Use today: Although work is what the heavy horses do best, they are valued riding horses and are beginning to make their mark in dressage. Color: French Percherons are born black and turn gray by age 3. American and British Percherons are gray or black. Height: 15 to 19 hands.Profile: The Percheron developed in the Le Perche region in Normandy in 732 A.D. when Barb horses were left by marauding Moors after their defeat in the Battle of Tours. Massive Flemish horses were crossed with the Barbs...
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