Not a breed on its own, Demi Sang de l’Ain, Caval de Bresse or the Half-Blood of the Dombes is a strain of Selle Fran\u00e7ais<\/a> Horse bred in the Dombes and Bresse regions of France. This strain is the result of a very old breeding tradition in the Dombes region, where they are known for large, heavy war horses. Known throughout France for their fine horseflesh, Dombes supplied at least two French Kings with mounts. <\/p>\n At the turn of the 19th century the herd of the region was requisitioned and most of the good horses were taken. This caused the heartbroken locals to turn from horses to cattle farming. It wasn’t until the middle of the 19th century that a small nucleus of Norman and Cotentin animals returned. These animals crossed well and produced high quality animals, which were later crossed with Thoroughbred<\/a> blood. Giving rise to the Half Blood of the Dombes.<\/p>\n Not long afterwards, in 1958, most of the half-blood types in France were joined under the Selle Fran\u00e7ais registry. Officially, the Half Blood of Dombes is considered ‘extinct’, however it seems some private breeders continue their ancient breeding practices to keep the breed alive. They are raised semi-wild and grazed on wild pastures. <\/p>\n Average height 15.4-15.8 hands Head has a straight profile Generally black<\/a>, but can be bay<\/a> or brown<\/a>.<\/p>\n Vigorous and adaptable Cavalry Intro Not a breed on its own, Demi Sang de l’Ain, Caval de Bresse or the Half-Blood of the Dombes is a strain of Selle Fran\u00e7ais Horse bred in the Dombes and Bresse regions of France.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9707,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[5,4,118,125],"class_list":["post-9706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-france","tag-bay","tag-black","tag-brown","tag-extinct"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9706","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=9706"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9706\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9708,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9706\/revisions\/9708"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n<\/p>\nOrigins<\/h3>\n
Features<\/h3>\n
\nMane and tail hair are fine<\/p>\nPhysique<\/h3>\n
\nEars are long
\nNeck is thin
\nShoulders are inclined
\nBack is short
\nHindquarters are inclined
\nLegs are thin<\/p>\nTraditional Colors<\/h3>\n
Temperament<\/h3>\n
\nGood-natured<\/p>\nUse<\/h3>\n
\nRiding
\nSport
\nBreeding
\nShow<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"