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About the Breton Breed
.A breed that enjoys in France an excellent
reputation, thanks to its great hardiness and working qualities,
is the Breton. Bred on the rather poor land of Bretagne and
exposed to a very rough climate, especially during winter, the
Breton makes a very good agricultural horse, being strong and
hardy and thriving on poor, indifferent food. There are three
distinctive types of Breton horse: heavy-draught horse, Breton
draught post horse and Breton mountain draught horse.
The first one is bred on the fertile pastures near the seacoast
and represents a type of heavy carthorse. Those bred in the
district of St. Pol de Léon, Cotes du Nord and Finistére
stand from 15.2 to 16.2 hands, while the variety of Conquet
bred in the south east of Brest, is about 15.2 hands. They are
strong and massive, standing on short legs protected by some
feather, and are usually grey or bay.
In the interior of Bretagne there is bred a lighter horse, so-called
draught post horse, which is believed to be descended from the
Norfolk Breton post horse. They stand about 15 to 16 hands,
and being not only a strong and hardy horse but also a very
good mover, makes a very valuable horse for the farmer.
Besides these two types, there exists a thickset mountain draught
Breton horse, which is up to 14.3 hands, and is bred and employed
in the mountainous part of Bretagne.
As is shown, the Breton horse is to be found in three types
which in the main consist of animals of three different sizes
– an example, of course, of a country or district breeding
the type or types of horses which local requirements demand.
This is comparable to the three types or sizes of the Highland
pony in Scotland or those three to be found in Wales, the Cob,
the Welsh pony of riding type, and the Welsh Mountain pony.
The continued existence of the Breton as three types, or indeed
its existence at all, must depend upon supply and demand and
it may well be that the smaller or mountain draught horse will
be the one which survives.
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