Pirinenc Català

Pirinenc Català
Conservation status
  • FAO (2007): not listed
  • DAD-IS (2025): at risk/vulnerable
Other namesCatalan: Cavall Pirinenc Català
Country of originSpain
DistributionCatalonia
Traits
Weight
  • 650–750 kg
Height
  • 145–160 cm

The Pirinenc Català or Cavall Pirinenc Català is a Spanish breed of heavy horse in the autonomous community of Catalonia in north-eastern Spain. It is reared almost exclusively for horse-meat, but may also be used for draught work.

The horses are rustic and well adapted to mountain weather and terrain, and are managed extensively with only minimal human intervention, grazing year-round on the pastures of the Pre-Pyrenees and Pyrenees of Catalonia.

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