 Throughout the 19th and 20th centuries , horses were harvested from the feral herds and used as riding and stock horses , as well as being used for their meat , hair and hides . Originally there were many herds that roamed land owned by the British Crown and the native Māori , but many were eradicated with the intensification of large scale farming and forestry operations combined with increased mechanization that decreased the need for stock horses . Kaimanawa horses today have the highest amount of genetic similarity with the Thoroughbred and other Thoroughbred cross breeds . 
 Throughout the 19th and 20th centuries , horses <a href='uninflect' title='1'><mark>were</mark></a> harvested from the feral herds and used as riding and stock horses , as well as being used for their meat , hair and hides . Originally <a href='dey_it' title='2'><mark>there</mark></a> <a href='uninflect' title='3'><mark>were</mark></a> many herds <a href='null_relcl' title='4'><mark>that</mark></a>roamed land owned by the British Crown and the native Māori , but many <a href='uninflect' title='5'><mark>were</mark></a> eradicated with the intensification of large scale farming and forestry operations combined with increased mechanization <a href='null_relcl' title='6'><mark>that</mark></a>decreased the need for stock horses . Kaimanawa horses today <a href='got' title='7'><mark>have</mark></a> the highest amount of genetic similarity with the Thoroughbred and other Thoroughbred cross breeds . 
Throughout da 19th and 20th centuries , horses was harvested from the feral herds and used as riding and stock horses , as well as being used for their meat , hair and hides . Originally it was many herds roamed land owned by tdaBritish Crown and the native Māori , but many was eradicated with the intensification of large scale farming and forestry operations combined with increased mechanization decreased the need for stock horses . Kaimanawa horses today got the highest amount of genetic similarity with thdahoroughbred and other Thoroughbred cross breeds .