Charolais horse
The Charolais or Charollais is an extinct breed of warmblood horse from the Charolais region of France surrounding the town of Charolles, now in the Saône-et-Loire département of Burgundy, in eastern central France. Like other French warmbloods, it was the result of crossing local agricultural horses with the Thoroughbred, and was known by the name of the region without ever having a specific stud-book. Like other French warmbloods including the Angevin, the Charentais, the Cheval Limousin and the Vendéen, it was fused with the Anglo-Normand in 1958 in order to create the national warmblood stud-book, the Selle français.[1] Principally bred as a light cavalry mount, it was also used for dressage and for jumping.
See also
List of horse breeds
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Horse breeds of France
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These are the horse breeds considered in France to be wholly or partly of French origin.
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Extinct breeds
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†Angevin · †Anglo-Normand · †Augeron · †Berrichon · †Bidets · †Bourbonnais · †Bourguignon · †Carrossier Normand · †Charentais · †Charolais · †Demi-sang du Centre · †Dombes horse (see also Bresse horse and Demi-sang de l'Ain) · †Limousin horse · †Loire horse · †Morvan horse · †Navarrin horse · †Saône-et-Loire · †Tarbésan · †Trait du Maine · †Vendéen
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