The Breton bidet is a type of bidet, a small horse bred in Brittany. Characterized by its ability to move at amble, and bred for its working strength...

with oriental horses to create a type known as the Bidet Breton. In the Middle Ages, the ancestral Breton horse was sought by military leaders, partly because...

introduction often attributed to the Celts. In Brittany, the horse, generally a Breton bidet, was mainly used as a saddle animal until the middle of the 19th century...

used in the 1920s to improve the Comtois by adding size. Along with the Breton and the Anglo-Norman, the Ardennes horse was used to create the Sokolski...

Ardennais du Nord AQPS Auvergne horse Auxois Barraquand horse Boulonnais Breton Breton bidet Camargue horse Castillonnais Comtois Corlais Corsican horse French...

word "bidet" was gradually substituted by "poney" (pony), a term imported from English speaking countries during the 1820s and 1830s. Breton bidet Haguard...

du Nord Extinct or merged Angevin Augeron Anglo-Norman Berrichon †Bidet †Bidet Breton Bourbonnais †Bourguignon †Bresse †Carrossier Normand Charentais Charolais...

mule was derived from a cross between Catalan donkeys and horses of the Breton, Mérens and other breeds. Before World War I, almost 1,000 Pyrenees mules...

du Nord Extinct or merged Angevin Augeron Anglo-Norman Berrichon †Bidet †Bidet Breton Bourbonnais †Bourguignon †Bresse †Carrossier Normand Charentais Charolais...

The presence of horses in Breton culture is reflected in the strong historical attachment of the Bretons to this animal, and in religious and secular traditions...