Finnhorse
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[edit] General pictures
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6-year-old stallion
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Trotter stallion being harnessed
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On pasture
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Small Finnhorse from Karelian Istmus in 1909
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Finnhorse from Central Finland in 1910
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Mare with young colt
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Foal playing outside for the first time
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[edit] Driven
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Grey-maned mare prior to a race start
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Start introduction
[edit] Ridden
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Finnhorse jumping a low, crossed obstacle
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On a snowy field
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The breed is sometimes criticized for "not knowing how to gallop"
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History enactors
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Horse polo in snow
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At a Finnhorse dressage championship
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Evaluation show for 5-year-olds
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Endurance riding
[edit] Working
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Logging
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A load of firewood
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Lumber transport on the frozen Lake Päijänne
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Working a field
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[edit] Military use
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Pulling an aeroplane
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Ready to leave for Winter War
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Winter War, January 1942
[edit] Famous individuals
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Eino 680 (Tt 1908); son of the founding stallion Eino Tt 700 and a main sire of line
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Jaakko Tt 118, a founding stallion
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Kirppu Tt 710, a founding stallion
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Uljaanpoika 1694, a founding stallion
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Bismark, a common ancestor for all contemporary grey Finnhorses
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Kelmi, one of the first and most successful Finnhorse dressage horses
[edit] Trotters
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Eri-Aaroni 3423 Valio
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Kirppu Tt 710 was also famous as a racing horse
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Lohdutus yh 232 Valio (left) and Eri-Aaroni (right)
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Murto 2306
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Reipas (compare to Murto - much lighter)
[edit] Colours
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Chestnut with flaxen, sabino
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Light chestnut with a golden tone
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Flaxen chestnut tail - dorsal stripe is a typical marking for the breed even as dun is not found
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Darker shade of chestnut
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Chestnut with a grey mane - could be flaxen with sooty
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Bay
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Brown- or black-based roan in 1910
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Sooty bay in extra sooty winter coat
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Same horse in even a more normal-looking bay summer coat
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Black
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Grey
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Modern, young grey
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Silver bay, pale
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Palomino
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Liver chestnut and flaxen chestnut mares with palomino foal
