracious but they have obvious weaknesses of conformation, due in the search of a small size; problems which the stockbreeders do not manage to eliminate despite everything their efforts to obtain more vigorous horses.

Falabella should not be confused with the miniature horse because they are two different races.

Use

Being able to be employed like a horse to only draw from small cariolles, you will be suppris by his force compared to its small size. Falabella is very appreciated like pet, as well as could the being a large Chien. In the United States, Falabella was even discovered in an apartment downtown full.

Record

The world records of the miniature horses are held by a stockbreeder of the the United States, who produced a mare called Sugar-Dunpling.

It weighed 13,5 kg and its height with the garrot did not exceed 0,46 Mr. the height should not normally exceed 0,76 m with the garrot.

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