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About the Anglo Arab In France Breed
.In France one differentiates between the
“pure-bred Anglo-Arab” and the “half-bred
Anglo-Arab.” The former is the direct result of cross-breeding
with English Thoroughbred (specifically mares) and pure-bred
Arab (specifically stallions), the latter springing from two
sources: cross-breeding of English Thoroughbred and pure-bred
Arab with native mares of the south-west of France, and cross-breeding
of pure-bred Anglo-Arabs with native mares of the this same
region.
The present day Anglo-Arab, long in evolving, has none the less
kept its original stamp, because the soil and climate of the
south are admirably suited for maintaining its peculiarities
and its sobriety. At all times there has lived from the Pyrenees
to the transitory zones of Limousin and the Charentes a horse
population which has passed through various denominations, but
has always retained one characteristic: oriental blood whose
origins go back to the 8th century, the period of the Moorish
invasion, when the Aquitaine breed, already praised by Caesar
in his “Commentaries,” was heavily infused with
African blood. Successively known as Iberian, Navarrine, Bigourdan
and Tarbenian breed, it has now achieved, through a wise and
forward-looking policy of the national studs, a stable homogeneity
under the name of Race Anglo-Arabe or Pur Sang Francais. It
has its own stud book, only carrying the names of horses with
a minimum 25% of Arab blood, and indicating its exact percentage.
The Navarrine breed, highly esteemed for service in the school,
was greatly reminiscent of the Andalusian horse, if having greater
size and quality. This breed, whose source the wars of the Monarchy,
the Revolution and the Empire practically exhausted, was to
receive under Napoleon I a strong oriental influx through his
acquisition of several Syrian studs. He greatly appreciated
Arab horses and founded two studs, Tarbes and Gélos,
where first the Andalusian, then the Syrian horse was utilised,
lending itself perfectly, as it did, to cross-breeding with
native mares. The average height of the contemporary Navarrine
breed hardly exceeded 15 hands. Under Louis Philippe (about
1833) the vogue of racing, and thereby of the English Thoroughbred,
caused it to be crossbred with the Navarrine, rather abusive
use leading to a new type of this breed, taller and longer of
line (15 to 16 hands), less well coupled and spindle-legged,
which came to be known as the Bigourdan horse, yet soon gave
reason to regret the Navarrine.
Between 1874 and 1920 timely, well-considered alternate cross-breeding
of native mares with English Thoroughbred and pure-bred Arab
produced the beautiful breed of the Anglo-Arab Half-bred, also
known as the Tarbenian breed. After 1920, successful use was
made of pure-bred Anglo-Arab studs, thus obtaining a third factor
in alternate cross-breeding (English Thoroughbred, pure-bred
Arab, and pure-bred Anglo-Arab).
Today’s Anglo-Arab rarely exceeds 16 hands, has a wide
forehead, wide-open expressive eyes, longish ears, withers well
back, oblique shoulders, a well-muscled, well-oriented arm,
a short, well-shaped back, deep chest, low hocks capable of
good engagement under the mass, somewhat light but well-boned
cannons and sound feet.
The saddle horse par excellence, it was used in the 19th century
almost exclusively not only for the light horse cavalry but
also the dragoons. In more modern times it has often excelled
in the Olympic Games, and between the two World Wars it was
to become a very successful hunter at Pau because of its excellent
endurance, perfect natural balance and almost legendary skill
over the fences.
However, since an animal as accomplished as this requires more
sensitive riding than a half-bred, many tend to give preference
to more uncomplicated breeds such as the Anglo-Norman. Its principal
breeding grounds are the regions of Tarbes and Pau at the foot
of the Pyrenees, and of Limousin, where the Pompadour Stud is
the most instrumental of all in the development of the breed.
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| Akhal-Teke
| Albino
| American
Quarter | American
Saddle | Andalusian
| Anglo-Arab
| Anglo-Arab
in France | Anglo-Kabarda
| Anglo-Norman
| Appaloosa
| Ardennes
| Australian
(Waler) | Austrian
| Balearic
| Barb
| Basuto
| Batak/Deli
| Beberbeck
| Beetwk
| Boulonnais
| Brabancon
| Breton
| Budyonovsky
| Burmese
(Shan) | Camargue
| Caspian
| Charollais
Half-bred | Cleveland
Bay | Clydesdale
| Cob
(Riding) | Connemara
| Criollo
| Dales
| Danish
| Danubian
| Dartmoor
| Donsky
| Dutch
Draught | East
Bulgarian | Exmoor
| Falabella
| Fell
| Flemish
| French
Thoroughbred | Friesian
| Galiceno
| Gelderland
| Gidran
and Nonius | Gothland
| Groningen
| Gudbrandsdal
| Hack
| Hackney
Horse | Hackney
Pony | Hafflinger
| Hanoverian
| Highland
| Holstein
| Hungarian
Shagya | Hunter
| Iceland
| Iomud
| Italian
| Jutland
| Kabarda
| Karabair
and Lokai | Karabakh
| Kathiawari
and Marwari | Klepper
| Knabstrup
| Konik
| Latvian
| Limousin
(Half-bred) | Lipizzaner
| Manipur
| Mecklenburg
| Mongolian
| Morgan
| Mustang
| New
Forest | Norwegian-Fjord
| Oldenburg
| Orlov
| Palomino
| Percheron
| Persian
| Pinto
| Pleven
| Polish
Arab | Polish
Half-bred | Polish
Thoroughbred | Rhenish
| Russian
Saddle | Russian
Steppe | Russian
Thoroughbred | Scandinavian
| Schleswig
| Shetland
| Shire
| Spanish
| Spiti
and Bhutia | Standard
Bred | Strelets
| Suffolk
| Swedish
| Tarpan
| Tennessee
Walking Horse | Tersky
| Thoroughbred
| Timor
Pony | Trakehner
| Turk
| Ukrainian
| Vendéen-Charentais
Half-bred | Viatka
| Welsh
Cob | Welsh
Mountain and Welsh Pony | Zeeland
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