Breed: Noriker
Species: Horse
Colour: Black, dark chestnut, chestnut, bay, grey: white patches, leopard, sometimes blue roans with black heads (ger.= Mohrenköpfe)/ Occasionally white markings on the head and/or feet. No white horses.
Weight: males : 800 kg/ females : 700 kg
Height: males: 157-160 cm/ females : 155 cm
Country: Austria
Description: Noriker is a very old breed from Salzburg, Kärnten, Tirol, Steiermark, Oberösterreich and a composite of various Heavy Draught Horses (Pinzgauer, Brabanter, Burgunder, Ardenner) and Spain-Andalusian-Iberian Blood (1688).There are five stud lines:VULKAN, NERO, DIAMANT, ELMAR, SCHAUNITZ.
History: The breed has the roots back into the Roman times, mainly bred in Salzburg since 1688.Herdbook established in 1898.
Morphology: heavy mountain horse/ heavy head with convex profile and a split croup
Specials: The breed is adapted to mountains.
Uses: Transport, Hobby and Culture, Work
Performance: This powerful horse is used for hard work in forests, fields and transporttoday mostly used for riding, driving and old tradition (folkloristic farming horse).