Stock Photo - firo animals Dulmen Merfelder Bruch wild horse catch 05/26/2018 This year 32 year old stallions were caught. In order to preserve the wild horses, it is necessary to remove the sexually mature stallions from the herd after one year, in order to avoid rivalries among the stallions, among other things. This wild horse hunt has taken place every year since 1907 on the last Saturday in May in the Merfelder Bruch. The year-old stallions are hand-caught and offered for sale through auction. The yearling stallions quickly lose their fear of people and get used to their new surroundings. You are said to have a clever, good-natured, sufficient, but above all a relaxed character. Therefore they are very popular as riding horses for children or as carriage horses. - Muenster/NRW/Deutschland