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User Login Email: Password:    » Forgot Password?  » New Member Sign Up Visitors Online: Today's Visits: Yesterday's Visits: Horses Menu Home Horses For Sale Welcome to Suffolk Punch ! You are here: Terrific-Horses.com > Horse Breeds > Suffolk Punch Book Search: Suffolk Punch Description The Suffolk Punch is a heavy horse breed that dates back to the 1500s. This breed originated in Great Britain, in the East Anglian county. The Suffolk Horse Society was formed in 1877. They accumulated information about the horses history and registrations to create the first Suffolk Punch studbook in 1880. The Suffolk Punch was specifically bred for the conditions of East Anglia to work the clay. This horse was bred strong and clean legged. At the fairs the Suffolk Punch would be tested by being hitched to a tree. They would pass whether they moved the tree or not if they got on their knees. Another test was to back up, as was necessary in the city. The modern Suffolk Punch stands on average 16 to 16.3 hh. This horse is bigger than its ancestors. The Suffolk Punch has a broad forehead, big body, and muscular forearms, short legs, with huge rounded quarters. The Suffolk Punch matures early, lives long, and can thrive on small amounts of food. It has a unique action while in walk, which is sharp with a swing and in trot the Suffolk Punch has knee action. Most recently some of these horses were exported to Pakistan to help produce army remounts and mules. Google Ads

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