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

  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.
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Horse breeds of Central Asia
These are the horse breeds considered to originate wholly or partly in the Central Asian countries of Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. Inclusion here does not necessarily imply that a breed is predominantly or exclusively from those countries.