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The Camargue, French: Camarguais or Cheval de Camargue, is a traditional French breed of working horse indigenous to the Camargue area in southern France. Its origins are unknown. Its origins are unknown.
Camargue equitation is the traditional style of working equitation of the gardian herders of the Camargue region of southern France. It is closely associated with the Camargue horse , with Camargue cattle , and with the bouvino , the traditional cultural world of cattle farming in the Camargue.
The Camargue bull is smaller than the Spanish fighting bulls, stocky, with high horns and head. It measures about 1.40 m at the withers. It is primarily intended for bullfighting which is very popular in the region. The Camargue horse is the ultimate companion for herdsmen to move into the marshes and herd bulls.
The Camargue has an eponymous horse breed, the white Camarguais. Camargue horses are ridden by the gardians (cowboys), who rear the region's cattle for fighting bulls for regional use and for export to Spain, as well as sheep. Many of these animals are raised in semi-feral conditions, allowed to roam through the Camargue within a manade, or ...
A manade of Camargue horses means at least four mares in reproductive age living together on at least 20 hectares. A manade (prov. menada, originally from lat. manus = hand) [1] is a term used mainly in the Camargue area in France for a semi-feral group of Camargue cattle or horses led by a gardian, or herder. [1] [2] In French, the word manade ...
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Map of regional origins of draft horse breeds and some other breeds across France. This is a list of some of the breeds of horse considered in France to be wholly or partly of French origin. Some may have complex or obscure histories, so inclusion here does not necessarily imply that a breed is predominantly or exclusively French. [1]