Senner
Sign in to savethumb|In the Senne (Germany)|Senne in about 1860 thumb|alt=an elderly grey horse|In the Moosheide nature reserve, 2016 The Senner or Senne is an endangered German breed of riding horse. It is believed to be the oldest saddle-horse breed in Germany, and is documented at least as far back as 1160. It is named for the Senne, a natural region of dunes and moorland in Nordrhein-Westfalen, in western Germany, and lived in feral herds there and in the Teutoburger Forest to the east.
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- Instance of
- horse breed
- Subclass of
- sport horse
- Population
- 27
- Country of origin
- Germany
- Image
- Stukenbrock Senner Pferde Moosheide 078, cropped.jpg
- Height
- 1.67
- Has use
- show jumping
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- color
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thumb|In the Senne (Germany)|Senne in about 1860 thumb|alt=an elderly grey horse|In the Moosheide nature reserve, 2016 The Senner or Senne is an endangered German breed of riding horse. It is believed to be the oldest saddle-horse breed in Germany, and is documented at least as far back as 1160. It is named for the Senne, a natural region of dunes and moorland in Nordrhein-Westfalen, in western Germany, and lived in feral herds there and in the Teutoburger Forest to the east.
It is a warmblood, and has been influenced at various times by Arab, Anglo-Arab, Thoroughbred and Iberian stock. It may have contributed to development of the Hanoverian.
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