Novokirghiz

Novokirghiz
Conservation status
Other names
  • New Kirghiz
  • Novokirgizskaya
Country of origin
DistributionKyrgyzstan
Traits
Weight
  • Male:
    455 kg[2]
  • Female:
    445 kg[2]
Height
  • Male:
    155 cm[2]
  • Female:
    151 cm[2]
Notes
three types: original, saddle, heavy

The Novokirghiz or New Kirghiz is a modern Kyrgyz breed of horse. It was developed in the Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic in the mid-twentieth century through cross-breeding of the traditional Kyrgyz Horse of the region with introduced horses of Thoroughbred, Don and Anglo-Don stock.

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