Keywords:Breed, Horse, Draught, France, French, Heavy, Percheron, Stallion
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Dimensions640 x 422
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Image typeJPEG
Color spaceAdobe RGB (1998)
Date modified3-Jun-08 15:31
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Camera makeNikon
Camera modelNikon SUPER COOLSCAN 4000 ED
BR89-03-18
Percheron stallion, France
The Percheron is a breed of powerful rugged draught horses that originated in the Perche valley in northern France. Percherons probably owe their size and weight to their use as warhorses during the Middle Ages. After the invention of gunpowder, heavy warhorses were no longer needed, so the Percheron took up its new job pulling heavy French stagecoaches. With the invention of the railroad, Percherons switched to farm duty and heavy draught work