The Ardennes is one of the oldest breeds of draft horse originating from the Ardennes area in Belgium, Luxembourg and France. They are heavy-boned but agile at times, with thick legs that help when plowing fields, pulling stumps, and riding. Ardennes have a lot of Belgian blood. This increases their size and strength, which helps them pull heavy objects for long periods of time. Ardennes are usually roan or bay colored, but can sometimes be chestnut or black. They are typically good-natured and docile animals. They were domesticated in 1000 B.C. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 746 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (750 × 603 pixel, file size: 105 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) A pair of Ardennes in front of a plough File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 746 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (750 × 603 pixel, file size: 105 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) A pair of Ardennes in front of a plough File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert... // This page is a list of horse and pony breeds, and also includes terms used to describe types of horses that are not breeds but are commonly mistaken for breeds. ... Two pairs of Shire horses and a pair of Suffolk Punches A draft horse, draught horse, or harness horse is a large, strong horse bred for heavy work rather than speed. ...
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Medium draft horses would be used in teams of two to eight to pull plows, harrows, and wagons on the farms.
An Oldenburg horse was a horse bred by Graf Johann XVI von Oldenburg or his son, Graf Anton Günther von Oldenburg.
These horses were known as "Oldenburgs." However, as Graf Anton Günther allowed tenants and others to breed their mares to his stallions, the term "Oldenburg" might also apply to animals that did not come from the Graf's breeding program.
Much of the Ardennes is covered in dense forests, with hills averaging around 350-500 m (1148-1640 ft) in height but rising to over 650 m (2132 ft) in the boggy moors of the Hautes Fagnes (Hohes Venn) region of north-eastern Belgium.
In the 20th century the Ardennes was widely thought unsuitable for large-scale military operations due to its difficult terrain and narrow lines of communications.
The rugged terrain of the Ardennes severely limits the scope for agriculture, with arable and dairy farming in cleared areas the mainstay of the agricultural economy.
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