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The Boulonnais is said to descend from
the horses imported by Julius Caesar's legions, which stayed along the
coasts of the Pas-de-Calais before invading what is now Great Britain.
Much later came the Crusades and the Spanish occupation of Flanders.
These events brought a great deal of Oriental and Andalusian blood to
the Boulonnais area. Additional crosses with Andalusian stock and
Mecklenburg blood from Germany further shaped the breed. |
| Origin: France. |
| Colour: between 15 and 17hh. |
| Height: mostly gray, but also bay
and chestnut. |
| Conformation: heavy horse with
elegance and distinction. Short elegant head with a wide flat forehead
and a proud sharp eye. Well open nostrils and small, alert ears. A thick
muscular neck, double mane, thick but not very long. A wide chest, good
rounded rib cage, a perfectly set shoulder, well placed withers but
often set within the muscle structure. A straight back, strong muscular
limbs, solid clean joints, open hocks, short cannon bones and very
little hair on the limbs. |
| Character: easy-going, sociable
breed. |
| Uses: Draughtwork. |
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