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  2. Percheron - Wikipedia

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    The Percheron is a breed of draft horse that originated in the Huisne river valley in western France, part of the former Perche province, from which the breed takes its name. . Usually gray or black in color, Percherons are well-muscled, and known for their intelligence and willingness to wo

  3. Prince Chaldean - Wikipedia

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    Prince Chaldean (also known as Chaldean 854 and Chaldean 637) is a Percheron gray stallion, known for his very long, abundant mane.Born in the Perche region of France in 1877, he was exported as a youngster to the United States, where he was briefly owned by Mark Wentworth Dunham, who sold him a few months later to Mr. Babcock in Wisconsin.

  4. Ross Butler (artist) - Wikipedia

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    Exhibiting Percheron Motivated by his painting of a black Percheron horse, Ross Butler decided to travel to Columbus, Ohio to attend the National Dairy and Percheron Show. While many of his efforts in Canada thus far seemed undervalued, this trip was certainly encouraging from its start.

  5. Trait du Maine - Wikipedia

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    The Trait du Maine is an extinct draft horse breed originating from the region of Maine in northwestern France. Bred from the 1830s onwards by crossing mares from Mayenne with Percheron stallions, it had its own studbook due to the Percheron Horse Society refusing to include horses born outside of the Perche region. The Trait du Maine was ...

  6. Midnight (horse) - Wikipedia

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    He was a black horse standing 15.1 hands (61 inches, 155 cm) and weighing 1,300 pounds. [2] He was a crossbred horse. [1] He was Thoroughbred on his dam's side and Percheron /Morgan cross on his sire's side. [1] Midnight was branded with McNab's Door Key brand. When he was a three-year-old, McNab broke him to be a saddle horse by using him for ...

  7. Wikipedia:Main Page history/2016 March 4 - Wikipedia

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    The Percheron is a draft horse that originated in the Huisne river valley, part of the former Perche province in France from which the breed takes its name. Usually gray or black , Percherons are well muscled, and known for their intelligence and willingness to work.

  8. Perche - Wikipedia

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    Perche is known by the following ancient Latin and French toponymic designations: saltus Particus, silva Perticus before the 6th century, pagus quem Pert[ic]ensem vocant and pagus pertensis in the 6th century, pagus Perticus no date and c. 815, Particus saltus in the 11th century, silva Perticus in 1045, [le] Perche in 1160–1174 and in 1308, Perche in 1238, foresta de Pertico in 1246, [3] [4 ...

  9. Oaklawn Farm - Wikipedia

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    They intended to raise Percheron horses as studs. They bought two stallions from Perche, one of which (Success) became the most notable Percheron breeder of all time. Dunham worked tirelessly to perfect his breed of horses, traveling to France to learn from other breeders. He imported over 1,300 horses from the country by 1883.