Hungarian Sport Horse

Hungarian Sport Horse
Conservation status FAO (2007): no data[1]:56
Other names
  • Hungarian: Magyar sportló
  • Hungarian Warmblood
Country of origin Hungary
Use equestrian sports
Traits
Weight
  • Female: average 600 kg[2]:5
Height
  • Range:
    162–173 cm [3]:473
  • Female: average 165.7 cm[2]:5

The Hungarian Sport Horse, Hungarian: Magyar sportló, is a modern Hungarian breed of sporting horse. Like the Furioso-North Star, the Gidran, and the Nonius, it was created at the Hungarian State Stud at Mezőhegyes, in Békés county in the Southern Great Plain region of south-eastern Hungary.[3]:473 At the end of 2012, the total number for the breed was reported to be 1091.[4] The breeders' association is the Magyar Sportlótenyésztők Országos Egyesülete, or Association of Hungarian Sporthorse Breeders.[5][6]

References

  1. ↑ Barbara Rischkowsky, D. Pilling (eds.) (2007). List of breeds documented in the Global Databank for Animal Genetic Resources, annex to The State of the World's Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. ISBN 9789251057629. Accessed June 2017.
  2. 1 2 Szabolcs Bene, S. Borbála Kecskés, J. Péter Polgár, Ferenc Szabó (2014). Comparison of live weight and body measurements of adult brood mares from different genotypes in Hungary = Különböző genotípusú kifejlett tenyészkancák élősúlyának és testméreteinek összehasonlítása Magyarországon. Journal of Central European Agriculture 15 (2): 1–11. doi:10.5513/JCEA01/15.2.1442.
  3. 1 2 Valerie Porter, Lawrence Alderson, Stephen J.G. Hall, D. Phillip Sponenberg (2016). Mason's World Encyclopedia of Livestock Breeds and Breeding (sixth edition). Wallingford: CABI. ISBN 9781780647944.
  4. ↑ Breed data sheet: Hungarian Sport Horse/Hungary. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed June 2017.
  5. ↑ Magyar Sportló és Magyar Félvér Tenyésztők Országos Egyesülete (in Hungarian). Magyar Sportlótenyésztők Országos Egyesülete. Accessed June 2017.
  6. ↑ J. Posta, I. Komlósi, S. Mihók (2007). Analysis of genetic progress in the Hungarian Sport Horse population. Conference paper, 58th Annual Meeting of the European Association for Animal Production: Dublin, Ireland, 26–29 August 2007. Accessed June 2017.


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