Haflinger Info.

	THE BEGINNING

	The Haflinger's history begins in Tyrol, Austria in 1874. In The village
	of Hafling, the first registered Haflinger was born.......his sire was
	a royal Arabian stallion and his dam was a native Tyrollean
	mountain horse.

	Named, rather unromantically, "249 Folie", he inherited his
	mother's strength, disposition and stamina...while his father
	passed along an elegant grace and unbreakable spirit.

	All purebred Haflingers trace their lineage to this stallion.
Okay....so five
minutes after birth	In 1875, the Austrian Imperial ministry of Agriculture
he's not exactly	established an objective Haflinger breeding program, with
pretty.	stallions selected and owned by the government. All mares
	(which could be privately owned) had to meet a series of
	difficult qualifications before being allowed access to a
	Haflinger stallion.


THE CONTINUATION

After the war, the Austrian governemnt resumed it's
role as caretaker of the breed.

Three stallions were acquired, each with its own
standards, forming what were, and still are, known
as the "A-line", the "B-line and the"M-line" based upon
the first initial of each stallion's name.

Today, there are seven stallion lines: A, B, M, N, S, ST,
and W.	*Two days later.....and a whole lot*
	*better to look at*
Presently, six of the lines are represented at Willow
Brook Farms.

	TODAY

	With the end of that war, original breeding goals and
	standards returned, and have been stringently
	enforced ever since. The first Haflinger was
	imported to the United States in 1957. Several
	Haflinger breeding operations have since been
	established here, but.... of the six plus million horses
	of all breeds which now exist in this country, fewer
Autumn arrives on *the*	than 20,000 are registered Haflingers.
*Northwest pasture*
	Such relative rarity and such uncompromising
	breeding standards make a registered Haflinger one
	of the most sought after horses in America today.

THE HAFLINGER STANDARD

All Haflingers are a shade of chestnut, with either a white or flaxen mane and tail. They

range in size from 13.2 hands (54 inches) to 15 hands (60 inches), and fall into two basic

types. "Old style" which are shorter, somewhat "drafty" and are used primarily for

pulling carts and "new style" which are more refined, taller and are used for dressage,

endurance racing, trail riding, jumping and various competitive events.

Both styles are to be found at Willow Brook Farms.