What is the oldest Eurasian breed of horse?

zbeckabee

Przewalski The Mongolian Wild Horse with is arguably the oldest known species of equine on Earth. http://www.spiritwoodsstudios.com/przewalski.htm Jan 19 07, 6:22 AM

mkspiker

fresian.. i think....i know they are old but i dont have any idea where they are from!! Jan 19 07, 5:07 PM

Baloo55th

It seems a bit difficult to establish which is the oldest Eurasian breed of horse. Not Przewalski's Horse - that's a wild horse not a breed. The trouble is that people didn't bother giving things names way back when. The Shire is reckoned to go back to the days of the Romans, and the name Shire was reportedly given to the breed by Henry VIII, but he gets credited/blamed for many things he had nothing to do with. Przewalski's Horse is the only truly wild horse left, as zebras are equines but not horses. Friesians come from Friesia, which is partly in the Netherlands and partly in Germany. Jan 19 07, 6:03 PM