This is a list of the Swiss breeds of horse, with various names used for them in that country:
International name French German Italian Notes Image Ajoie extinct, merged into the Swiss Warmblood in the 1970s Burgdorfer coldblood, from cross-breeding of Jura and Ardennes, became extinct in the twentieth century Cavallo della Madonna warmblood, considered extinct since the mid-twentieth century; contributed to the development of the Swiss Warmblood, which is sometimes known as the New Einsiedeln; a small number remain Entlebucher light coldblood, became extinct in the twentieth century Erlenbach Erlenbacher derived from Danish mares and Mecklenburger stallions, original form lost by the mid-eighteenth century; warmblood, became extinct in the twentieth century, merged into the Swiss Warmblood Freiberger Ormont extinct Schwyz extinct Swiss Halfblood extinct, merged into the Swiss Warmblood in the mid-twentieth century formed in the early 1970s through merger of the Ajoie, Einsiedler and Erlenbach local breeds and the Swiss Halfblood; sometimes known as 'Neue Einsiedeln'.
Other extinct breeds
ProSpecieRara lists several other extinct Swiss breeds of horse:
Bündner Oberländer Pferd Charrat-Pferd Delsberger Pferd Emmentaler Pferd Freiburger (Wifflisburger) Luzerner Pferd Mayenfelder Pferd Pruntruter Pferd Seeländer Pferd Simmentaler Pferd Solothurner Pferd St.Galler Oberländer Pferd St.Galler Rheintal Pferd
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Breed data sheet: Burgdorfer / Switzerland (Horse). Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed April 2023.
Historique (in French). Avenches: Fédération Suisse du Franches-Montagnes. Archived 29 January 2022.
Das Original Freiberger Pferd (in German). Interessengemeinschaft zur Erhaltung des Original Freiberger Pferdes. Archived 12 August 2022.
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