This is a native Lithuanian breed of the forest type, known since the 16th century. Despite repeated crossing with various breeds, it has retained its type and suitability for work on small farms. Un demanding as regards management conditions and highly adaptable, the Zhemaichu has long been exported to western Europe.
This is an all-purpose utility breed. It was developed in Estonia at Tori stud from 1890 to 1950, by crossing native Estonian mares with European halfbred stallions. The breed was founded by the stallion Hetman, the son of Stewart and an unknown hunter mare. Stewart was a crossbred of a Norfolk Trotter and an Anglo-Norman [...]
The breeding of a small draft horse which was strong, sufficiently fast, easy to keep and economical as regards management and feeding, went on in Russia concurrently with the breeding of a large heavy draft breed. The genetic material for the breed came from native Ukrainian breeds, the mountain Ardennes and, in part, from the [...]
Description: This breed of oriental saddle horses was formed in Kazakh, Akstafa and Tauz regions of Azerbaijan and adjacent areas of Georgia and Armenia. Some earlier publications described it as the “Kazakh” horse of Azerbaijan or as the Azerbaijan horse.
Specialists singled out a specific Deliboz type among large horse populations studied in the 1930s and [...]
