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East Bulgarian

Bulgarian breed of horse

Summary

Bulgarian breed of horse

Field	Value
name	East Bulgarian
image	East bulgarian Kabiyuk 2.JPG
image_caption	Mare and foal at Kabiuk stud, near Shumen
image2	East bulgarian Kabiyuk 1, cropped.JPG
image_caption2	Mares and foals at Kabiuk stud
status
altname
country	Bulgaria
distribution	nation-wide
use
colour	dark colours, grey
male_height	average: 166.9 cm
female_height	average: 162.8 cm
male_weight	average: 550 kg
female_weight	average: 450 kg

The East Bulgarian is a Bulgarian breed of warmblood horse. It developed from the warmblood section established in about 1894 at the Kabiuk State Stud and Stallion Depot in Shumen Province, in eastern Bulgaria. A stud-book was started in either 1951 or 1959.

History

The horses were evaluated principally for their performance in racing, both on the flat and over jumps, until about 1990, when the focus changed to performance in the classic disciplines of equestrian sport – dressage, show-jumping and the three-day event. At about this time there was further cross-breeding, now with stallions of Hanoverian, Holsteiner, Selle Français and Trakehner stock.

In 2025 the total population of the breed was reported to be 172, with 117 brood-mares and 55 active stallions; its conservation status was listed in DAD-IS as "at risk/critical-maintained".

Characteristics

Use

References

Maya Popova1, Iliana Sabeva, Elena Kirimova (2025). [http://agrarninauki.au-plovdiv.bg/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/03_44_2024AS.pdf Study on growth and development of horses from East Bulgarian breed]. ''Agricultural Sciences''. '''17''' (44): 30–38. {{doi. 10.22620/agrisci.2025.44.003.
Barbara Rischkowsky, Dafydd Pilling (editors) (2007). [https://web.archive.org/web/20200623201209/http://www.fao.org/3/a1250e/annexes/List%20of%20breeds%20documented%20in%20the%20Global%20Databank%20for%20Animal%20Genetic%20Resources/List_breeds.pdf List of breeds documented in the Global Databank for Animal Genetic Resources], annex to: [https://web.archive.org/web/20170110125634/http://www.fao.org/3/a-a1250e.pdf ''The State of the World's Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture'']. Rome: Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. {{isbn. 9789251057629. Archived 23 June 2020.
9781780647944.
[https://dadis-breed-datasheet-ws.firebaseapp.com/?country=BGR&specie=Horse&breed=Eastbulgarian%20Horse&external=1&lang=en Breed data sheet: Eastbulgarian Horse / Bulgaria (Horse)]. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed June 2025.
Svetlozar Kastchiev (March 2010). [https://web.archive.org/web/20160710151352/http://www.europeanstatestuds.org/archive/ESSAcourier1003.pdf The history of Bulgarian horse breeding]. ''ESSA Courier'' (6): 8–11. Gomadingen-Marbach: European State Studs Association. Archived 10 July 2016.
[https://web.archive.org/web/20070921164911/http://www.kabiuk.com/indexmain.php?cmd=brdetails&breed_id=4 East Bulgarian – Detail info]. State Enterprise Kabiuk. Archived 21 September 2007.

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