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The Horse of Sorraia, accurately portrayed in cave paintings, has no great history as a domestic breed. Its origins date back to the old horse angry southern Iberian Peninsula. The other horse and those of North Africa are probably related to time because of the link between southern Europe and North Africa via Gibraltar. Animals being resistant, low charges, once domesticated and were used for housework and the bullfight. This little horse was the ancestor of the famous horses of Andalusia and Lusitania, and many other European and American horses.
According to the records, these horses were brought to the Americas by Spanish conquistadors. Are quite obvious its resemblance to many other breeds present in either North America or South Bay, the color typical clear / dark-bay showing and some other characteristics. Furthermore, on the other hand, analyzes the DNA of some American horses showed similar patterns, and even identical, to the horse's Sorraia.
Discovered in 1920 in Rio lezírias Sorraia by Ruy D'Andrade, soon acquired the name of the horse Sorraia. In today's on the verge of extinction is still possible to find some copies in a handful of places, either in Portugal or Germany. This is an animal that survives with little food, while mayors in terms of health, resisting very well under dry and hot weather.
Features
This horse is always bay-brown or mouse, with a darker face and ears, a track and usually darker dorsal bands in zebra pattern on the legs, sometimes a band or bands on the shoulders through the darker neck, shoulders and back (the kids born with a zebra pattern throughout the carpus) and the tail is often clear.
The head is long with a convex profile. The eyes are placed in a high position and its ears are fairly long. It has a long and slender neck and the withers are prominent and well defined.
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