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Angevin horse

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Angevin
Engraving by Francois Hippolyte Lalaisse from Atlas statistique de la production de chevaux en France , 1850
Conservation status extinct
Country of origin France

The Angevin is an extinct breed of light saddle-horse from the former province of Anjou in western France. It was bred principally in the area around Angers in the departement of Maine-et-Loire . It stood about 149?157 centimetres at the withers . [1] : 226  It was much used as a mount for light cavalry . The Angevin was merged with other French regional breeds of riding horse, including the Anglo-Normand , the Charentais , the Charolais and the Vendeen , to create the Selle Francais in 1958.

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  1. ^ Achille de Montendre (1840). Des institutions hippiques et de l'eleve du cheval dans les principaux Etats de l'Europe , volume 2 (in French). Paris: Bureau du Journal.