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Spanish Jennet
A jennet or Spanish jennet was a small Spain, Spanish horse. It was noted for a smooth naturally ambling horse gait, gait, compact and well-muscled build, and a good disposition. The jennet was an ideal light riding horse, and as such spread across Europe and provided some of the foundation bloodstock for several list of horse breeds, horse breeds in the Americas. Spanish origin of the term According to the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, 1911 ''Encyclopædia Britannica'', "jennet" referred to a small Spanish horse. The 2000 edition of the ''American Heritage Dictionary'' also defines "jennet", with the alternative spelling ''genet'', as a small Spanish saddle horse. The "jennet" described a type, rather than a breed of horse, and thus is not used today; the term was in regular use during the Middle Ages to refer to a specific type of Horses in the Middle Ages, horse, usually one of Iberian horse, Iberian or Barb (horse), Barb extraction, often ambling, gaited. In t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jennet
A jennet or Spanish jennet was a small Spanish horse. It was noted for a smooth naturally ambling gait, compact and well-muscled build, and a good disposition. The jennet was an ideal light riding horse, and as such spread across Europe and provided some of the foundation bloodstock for several horse breeds in the Americas. Spanish origin of the term According to the 1911 ''Encyclopædia Britannica'', "jennet" referred to a small Spanish horse. The 2000 edition of the ''American Heritage Dictionary'' also defines "jennet", with the alternative spelling ''genet'', as a small Spanish saddle horse. The "jennet" described a type, rather than a breed of horse, and thus is not used today; the term was in regular use during the Middle Ages to refer to a specific type of horse, usually one of Iberian or Barb extraction, often gaited. In the etymology provided by the 1911 ''Encyclopædia Britannica'', "jennet" is derived from the French ''genet'', from Spanish ''jinete'', a light ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |