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User Login Email: Password:    » Forgot Password?  » New Member Sign Up Visitors Online: Today's Visits: Yesterday's Visits: Horses Menu Home Horses For Sale Welcome to Percheron ! You are here: Terrific-Horses.com > Horse Breeds > Percheron Book Search: Percheron Description The Percheron originated from Le Perche in Normandy. The Percheron is said to have an Arabian influence that dates back to the First Crusades. In 1760 there were Arabian sires available at the Percheron breeding facility in Le Pin. The prominent Arabian influence of the crosses with Percheron was Gallipoly and Godolphin. The most famous Percheron stallion was Jean le Blanc born in 1830 and sired by Gallipoly at Mauvres-se-Huisne. The Percheron has been used for many purposes such as coach horse, gun horse, warhorse, and riding horse. The Percheron by the end of the 19th century was not being used as a coach horse anymore due to the use of the lighter and faster horses such as the Yorkshire Coach Horse. During 1880 to 1920 the Percheron became a very popular export to many countries including Australia, South Africa and South America. The United States was the major market for the Percheron exportation.The Percheron stands on average 16.2 hh and is a heavy draft horse. The Le Perche region in Normandy has a fertile soil that is rich in calcium and can be attributed to the horse’s development. The Percheron head is big and square, withers are defined with sloping shoulders, body is broad and the legs are short and powerful. The Percheron coloring is normally black, dappled gray, and sometimes chestnut, bay or roan. The Percheron is easily adaptable to its environment and is a good stock for crossbreeding. The Percheron have been crossed with the Criollo stock in the Falkland Islands and are also being crossed with other stock in Australia to produce competition horses. These horses today are still being bred in South America, South Africa, Australia, Japan, UK and the United States. Google Ads

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