Talk:Hucul pony

I am surprised that your page inform on the biggest number of hucul horses at Muran /Slovakia. In fact there are no huculs anymore. As far as I am informed the most popular is this breed in Poland, having app. 470 mares. Romania is strong as well but it´s evidence is not available for the other countries. Slovakia is known among the hucul fans as the country with very good quality of this breed population. The leader is Narodny zrebcin in Topolcianky, which is the state property and is responsible for breeding program in the country. The second biggest institution is The Slovakian Association of Hucul Horses Breeders and Friends. It is the association of private breeders and fans of hucul. Slovakian huculs are more in type of ancient tarpan. This is because of the history: former Czechoslovakia build its stock on the Romanian huculs. In oposite the huculs from Poland are in general more in type of sport-pony. The difference was well seen during the first HIF [Hucul International Federation] championship in Topolcianky [August 2005]. For more infrmation do not hesitate to contact myself via E-mail: peterkovac@hucule.sk, or feel free to visit our web page: www.hucule.sk.

Thank you for the information. I updated the article. However, I am a bit surprised by what you wrote about Muran Plain. I have seen huculs there few years ago (at "Velka luka"). Tankred 23:30, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

A pony breed or a draft horse?

I moved a note left by 69.161.218.8 inside the article to this talk page:

Note: For some reason, the Hucul pony is listed here as a "draft horse." This is wrong, the Hucul is a pony breed (typically doesn't grow much over about 14 and one half hands) that is used for "draft work."

As far as I know, the hucul pony is actually a draft horse and not a real pony breed. Is there anyone with more information or a citation supporting the opinion that hucul is a pony breed (or a draft horse, for that matter)? Tankred 14:51, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

Raising Centers in Poland

Siary is not a stud anymore. Państwowe Gospodarstwo Rolne w Siarach (PGR in Siary) that was the breeder does not exist anymore and all horses have been moved to Gładyszów in early 90's.

Stadnina Koni Huculskich Gładyszów, was moved to Regietów (a willage 6km away) three years ago, but retained the name. But it's minor.

Googling for hucul ponys in Pszczółki (in polish Internet) didn't return any hits. Municipality www page also does not contain any info hucul ponys there. The stud there must be really small or non existing. Either way it's nearly impossible for it to be a major breeder.

Misc

Corrected an apparent typo (prizes vice prises). -- Charlie (Colorado) 00:48, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

Color of Hucul Pony

In the article, there is: "They are usually dark bay or gray." But I think, that it is mistake, they are never grey. In de:Huzule is: "Schimmel sind für die Zucht nicht zugelassen." In cs:Huculský kůň: "Zbarvení: všechny typy kromě bělouše" Both means the same, Huculs can not be white (grey). --Karakal (talk) 17:57, 23 October 2008 (UTC)

Bablefish uses the phrase "not allowed" in the translation, but the bigger point is that wikis can't really be verifiable sources for other wikis unless we can use their footnotes. I'd like to see a verifiable English source on this one way or the other. "White" is not gray anyhow, and many breeds with gray horses won't register white ones due to the different genetic base involved... Montanabw^(talk) 03:39, 25 October 2008 (UTC)

Follow up: I checked a couple of the English sources, none of which mention gray coloring, so I rephrased to fit the sources. Did some other minor cleanup on the article and fixed a dead link. Montanabw^(talk) 04:30, 25 October 2008 (UTC)