Also called Cauchois, the Norman Bidet is essentially a heavy strain of French Cob<\/a> from the Pays de Caux region of France. Their foundations are likely local mares crossed with heavy Flemish<\/a> bloodlines and later Percheron<\/a> blood was added for improvement. They were particularly notable for their strength and speed they were in high demand during the 17th and 18th centuries. A high level of versatility enabled them to remain important to the locals, both for pulling heavy loads and getting goods to market. <\/p>\n Popularity declining during the early 19th century, as the railroads began to carry loads faster and swifter. This was true for many draft breeds and a few decades later the distinction between Cauchois animals and some of the other local draft types began to blur. In large part because they were frequently crossed with one another. <\/p>\n By the early 20th century, the breed was no longer favored as other breeds came into vogue. They were absorbed into the Boulonnais<\/a> where they were essentially bred into extinction.<\/p>\n Average height 16.3 hands<\/p>\n Head is square Generally bay<\/a>, brown<\/a> or roan<\/a>, but can be found in other colors. <\/p>\n Willing and capable Hauling heavy loads Intro Also called Cauchois, the Norman Bidet is essentially a heavy strain of French Cob from the Pays de Caux region of France.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9929,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[5,118,125,7],"class_list":["post-9928","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-france","tag-bay","tag-brown","tag-extinct","tag-roan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9928","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=9928"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9928\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9934,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9928\/revisions\/9934"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9929"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n<\/p>\nOrigins<\/h3>\n
Features<\/h3>\n
Physique<\/h3>\n
\nNeck is long
\nChest is large
\nShoulders are strong
\nHindquarters are broad
\nBelly is round
\nLegs are sturdy and well defined
\nHooves are strong<\/p>\nTraditional Colors<\/h3>\n
Temperament<\/h3>\n
\nEnergetic and intelligent<\/p>\nUse<\/h3>\n
\nTransportation
\nMilitary<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"