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The Corlay horsebreed is a type of half-blood horse resulting from crossbreeding around the town of Corlay in Brittany, between local Breton bidetmares and imported stallions, mainly Thoroughbreds. Intended for racing, this variety of Breton horse is reputed to have impressed Napoleon III with its steeplechase abilities. Subsequently, local breeders specialized in this racehorse, optimizing feed by adding maerl to the ration. Corlay horse breeding earned an excellent reputation from the middle to the end of the 19th century. The most influential stallion in the breed was Corlay, who bred from 1876 to 1897 in the locality of the same name. The breed was considered fixed at the end of the century.
The Corlay horse's numbers declined steadily over the following century, mainly due to competition from the draft horse. It practically disappeared at the end of the 20th century. Having never had a genealogical register under its own name, it is now listed in France as an AQPS (Other than Thoroughbred) horse, a racehorse of all origins with a high proportion of thoroughbred ancestry. The Corlay breed is considered extinct by the FAO.
