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The Selle Fran?ais was named a breed in December 1958, with its first stud book published in 1965.
The Selle Fran?ais was created by crossing regional breeds with trotters, Thoroughbreds, Arabians, and Anglo-Arabians.

All stock was registered in the stud book with pedigrees tracing back generations, making the Selle Fran?ais one of the few Warmblood breeds to have received very little foreign blood.

The most influential breed was the Anglo-Norman, developed in Normandy in the 19th century by crossing Norfolk Trotter, Thoroughbred, and Arabian stallions to refine the local mares (which themselves traced back to the medieval Norman war-horse).

About 90 per cent of today's Selle Fran?ais trace back to this breed. Other regional breeds used to influence the Selle Fran?ais were the Charolais, Corlay, Vendee, Anjou, Ain, and Ardennes.

A small number of Thoroughbred stallions influenced the breed. The first was Orange Peel who stood at the national stud from 1925 to 1940. His grandson, Ibrahim, also had a great influence on the Selle Fran?ais. Furioso, who is thought to be the most influential Thoroughbred in warmblood breeding, Rantzau and Ultimate were also incredibly important in the Selle Fran?ais breed.

The names of these three Thoroughbred sires can be found in virtually every successful modern Selle Fran?ais.
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Today, there is still quite a bit of cross breeding between Selle Fran?ais and other breeds, making it suitable for a wide range of activities.

Ultimately the history of the breed goes back much further. For centuries, testing and perfecting the sports horse was a consuming passion in France, in the same way as horse racing in the UK.

To put this in context, as long ago as 1665, France established its first National Stud, which has become the Haras Nationaux, a network of 23 state-run stud farms dedicated to improving the quality of performance horse breeding.

For English speakers, the pronunciation of the name is close to "SELL fronn-SAY". The full name of the breed is Cheval de Selle Fran?ais which translates as "French Saddle Horse". The Selle Fran?ais should not be confused with the gaited types of Saddle Horse from North America.

Selle Fran?ais are supple, strong, with good bone. They are powerful movers, fast, bold, and very trainable. The Selle Fran?ais stud book covers a wide range of types. The horses used for sport, especially in show jumping are the most famous, but they are also used for racing, eventing and dressage.

Lastly, the non-specialist horses are used for leisure and riding schools.
The horses usually stand 1.65?1.70 metres (16.1?16.3 hands) high. They are usually bay and chestnut but sometimes roan.
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The breed is not a traditional 'breed' where breed type and the right blood lines are all important. To understand their success the horse lover must understand the grading. For mares and stallions alike, competition success and the success of offspring and other relatives all influence the grading of a horse.

The method of grading horses for breeding is very scientific. It has been devised over many years by the French National Stud Haras Nationaux and, unusually, is applied to both Stallions and Mares. The grading is broken into three distinct parts, judged by at least 2 judges per section.

1. Inspection of jumping ability (30% of marks). This includes

• Balance on the approach to a fence.
• Power and scope.
• Style.
• Mental approach.

2. Inspection of conformation (40% of marks) The main aim is to determine whether a stallion has a conformation that is likely to allow him to remain sound through a lifetime of competition.
3. Inspection of movement (30% of marks). This includes
Within each of these sub-categories (e.g. Style, Trot) the judges look for specifically defined behaviours and mark on each. All marks for each category are given to the person who presents the horse and are announced openly.
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This ensures the owner gets as good an understanding as possible of the strengths and weaknesses of their horse while ensuring all judgements are as open and honest as possible. The pass mark is 75% which means a very low pass rate from the general sports horse population.

Many apparently very good horses find it hard to get above high 60s and a horse that gets over 80 is truly exceptional.
source :? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selle_Fran%C3%A7ais

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