Bolted (horse)

See also: Bolted (homonymy)

The Boulonnais is a race of Horse draft originating in Picardy. One says of him that it is the Thorough-bred of the horses of the features thanks to its elegance and its pace S rapids inherited the Eastern horses.

History of the race

The origin of the race would go up at the time of Jules César in 54 av. J. - C. Bolted It was cross on several occasions with Eastern horses, in particular with Andalous and Arab Pur-sang S, which gives him its physique well marked.

It is only at the 17th century that one gives to this Cheval his name. At that time it ensured the transport of fish between Paris and the coast.

A too large Consanguinité failed to make disappear the race, but since 1990, the stockbreeders paid particularly attention and started again the race towards the attachment and the horse of leisure.

Characteristics

; Standard of the race

  • Size: of 1,65 m to 1,75 m for the males and of 1,60 m to 1,67 m for the females, an average weight of 850 kg.

  • Dress: gray, of very clearly with dappled dark, sometimes brown chestnut horse, bai and bai and rouan.
  • Head: short, broad and flat face, sharp eye, quite open naseau, small and mobile ears.
  • Neck: coiled, thick and muscular.
  • Body: shoulder perfectly left, the chest is full, the garrot is placed, often drowned well in the musculature.
  • Members: forts, muscular, the articulations are clear and solid, the opened bulges, the guns are short, the extremities are provided little in hairs.
  • Balances: regular.
  • Paces: active and full.

Use

Bolted mainly is used for the attachment.

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