{"id":1071,"date":"2010-08-09T14:43:42","date_gmt":"2010-08-09T14:43:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theequinest.com\/breeds\/?p=1071"},"modified":"2025-10-29T00:00:49","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T00:00:49","slug":"selle-francais","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/selle-francais","title":{"rendered":"Selle Fran\u00e7ais Horse"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Intro<\/h3>\n<p>Also called Cheval Demi sang du Centre, French Saddle Horse and French Half-Blood, the Selle Fran\u00e7ais is the result of many years of selective breeding.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Origins<\/h3>\n<p>This breed was centuries in the making, as the French developed a passion for testing and perfecting the sport horse. Established as a breed in 1958, the first stud book was started in 1965 and created by crossing regional breeds with trotters, <a href=\"\/breeds\/thoroughbred\">Thoroughbreds<\/a>, <a href=\"\/breeds\/arabian-horse\">Arabians<\/a>, <a href=\"\/breeds\/anglo-arabian\">Anglo-Arabian<\/a> and <a href=\"\/breeds\/anglo-norman\">Anglo-Norman<\/a> animals. Each contribution came from well documented stock creating one of the few warmbloods to receive very little foreign blood. The most influential breed was the Anglo-Norman and about 90% of todays French Saddle Horses have lineage in that breed. <\/p>\n<p>Today there is more cross-breeding with other bloodlines creating a versatile animal. This breed is notable within the warmbloods due to the strong influence of trotting breeds. <\/p>\n<h4>Inspection of animals for registration includes<\/h4>\n<p><strong>1.<\/strong> Jumping Ability &#8211; 30%<br \/>\n<strong>2.<\/strong> Conformation &#8211; 40%<br \/>\n<strong>3.<\/strong> Movement &#8211; 30% <\/p>\n<h3>Features<\/h3>\n<p>Average height 16 hands or larger<br \/>\nAthletic and robust<\/p>\n<h3>Physique<\/h3>\n<p>Due to their diverse origins their conformation can vary however selection leans toward large sizes and well-built conformation.<br \/>\nHead is refined and attractive<br \/>\nNeck is long and elegant<br \/>\nChest is deep<br \/>\nBody is strong<br \/>\nHindquarters are broad and powerful<\/p>\n<h3>Traditional Colors<\/h3>\n<p>Predominately <a href=\"\/colors\/base\/chestnut\">chestnut<\/a>, but all <a href=\"\/colors\">colors<\/a> are acceptable<\/p>\n<h3>Temperament<\/h3>\n<p>Gentle and affectionate<br \/>\nCompetitive and willing<br \/>\nIntelligent and tractable<\/p>\n<h3>Use<\/h3>\n<p>Eventing horse<br \/>\nShow horse<br \/>\nPleasure horse<\/p>\n<h3>Helpful Links<\/h3>\n<p><small>* all links open in a new window<\/small><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sellefrancais.fr\/\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Association of the Selle Fran\u00e7ais<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>More Images<\/h3>\n<div class=\"grid-two\">\n<div class=\"grid-two-one\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/selle-francais-1.webp\" alt=\"Selle Fran\u00e7ais Horse \"  \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-two-two\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/selle-francais-2.webp\" alt=\"Selle Fran\u00e7ais Horse \"  \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-two\">\n<div class=\"grid-two-one\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/selle-francais-3.webp\" alt=\"Selle Fran\u00e7ais Horse \"  \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-two-two\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Video<\/h3>\n<div class=\"flex-video widescreen\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NCl1-FVzYdE?si=PBNs4q2rka9OGJyh\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex-video widescreen\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_V9F3ebEozs?si=Ev9kNpEtEjz_BNF0\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Intro Also called Cheval Demi sang du Centre, French Saddle Horse and French Half-Blood, the Selle Fran\u00e7ais is the result of many years of selective breeding.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4644,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[9],"class_list":["post-1071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-france","tag-all-colors"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1071","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1071"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1071\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10202,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1071\/revisions\/10202"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}