Italian Heavy Draft Horse

A female TPR; out the mark of race (scale of five pegs inside a shield)
Horse Italian Heavy Draft Agricultural (CAITPR or, more briefly, TPR) is an Italian breed of horses selected in 1927.

Height at withers: males 155-160cm, females 150-158cm;
Weight: 700-900kg;
Coat: Is most commonly chestnut, also the typical uber and bay;
Trademark of race: Scala five rungs enclosed in a shield in all subjects pedigree.

The absence of a strain of equine history of Italian origin are used in heavy work in agriculture and the military was the origin of the selection process of this breed.

Between 1911 and 1926, the intersection of Norfolk had a strain of Breton stallions mares of different origins (Hackney, Percheron, Breton and Belgium/Ardennes) which allowed farmers to get a horse of medium-size, but elegant in its movements that is adequate for your purpose.

They were established in 1926, of the “outposts of fertilization select” and in 1927 came the first generation of foals controlled by law. At the end of 1950 they established the studbook (LG) of the race that was initially run by the Institute of Increased Riding of Ferrara (ex Luggage Stallions Italian Army) and, subsequently, by the National Horse Breeders of Italian agriculture Heavy Draft (ANACAITPR) under the control of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry.

Attitudes, Use and Consistency

Its use as a working breed for farming and for the transport of medium to heavy goods for civilians and the military, went into crisis in the 1960s with the spread of mechanization in transport and agriculture. The breeding of CAITPR underwent a significant downsizing, but the economic interest for food production will prevent their disappearance.

This race, in fact, allows good yields in meat and can be brought to the state semi-extensively in areas of poor productivity. Since the 1990s, the CAITPR has found a renewed interest for a workhorse – for agricultural and recreational uses – in the wake of the spread of environmental tourism and organic farming, and as a workhorse for use in forestry activities in ecologically sensitive forests.

In 2007, they surveyed over 6,000 animals including 400 stallions, and the region with the largest number of specimens was Lazio.