Description horse breed Percheron
The horse of the Percheron breed surprises with its exterior and character. The representatives of the breed have such an interesting name, thanks to the French word "Perche", this is the name of one of the French provinces.
Horse breed Percheron
External characteristics
The Percheron breed of horses has a record height, which is 213 cm at the withers. Exterior characteristics are as follows:
- the bones are very wide, the chest is deep;
- the withers are 1.60 m high;
- chest in girth - from 2 m;
- the length of the body along the oblique is 1.7 m.
Mares and stallions still differ slightly in terms of the exterior, this can also be seen in the photo. The Percheron breed is distinguished by its athletic build, massiveness and tremendous strength. The hooves of such horses are strong, they have a low stroke. The hind and front limbs can be safely called indefatigable.
These horses can also be called beautiful. They have an interesting head shape, which they inherited from Arabian horses. The ancestors of this breed with great pleasure served as a means of transportation for the ancient knights, and in fact the armor weighed a lot.
Fashion for suit
As in ancient times, so now, there was a fashion for the color of horses. As for the Percherons, in ancient times they were bred of a certain color. Time changed, fashion and, accordingly, the demand for the suit changed. Today, among the Percherons, a black color and gray are considered fashionable, as can be seen from the photo. Sometimes you can find a roan shade and red.
An interesting fact is that until 1996, the tail of the Percheron horses was docked, but after such actions were banned. This was achieved by the Society for the Protection of Animals. Representatives of this society managed to prove that horses feel pain, because it is with the help of their tail that they fight insects.
Modern features
Today, the Percheron breed is distinguished by the absence of brushes on its front legs. This is an advantage, because it makes the animals easier to use for work in the field. In fairness, it should be noted that these horses are not used so often in the fields. At the moment, there is a demand for them to work in crews. This is because they have a well-developed musculoskeletal system.
Despite the large size of these horses, the large bone, their course is low, the movements are very light and graceful. The character of Percheron also does not prevent a person from using him for such works. The French type Percheron is distinguished by intelligence and hard work.
Percheron and its dimensions
Modern conditions make it possible to make sure that an equestrian breeder can breed Percheron stallions of a certain size for himself. As a rule, these are medium or large stallions. The height of such a horse is in the range from 1.5 to 2 m and more.
A small horse can not be seen very often, which is not surprising, because the title of "the largest horse in the world" is just a stallion of this breed. At the withers, it has more than 2.13 m, and its weight is 1.37 tons.
Percherons in adaptation
Stallions of the Percheron breed feel great in almost any climatic conditions. Percheron stallions have the advantage that they can graze on pasture for almost a year. The Percheron horse quite calmly endures any hot or cold weather.
Breeders send horses to their stalls only if the weather is bad. The horse of the Percheron breed is good because it is absolutely not picky about feed. The owners cannot but rejoice that this horse has high immunity against many diseases. However, one should not think that the breed acquired such advantages on its own: breeders have been working on breeding these qualities for more than one year.
The character of the Percherons
The Percheron horse is famous for its glorious disposition. The horse is very kind, flexible, not capricious. He has a wonderful character, the horse learns with patience and joy. This horse has great vitality, energetic, playful.
The Percheron stallions have a soft ride, despite their large size.
Breeding Percherons in Russia
The history of breeding a horse of the Percheron breed in Russia began in 1891. Then the pedigree horse came to the stud farm from France, then after many years this stud got its own kind. I must say that breeding at that time was quite a successful event. The breed was bought up in all regions of Russia. Perhaps this would have continued in the future, but in 2011 this stud farm went bankrupt. In this regard, we had to sell all the available horses.
But the breeding of a horse of the Percheron breed was actively picked up by breeders from the Tambov, Voronezh and Bryansk regions. This led to the emergence of completely new types of Percheron breeds: Apra, Ixoda, Bardadim, Vuitri.
The Percheron horse was not updated regularly, which led to the disappearance of new lines. There is only Iskoda.
In order for the French Percheron species to be preserved and developed, breeding stallions are regularly replenished. It must be said that the Percheron horse of a domestic manufacturer has its own distinctive characteristics in comparison with the representatives of the American breed. The Russian Percheron horse is very light, fast and graceful. The western horse of this breed is more massive, muscular, like a real heavy draft.
For the past 10 years, the Percheron horse has not been very popular. As a rule, it is bred by private breeders, and this situation, of course, dictates its prices for the breed. Percheron stallions can be bought there.