The Jaca Navarra ( eu, ), or Navarrese Horse, is a Spanish

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of small horse from the

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Navarre Navarre (; es, Navarra ; eu, Nafarroa ), officially the Chartered Community of Navarre ( es, Comunidad Foral de Navarra, links=no ; eu, Nafarroako Foru Komunitatea, links=no ), is a foral autonomous community and province in northern Spain, ...

in the north-eastern part of the country. In 2013 it was listed in the Catálogo Oficial de Razas de Ganado de España in the group of

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breeds in danger of extinction. The total population of the Jaca Navarra has been variously estimated at 350 (in 1999), 250 (in 2000), and 240 and decreasing (in 1997). In April 2011 the total population was reported to be 899, all of which were in Navarre. In 2000, and again in 2007, it was listed by the

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as endangered. A

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, the Asociación de Criadores de Ganado Equino Jaca Navarra, was formed in 1999, and a

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opened in 2001. The conservation and reference herd kept in semi-feral conditions at the Sabaiza estate contains all but a few examples of the breed.

Names

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, this breed is also known as the ''Poney Navarro'', ''Caballo Navarro'', ''Caballo Vasco-navarro'', ''Caballito de Andía'', ''Caballito de las Améscoas'' or ''Caballito de la Barranca'', and was in the past also known as ''Jaca de Montaña'', ''Raza de Pamplona'' or ''Raza Pamplonica''. The word ''jaca'' has an unusual history, from

Old Spanish Old Spanish, also known as Old Castilian ( es, castellano antiguo; osp, romance castellano ), or Medieval Spanish ( es, español medieval), was originally a dialect of Vulgar Latin spoken in the former provinces of the Roman Empire that provided ...

''haca'', itself from

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''haque'', which in turn is ultimately derived from the English place-name Hackney, a place famous for its horses.

Use

The Jaca Navarra may be used as a light

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. It is reared for

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, and may be used in

conservation grazing Conservation grazing or targeted grazing is the use of semi- feral or domesticated grazing livestock to maintain and increase the biodiversity of natural or semi-natural grasslands, heathlands, wood pasture, wetlands and many other habitats.

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