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Hucul Pony
A Hucul Pony shown in-hand
Other names
Carpathian Pony
Country of origin
Carpathian Mountains
Equus ferus caballus
The Hucul or Carpathian is a pony or small horse breed originally from the Carpathian Mountains. It has a heavy build and possesses great endurance and hardiness. The breed is also referred to as the Carpathian pony, Huculska, Hutsul, Huțul, Huțan or Huzul. The breed gets its name from the Hutsul people, who live mostly in the Carpathians in Ukraine and in Romania, but also in an area in the East Carpathian Mountains north of the river Bistritz, officially named “Huzelei”.
The Hucul or Carpathian is a pony or small horse breed originally from the Carpathian Mountains. It has a heavy build and possesses great endurance and...
Hutsuls are credited with having created the breed of horse known as the Huculpony. One of the main attributes of Hutsuls' is their Shepherd's axe (bartka)...
including the Konik, Sorraia, Exmoor pony, Huculpony, Bosnian Mountain Horse, Estonian Native, and Gotland pony. However, genetic and historical evidence...
Slovak Warmblood and Hucul. A herd of twenty-seven mares averaging 14.2 hands were selected for the first crosses to a Welsh pony stallion, Branco. The...
and energetic. It is somewhat similar in appearance to the Hucul, the Konik and the Exmoor Pony.: 70 It weighs approximately 250 kg, and usually stands...
Animals present in the Aggtelek National Park included the fire salamander, huculpony, common buzzard, eastern imperial eagle, European copper skink, white-throated...
with the aim to restore a rare breed of Huculpony. Romanenko called for action to preserve this breed: "Hucul is a heritage of the whole country. All...
"tarpan". In spite of sharing primitive external features, the Konik and Hucul horses have markedly different conformation with differently proportioned...
national currency of Ukraine since 1996. Hucul or hutsul (Ukrainian: гуцульський кінь, гуцулик or гуцул), a pony or small horse breed originally from the...
official dwelling. Logothetti developed further the breeding of Carpathian Huculponies that were much used by the Austro-Hungarian Army for their endurance...
practices. During this time, the breed was kept alive through crosses to the Hucul, Bosnian, Konik and Noriker breeds. In 1919 and 1920, the remaining stallions...
supposed ancestor of Przewalski's Horse as well as the Konik, Vyatka horse, Hucul and most Mongolian horses. The other three proposed subspecies were: the...
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