volume 1 stud book says sire etalon arabe Gallipoly, not Persian,owned by M.Miard, Villers-en-Ouche, France Notable Percheron Horses Born in the 1800s, the stallion Jean le Blanc is one of the most remembered and revered Percherons. He went on to be known as one of the foundations of what we know as the modern Percheron breed standards, thanks to his lengthy Percheron ancestry combined with newer Arabian bloodlines.