Navarrin horse

Cheval Navarrin

Cheval Navarrin in a lithograph by Victor Adam
Conservation status extinct
Country of origin South-west France

The Cheval Navarrin, also called Navarin, Navarrois, Tarbais, Tarbésan or Bigourdin, is an extinct breed of light saddle-horse from south-western France. It was bred principally in the plains of the Pyrenees around Tarbes, and in Bigorre, now in the Hautes-Pyrénées. It stood about 148–151 centimetres at the withers.[1] Lively and elegant, it had an excellent reputation throughout the 18th century. It was used as a mount for light cavalry, as a saddle-horse and for classical dressage.

References

  1. ↑ Beucher, Charles Casimir, marquis de Saint-Ange (1854) Cours d'hippologie: contenant 1° la connaissance du cheval, 2° l'hygiène, 3° l'industrie chevaline; suivi d'un appendice sur la position du cavalier à cheval démontrée par l'anatomie : Adopté officiellement et enseigné à l'École de Cavalerie et dans les Corps de Troupes à cheval, par Décision de M. le Ministre de la guerre, en date du 9 avril 1852 (in French) 2nd edition Paris: Dumaine, Leneveu; Saumur: Niverlet, Dubosse Volume 2 p.258


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