HISTORY
Friesian horses originated in Friesland, a province of The Netherlands (Holland).
The Friesian breed of horse is over 2000 years old and is one of the purest representatives of the European horse. The
Freisian was used as a war horse by Friesian soldiers fighting with the Norman Armies, and later used by knights and traveled
all the way to the Middle East with the Crusaders. The Friesian was imported to North America in the seventeenth century
but the breed was totally lost in North America due to crossbreeding. The Friesian was not reintroduced to North America
until 1974.
