Garrano horse
Garrano horse has its origin in a pre-historic Iberian pony
which has been characteristic from the northern mountainous regions of the
Iberian Peninsula. Pre-historic cave drawings at places like La Pasiega and
Altamira are important records to describe the morphology
from the Garrano horse ancestral. Its believed that from such
pre-historic horse until the Garrano horse breed there has been no major
influences until to our days since Garranos have been only used in small
agriculture or transport works in the mountainous regions, where there has been
little influences from other horses (though it has been argued that the horses
brought by the Celts of similar type as the Garranos have interbred with the
local horses). The Garrano horse has short hears and members and has head
profile straight or concave. Garranos are distributed mainly in the north of
Portugal in places such as Serra do Gerês.
[Portuguese Horses]
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