Navarrin

The Navarrin is a historical horse associated with Navarre and southwestern France, often mentioned as a light riding or cavalry type rather than a modern standardized breed. Like many regional European horses, it was shaped by local terrain, military demand, and crossing with neighboring saddle-horse populations. The name is now more common in breed histories than in active stables.

For present-day use, Navarrin is mainly a research and heritage term. Anyone applying it to a living horse should be clear about the evidence, since historical regional names can be tempting but imprecise. Its practical context was a usable riding horse: enough stamina for travel, enough agility for military or road work, and enough soundness to justify keeping in a working breeding population.

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