Breton horse breed information, history, videos, pictures. The breton heavy draft is massive, early to mature and much sought after in the meat markets. The breton was created through the crossbreeding of many different european and oriental breeds. The hardnosed, cynical population of 111 million bretons are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace. The auxois is closely related to the ardennais type. Warmed by the gulf stream, brittany has a mild and temperate climate with warm summers and wet winters. Breton horse the kingdom of brittanoire is a very large, cultured nation, renowned for its frequent executions, antismoking policies, and irreverence towards religion. The postier breton is used for harness and light farm work. The heavy draft breton is the largest subtype, and is generally used for the hardest draft work.
Breton people article about breton people by the free. Breton hat headgear with upturned brim, said to be based on designs. Brittany is widely known for the breton horse, a local breed of draft horse, and for the brittany gun dog. See more ideas about horses, draft horses and horse breeds. A miniature horse, a breed of horse, photographed at gladys porter zoo in brownsville, texas. Like that faintly sweet, strong apple liqueur, this book should be savored. Breeds of livestock breton horse breeds of livestock. View all attractions near rocking horse ranch on tripadvisor. Complete stock of dvds and books on riding and training for all horse sports, dressage, western, english.
Others have said that the breed comes from smaller horses that were bred and improved by celtic warriors on their conquest of what is now great britain. The breed is often chestnut in color, and is strong and muscular. Horse breed articles have not yet been standardized, so you can find examples all over the board, but for new articles being created, the above is basically the unwritted rule, and at some point well get around to standardizing the rest. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can reassess it. It was developed in brittany, a province in northwest france, from native ancestral stock dating back thousands of years. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Buy a cheap copy of le cheval dorgueil book by pierre jakez helias. Today two types of the breton horse are recognized within the same stud book. The region also has its own breeds of cattle, some of which are on the brink of extinction. Horseback riding directory choose your horse riding tour in nova scotia.
In 1909, although a stud book for this breed was created, it was officially. For more information on a specific breed, please click a horse portrait below. The oldenburg is a very old breed that originated in lower saxony in northwestern germany. Origins the auxois horse, a draft horse of france, is the heir of the old horse of burgundy, and has been a contemporary of the ardennais since the middle ages.
View information about a horse search for information about the 2. Willie is an elevenyearold boy forced by family circumstances to work as a trapper in a cape breton coal mine, and gem is a sable island mare working as a pit pony. The breton horse breed is an outcome of crossbreeding several other breeds. Three languages are traditionally spoken in brittany. Also known as this breed is also called breton, breton horse, breton horse, bretone as well as postier breton. The breton horse is most assuredly a breed of long standing and we do know the horse breeders of brittany, france, are adept at breeding good horses and since the middle ages, have produced distinctive types of horses based on the early, more primitive small, horse of the black mountains, including todays breton horse. The draft breton was the heaviest horse and was used to work the fields. The hispanobreton breed was officially recognized in 1960 while the breeds stud book. Condition is very good and clean for a print of this age slight age patina, with the top utmost blank margin edge showing a binding strip from being bound in a book. As a writing coach, marjorie simmins searched for a book that had everything in it, in terms of the essential elements of crafting a memoir, but she wasnt able to find it. Isle madame author pens book on the art of writing memoir. Nova scotia is the perfect location for horseback riding vacations. Breton article about breton by the free dictionary. In new york, breton and his colleagues curated surrealist exhibitions that introduced ideas of automatism and intuitive art making to the first abstract expressionists.
Good article this article is of interest to the following. This horse breed has been used in military, draft and agricultural capacities. There are three distinct subtypes of the breton, each coming from a different area of brittany. You must have a guide book in your inventory in order to evaluate a breed or discipline.
In 1909, a stud book was created, and in 1951 it was officially closed. Feb 12, 2010 breton rock is a thoroughbred horse born in ireland in 2010. Horse information view information about a horse search for information about the 2. Being of an athletic stature along with a steady gait, it has gained immense popularity for achieving success in the field of show jumping as well as other sports like. The superb translation by june guicharnaud echoes the rhythms and tones of spoken language. The breton language survives in everyday speech, mainly among peasants and sailors, while french is the school, administrative, and literary language.
The postier breton, meanwhile, was the lighter animal and was used to transport the post and travellers, as well as in the military. Life in a breton village, by pierrejakes helias translated and abridged by june guicharnaud read 24 july 1979 this is a book about life in a breton village. The corlay breton is the smallest type, and is generally used for light draft and under saddle work. The horse scanner app does provide a lot more information about the breton horse breed as well as many more. Race horse breton rock is by bahamian bounty gb out of annas rock ire, trained by david simcock. Like many of you, due to the covid19 precautions, the staff at donald heald rare books are largely working from home. List of horse breeds georgia department of agriculture. Breton equine services 9 hrs i am proud to be a member of saena small animal and equine naturopath association, saena has a great list of practioners that they make sure have achieved a high standard of expertise so they can bring you the best treatement for your pet. A stud book was created in the year 1909 but officially, this book was closed in the year 1951. There are gorgeous trails, undisturbed beaches, mysterious forests and mountains with great views around the province. Breton rock thoroughbred horse profile next race, form. Brittany is situated in the west of france and its coastline juts out into the atlantic. Book the typical breton house in the countryside stay at this historic vacation home in saintgillespligeaux. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page.
The breton horse is a draft horse breed that gets its name from the brittany province. Selle francais horse info, origin, history, pictures. As they work together, a strong bond develops between boy and horse. The more active, cleaner legged breton postier is a lighter version of the suffolk punch and has crosses of boulonnais and percheron with norfolk roadster. Breton language, a southwestern brittonic celtic language of the indoeuropean language family, spoken in brittany. This page was last edited on 9 december 2014, at 02. Breton draft horse breed article and photos copyrighted see credits below. The breton horse is a draft horse breed that gets its name from the brittany province of nw france, where it was developed. They are known for their calm, easygoing nature, as well as for their versatility in different fields of work, sports and riding. Selle francais horse the selle francais is a sport horse of france created in the year 1958 when the merging of several breeds of french horses into a single stud book occurred. Even if you are a horse lover, you might not know much about the oldenburg breed of horse. Breton horse, a breed galette or breton galette or crepe, a thin buckwheat flour pancake popular in brittany. You can find the horse you are looking for using a name, an identification number sire, covering, chip, etc.
Photograph by joel sartore, national geographic photo ark. There are three subspecies of this breed, corlay breton is a smaller and light draft horse, postier breton is heavier than the earlier, the heavy draft breton is the largest of all. List of horse breeds 1 list of horse breeds light or saddle horse breeds heavy or draft horse breeds this page is a list of horse and pony breeds, and also includes terms used to describe types of horse that are not breeds but are commonly mistaken for breeds. Since the early 1900s crossing was halted and selection has been the focus of the genetic program. The auxois draft horse has a calm and gentle temperament with gaits that are ample and supple in spite of the great bulk of this horse. The breton horse was one of the first draft horse breeds in france, born from a crossbreed with strong english trotters in the 19 th century. Andre breton was an original member of the dada group who went on to start and lead the surrealist movement in 1924. While there is no scientifically accepted definition. It is a universally renowned breed and a popular choice for the breeders of draught horses from all over the world when it comes to improving their particular breed. Breton horse has been listed as one of the natural sciences good articles under the good article criteria. Breiz, bretagne, brittany, french person, frenchman, frenchwoman, brittanic. A marvelous chronicle of breton lives and life, seen largely through the eyes of a child grown old, remembering how it used to be, in the years between the two.