Selle Francais
Typical Height:Medium weight: small--up to 15.3 hh,medium--15.3-16.1 hh.
Heavy weight:small--under 16hh. large--over 16hh
Typical Color: Chestnut (other colors possible)
33%-Thoroughbred sire
20%-Arab sire
45%-Selle Francais sire
2%- French Trotter
The breed is basically bred as a competition horse and is a good general riding/leisure horse. Primarily intended as a show jumper, at which discipline it excels, it also produces excellent cross-country and event horses, and is a very good hunter. Numbers are exported throught Europe for theses purposes. It is also raced in non-Thoroughbred races both on the flat and over obstacles.Links: http://www.sellefrancais.org
Credits:
Information- Ames,Fran and Bayley,Lesley. "The Big Book of Horses." Pg.126 ~~McBane,Susan. "The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Horse Breeds". pg.85
Picture- The British Horse Society