List of Central Asian horse breeds

This is a list of the horse breeds considered to originate wholly or partly in six Central Asian countries: Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. Some may have complex or obscure histories, so inclusion here does not necessarily imply that a breed is predominantly or exclusively from those countries.

English name Other names Notes Image
Akhal-Teke[1]
  • Ахалтекинская
  • Akhaltekinskaya[2]
  • Kazakhstan
  • Turkmenistan
Adaev[1][3] Adaevskaya[2]
  • Kazakhstan
  • Turkmenistan
  • Uzbekistan
Betpakdalin[4]: 479  Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan; variant of Jabe
Borta[4]: 432  Afghanistan
Buzkashi[5] Afghanistan
Dawand[5] Afghanistan
Don[6] Donskaya[1][2] Kyrgyzstan
Habash[4]: 432  Afghanistan
Herati[5] Afghanistan
Iomud[2] Yomood, Iomudskaya Turkmenistan
Jabe[1] Kazakhstan
Karabair[1][3] Karabairskaya[7]
  • Kazakhstan
  • Tajikistan
  • Uzbekistan
Kazakh[1] Kazakhskaya Kazakhstan
Kohband[5] Afghanistan
Kushum[1] Kushumskaya Kazakhstan
Kustanai[1] Kustanaiskaya[2] Kazakhstan
Kyrgyz[6] Kirgiz Kyrgyzstan
Lokai Lokaiskaya[7] Tajikistan
Mazari[5] Afghanistan
Mugalzhar[1] Kazakhstan
Novokirghiz[6] Novokirgizskaya Kyrgyzstan
Oryol
  • Orlov Saddle Horse
  • Orlovskaya
Kyrgyzstan
Qatgani[5] Qataghani Afghanistan
Qazal[5] Afghanistan
Russian Trotter[6] Kyrgyzstan
Samand[5] Afghanistan
Tadzhikskaya Verkhovaya[7] Tajikistan
Tatar[4]: 432  Afghanistan
Tooraq[5] Afghanistan
Waziri[5] Afghanistan
Yabu[5] Afghanistan
Yargha[5] Afghanistan

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Breeds reported by Kazakhstan: Horse Rome: Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed August 2017.
  2. ^ a b c Breeds reported by Turkmenistan: Horse Rome: Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed August 2017.
  3. ^ a b Breeds reported by Uzbekistan: Horse Rome: Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed August 2017.
  4. ^ a b c d 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.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Breeds reported by Afghanistan: Horse Rome: Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed August 2017.
  6. ^ a b c d Breeds reported by Kyrgyzstan: Horse Rome: Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed August 2017.
  7. ^ a b c Breeds reported by Tajikistan: Horse Rome: Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed August 2017.