The Camargue, French: Camarguais or Cheval de Camargue; Occitan: Caval de Camarga or Camargués, is a traditional French breed of working horse indigenous to the Camargue area in southern France. Its o
Guardians in parade, 2023
In full white stage of greying
The dark coloured foals will turn grey then white as they age.
The expression "Solutré horse" refers to the remains of prehistoric equids discovered near the Rock of Solutré by Adrien Arcelin and Henry Testot-Ferry in 1866, then studied by Professor Toussaint in
Camargue horse
…riders who herd the black Camargue bulls used for courses camarguaises in southern France. Some researchers believe the Camargue are descended from the Solutré horse hypothesised from archeological remains found in Burgundy. The Camargue horses were appreciated by the Celtic and Roman invaders who entered the Iberian…
Horse hunting at Solutré, from an illustration in L'Homme primitif by Louis Figuier, 1876
Horses hurled from the Solutré rock, illustration from 1870.