[7] The main area of breeding lay between the northern Hotzenwald to the south and the Kinzigtal to the north.

Breeding was concentrated round the monasteries of St. Peter and of St. Märgen; for this reason it was formerly known as the St. Märgener Fuchs.

[6] A breed association, the Schwarzwälder Pferdezuchtgenossenschaft, was started in Sankt Märgen in 1896,[5]: 444 [8] and a stud-book was begun in the same year.

With the mechanisation of agriculture and of transport, demand for working horses fell rapidly, and by 1977 the number of mares had fallen below 160.

[6] The Black Forest Horse is always chestnut with a flaxen mane and tail; no other color may be registered.