List of French horse breeds

This is a list of some of the breeds of horse considered in France to be wholly or partly of French origin. Some may have complex or obscure histories, so inclusion here does not necessarily imply that a breed is predominantly or exclusively French.


 * Ardennais
 * Ardennais du Nord
 * AQPS
 * Auvergne horse
 * Auxois
 * Barraquand horse
 * Boulonnais
 * Breton
 * Breton bidet
 * Camargue horse
 * Castillonnais
 * Comtois
 * Corlais
 * Corsican horse
 * French Anglo-Arab
 * French Saddle Pony
 * French Trotter
 * Henson
 * Landais
 * Mérens
 * Nivernais
 * Norman Cob
 * Percheron
 * Poitevin
 * Pottok
 * Selle français
 * Trait du Nord
 * Vercors horse - see Barraquand horse

Minor, suppressed and extinct breeds

 * Angevin
 * Anglo-Normand
 * Augeron
 * Baudet du Poitou
 * Berrichon
 * Bidets
 * Bourbonnais
 * Bourbourien - see Boulonnais
 * Bourguignon
 * Bresse horse
 * Cauchois horse
 * Carrossier Normand
 * Cauchoix - see Boulonnais
 * Centre-montagne - see Breton
 * Charentais
 * Charolais
 * Cotentin horse
 * Demi-sang du Centre
 * Dombes horse
 * Limousin horse
 * Mareyeur - see Boulonnais
 * Morvan horse
 * Navarrin horse
 * Petit Boulonnais - see Boulonnais
 * Postier Breton - see Breton
 * Tarbésan
 * Trait Breton - see Breton
 * Trait de la Loire
 * Trait de Saône-et-Loire
 * Trait du Maine
 * Trait Picard - see Boulonnais
 * Vendéen