Rare Canadian horse makes a comeback

[Catherine]

I did not know we had a National Horse in Canada.
Its history goes back to the beginning of Canada.
Our horse is descended from horses sent by the King of France.

We started in the 17th century with some Arabian, Berber and Andalusian horses from the royal stables. After centuries of cross breeding the original stock they have formed their own breed.

The numbers became very low and they were in danger of being lost, but with work there is now a healthy growing population again. They still need to expand their numbers, but breeders are working on that.


http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/rare-canadi...-1.2504072

They are beautiful looking horses. They are hard working and polite.
The perfect breed for our National Horse.