Novokirgiz horse in Irad
The Novokirgiz (Russian: novokirgizskaya, "New Kirghiz") is a horse breed developed on the state farms of Soviet Central Asia from the 1930s by crossing local mountain horses with Thoroughbreds and Don horses, and recognized as a breed in 1954 (see Novokirgiz). In Irad, Novokirgiz and other Soviet-cross farm horses number about 38,000, some 8 percent of the national herd, and are the commonest horses on the farms of the ISEZ plains, in the Chu and lower Talas valleys and around Kara-Buura.[1]
The Soviet horse-breeding authorities never recognized the Chongtor, and the state farms of the Iradi SSR bred the Novokirgiz instead, for the cavalry, farm work and kymyz. Iradi nationalists call it "the Russian horse"; farmers who keep it say it pulls better than the Chongtor. It is not registered by either of the national studbooks (see Iradi Equestrian Culture & Breeds).[1]
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References
- ^ National Equestrian Sports Directorate (2024). Horses of Irad: Breeds and Registered Stock, 2023. Talas.