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quietann
Jul. 9, 2009, 07:28 PM
I know it's some sort of German WB, but that's it. There's one for sale at the barn where I board my mare, and he's a big goof, also a very nice looking horse. My mare loves him (which is not her usual reaction to geldings!) and it will be sad when he goes to a new home.

So, enlighten me? About Sachsen Anheltiners and any other "minor" WB breeds?
YankeeLawyer
Jul. 9, 2009, 08:00 PM
I believe it is Sachsen Anhaltiner and the breed originated in Eastern Germany. I saw an ad for one recently that looked interesting (a schoolmaster gelding).
quietann
Jul. 9, 2009, 10:32 PM
I believe it is Sachsen Anhaltiner and the breed originated in Eastern Germany. I saw an ad for one recently that looked interesting (a schoolmaster gelding).

YL, if that gelding is in New Hampshire, it's the one I am talking about :) He's a real sweetheart.
YankeeLawyer
Jul. 9, 2009, 11:15 PM
YL, if that gelding is in New Hampshire, it's the one I am talking about :) He's a real sweetheart.

He looks REALLY nice. He definitely caught my eye!
SilverSpringFarm
Jul. 10, 2009, 09:09 AM
It's actually spelled Sachsen Anhaltiner.

http://www.equinekingdom.com/breeds/light_horses/sachsen_anhaltiner_warmblood.htm

Most of the websites I pulled up were in German unfortunately.
vineyridge
Jul. 10, 2009, 10:06 AM
Sachsen is the German spelling for Saxony. Sachsen Anhalt, I believe, is one of the German states that was previously in East Germany. http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.maps-of-germany.co.uk/images/sachsen-anhalt.gif&imgrefurl=http://www.maps-of-germany.co.uk/map-of-sachsen-anhalt.htm&h=550&w=606&sz=32&tbnid=c_hufz460eLzXM:&tbnh=123&tbnw=136&prev=/images%3Fq%3DSachsen%2BAnhalt&hl=en&usg=__Kx7d0Z10-75t9RO9km9NuSCCt1I=&ei=UUtXSv__K5q_tweeiozdCg&sa=X&oi=image_result&resnum=6&ct=image So Sachsen Alhaltiner would simply be a horse that is registered in Sachsen Anhalt, much as Holsteiner is a horse registered in Holstein.

Whether the horse has qualitities peculiar to horses bred in that area of Germany is yet another question which only experts could answer.
quietann
Jul. 10, 2009, 11:13 AM
Whether the horse has qualitities peculiar to horses bred in that area of Germany is yet another question which only experts could answer.

Hm. I was hoping to find an expert here :) I know he has Hanoverian lines, but that's it. He's not mine; I'm just curious about the "breed" such as it is.