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The Soviet Heavy Draft is a Russian breed of heavy draft horse. [4] It derives from the Belgian Brabant heavy draft breed. It was developed in the former Soviet Union for agricultural draft work , and was recognized as a breed in 1952.
This is a list of the horse breeds considered in Russia to be wholly or partly of Russian origin, including breeds from the Russian Federation and from the former Soviet Union. Some may have complex or obscure histories, so inclusion here does not necessarily imply that a breed is predominantly or exclusively Russian.
In most cases, bloodlines of horse breeds are recorded with a breed registry. The concept is somewhat flexible in horses, as open stud books are created for recording pedigrees of horse breeds that are not yet fully true-breeding. Registries are considered the authority as to whether a given breed is listed as a "horse" or a "pony".
A draft horse (US) or draught horse (UK), also known as dray horse, carthorse, work horse or heavy horse, is a large horse bred to be a working animal hauling freight and doing heavy agricultural tasks such as plowing. There are a number of breeds, with varying characteristics, but all share common traits of strength, patience, and a docile ...
The Russian Heavy Draft is a small powerful horse of heavy cob conformation, with lively gaits.The legs are short in comparison to the length of the body, and have little or no feathering; [6]: 277 cannon-bone circumference is approximately 22 cm. [5]: 323 Perhaps as a result of the Orlov Trotter influence, the head is not heavy.
The Vladimir Heavy Draft is a Russian breed of heavy draught horse. It was bred in the early twentieth century in farms and collectives in Ivanovo Oblast and Vladimir Oblast, to the east of Moscow. The most important influence on the development of the breed was from three Clydesdale stallions foaled between 1910 and 1923. The Vladimir was ...
There are even few enough true draft breeds that you could have a section that describes many or all of the breeds in prose, along with some of their defining characteristics, i.e. "The Soviet Heavy Draft and the Russian Heavy Draft were draft breeds developed in the former Soviet Union. They were mainly used for xy and z, and were developed ...
Pages in category "Horse breeds originating in Russia" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .