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It originated in Brittany, in north-west France, from cross-breeding of local horses with various other breeds. It is strong and muscular, and often has a chestnut coat. There are two principal subtypes: the Postier Breton is an agile harness and light draught breed; the Trait Breton is heavier, and best suited to agricultural work.
The Lipizzan or Lipizzaner (Croatian: Lipicanac, Czech: Lipicán, German: Lipizzaner, Hungarian: Lipicai, Italian: Lipizzano, Serbian: Lipicaner, Slovene: Lipicanec) is a European breed of riding horse developed in the Habsburg Empire in the sixteenth century. It is of Baroque type, and is powerful, slow to mature and long-lived; the coat is ...
The breed was used as a tool of diplomacy by the Spanish government, and kings across Europe rode and owned Spanish horses. During the 19th century, warfare, disease and crossbreeding reduced herd numbers dramatically, and despite some recovery in the late 19th century, the trend continued into the early 20th century.
The Kladruber (Czech Starokladrubský kůň) is the oldest Czech horse breed and one of the world's oldest horse breeds. It is considered very rare. The chief breeder and the keeper of the studbook is the National Stud at Kladruby nad Labem in the Czech Republic where Kladrubers have been bred for more than 400 years.
Research into a known single-nucleotide polymorphism showed this non-native alternation is very rare in purebred Pottoks. [6] Tests of mitochondrial DNA revealed Pottoks are most likely to crossbreed with the Basque Mountain Horses, less so with other breeds. [6] Although some genetic markers of other European horse breeds were found, overall ...
Sorraia horses have bi-colored manes and tails with lighter colored hairs that fringe the outside of the longer growing black hair. [4] This is a characteristic shared with other predominantly dun-colored breeds, such as the Fjord horse. [7] Purebred Sorraia occasionally have white markings, although they are rare and undesired by the breed's ...
The Baudet du Poitou, also called the Poitevin or Poitou donkey, is a French breed of donkey. It is one of the largest breeds, and jacks (donkey stallions) were bred to mares of the Poitevin horse breed to produce Poitevin mules, which were formerly in worldwide demand for agricultural and other work.
After the First World War, when breed numbers were much reduced, measures were taken to re-establish the breed: a breed society was established in 1920, and in 1921 a stud-book was started. [ 4 ] : 464 [ 7 ] : 178 In the 1930s some limited use was made of Finnish and Arab stallions , with the aim of reducing inbreeding .