Scientific name:
Equus

Natural spread:
France

appealing Kaltblüter of middle caliber. Somewhat more roughly, well moderate-sized head with friendly expression. Snifter, powerful neck, the one quite good shoulder originates from and into a sufficiently distinctive instep leads over. Compact torso with short back, good depth, unloading rib-vault. Snifter and spreads, kicked the ball out (split -) croup. Dry foundation with some Behang and hard, small hooves. A willing, tough worker and good feed-user of handy size. About. 155 cm Stick-measurement, with 800 kg of weight. Color almost always fox with light long-hair.

The race should go back to heavy Germanic horses, that from the Burgundies in the 6. Century was introduced. Mixed with the local workhorses, an extremely useful hit emerged, that was estimated also by the military. The prime of the race was the 18. Century. After a period of the decay, Eugène Gayot (1846) provided an upswing again as a director of the Gestütswesens through selected good stallions of other French races. Later found also Ardenner application, that reinforced the foundation and brought in more mass. A certain relationship with the Haflinger, both races occur with white long-hair almost exclusively as light foxes, can be founded on the import of horses from Burgundy to Tyrol. in 1925, the Stutbuch was established.