Jaca Navarra

The Jaca Navarra (Basque: Nafarroako zaldiko), or Navarrese Horse, is a Spanish breed of small horse from the autonomous community of Navarre 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 autochthonous 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).: 739  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 FAO as endangered.: 739 : 109 

Jaca Navarra
Conservation status
  • FAO (2007): endangered: 109 
  • DAD-IS (2022): at risk
Other names
  • Basque: Nafarroako zaldiko
  • Poney Navarro
  • Caballo Navarro
  • Caballo Vasco-Navarro
  • Caballito de Andía
  • Caballito de las Améscoas
  • Caballito de la Barranca
  • Jaca de Montaña
  • Raza de Pamplona
  • Raza Pamplonica
  • Navarrese Horse
Country of originSpain
DistributionNavarre
StandardAsociación de Criadores de Ganado Equino Jaca Navarra
Use
Traits
Weight
  • Male:
    475 cm (187 in)
  • Female:
    400 cm (160 in)
Height
  • 122–136 cm (48–54 in): 476 
  • Male:
    134 cm (53 in)
  • Female:
    126 cm (50 in)

A breeders' association, the Asociación de Criadores de Ganado Equino Jaca Navarra, was formed in 1999, and a stud-book 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.

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