Berrichon horse

Berrichon
Engraving from "l'Atlas statistique de la production de chevaux en France", 1850
Country of origin	Central France
Status	extinct
Equus ferus caballus

The Berrichon is an extinct breed of horse from central France. It was bred principally in the area around Berry, France.^[1] It was used in public transportation by the General Omnibus Company to pull buses in Paris Between 1855 and 1900.^[2] The remnants of the breed were merged into the Percheron in 1966.

References

↑ Pierre Cordeau, Le Cheval de trait berrichon (thèse), Lyon, impr. de Paquet, 1946, p. 63
↑ J. Jacoulet et Claude Chomel, Traité d'Hippologie, vol. 2, S. Milon fils, 1895, p. 590

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