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About the Polish Half-bred Breed
.Apart from racing, the prime purpose of
the Polish breeding of Thoroughbreds was to improve the native
stock and to produce a good half-bred riding and working horse.
The nature of the country – the wide agricultural lands,
type of soil, lack of good roads, and distances from railways
– rendered the heavy-draught horse, such as the Percheron
and Shire, almost useless. The need was for strong, lighter-weight
animals of good blood and bone.
In Poland a Half-bred horse is one which has English Thoroughbred,
Arab, or Anglo-Arab blood on at least one side of his pedigree.
Half-bred studbooks or registers are kept, and entry into them
is very strictly controlled. It was during the period between
the wars that the breeding of Half-breds was reconstructed on
a highly selective basis, and some very good types were produced.
The requirements of cavalry during that time, of course, played
an important part in this development.
The type of Half-bred varies in different provinces of Poland,
according to variations of soil, climate, strains of blood and
the local needs. That of the Poznan and Pomeranian provinces
was based on the English Thoroughbred and was a big-boned animal
of good conformation and action, bred from stallions of the
Racot Stud with both local and German (Trakehnen) brood mares.
These provinces specialised in producing cavalry remounts. In
1938 the Racot Stud had four Trakehnen stallions, eighty-six
brood mares and a hundred young stock.
The Kielce province bred a horse full of quality, and of about
15.2 hands, from Arab stock. The Lublin Half-bred has English
blood; while Warsaw and Lodz provinces produce both English
and Anglo-Arab Half-breds.
The dominant factor in the breeding of Half-breds was the army,
which bought a large number of horses every year. The specifications,
most strictly adhered to, were: medium size, full of quality,
near to the ground, well-ribbed, with deep girth, strong legs
and good bone, and free action. Good temperament, courage, endurance
and ability to ‘do’ well were also essential qualities.
Half-breds were also much used in agriculture, where they proved
themselves as useful as in military service. Polish horsemen
on half-breds competed in shows and tests all over Europe, and
at the Berlin Olympic Games Poles were the only riders other
than the Germans who rode horses bred in their own country.
It is not really possible to compare the Polish Half-bred with
the English Part-bred Arabian, since the English product has,
so far as the Arab Horse Society’s Register is concerned,
confined entries to horses and ponies of the riding type, whereas
the Polish counterpart has leaned towards producing a not-too-heavy
horse for agriculture. It is, moreover, unlikely that the English
Society will do the same.
As a general commentary it can be said with assurance that the
meticulous care shown by the Polish horse-breeders in producing
the Polish Arab has been exemplified in the Polish Half-bred.
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Arab
| Akhal-Teke
| Albino
| American
Quarter | American
Saddle | Andalusian
| Anglo-Arab
| Anglo-Arab
in France | Anglo-Kabarda
| Anglo-Norman
| Appaloosa
| Ardennes
| Australian
(Waler) | Austrian
| Balearic
| Barb
| Basuto
| Batak/Deli
| Beberbeck
| Beetwk
| Boulonnais
| Brabancon
| Breton
| Budyonovsky
| Burmese
(Shan) | Camargue
| Caspian
| Charollais
Half-bred | Cleveland
Bay | Clydesdale
| Cob
(Riding) | Connemara
| Criollo
| Dales
| Danish
| Danubian
| Dartmoor
| Donsky
| Dutch
Draught | East
Bulgarian | Exmoor
| Falabella
| Fell
| Flemish
| French
Thoroughbred | Friesian
| Galiceno
| Gelderland
| Gidran
and Nonius | Gothland
| Groningen
| Gudbrandsdal
| Hack
| Hackney
Horse | Hackney
Pony | Hafflinger
| Hanoverian
| Highland
| Holstein
| Hungarian
Shagya | Hunter
| Iceland
| Iomud
| Italian
| Jutland
| Kabarda
| Karabair
and Lokai | Karabakh
| Kathiawari
and Marwari | Klepper
| Knabstrup
| Konik
| Latvian
| Limousin
(Half-bred) | Lipizzaner
| Manipur
| Mecklenburg
| Mongolian
| Morgan
| Mustang
| New
Forest | Norwegian-Fjord
| Oldenburg
| Orlov
| Palomino
| Percheron
| Persian
| Pinto
| Pleven
| Polish
Arab | Polish
Half-bred | Polish
Thoroughbred | Rhenish
| Russian
Saddle | Russian
Steppe | Russian
Thoroughbred | Scandinavian
| Schleswig
| Shetland
| Shire
| Spanish
| Spiti
and Bhutia | Standard
Bred | Strelets
| Suffolk
| Swedish
| Tarpan
| Tennessee
Walking Horse | Tersky
| Thoroughbred
| Timor
Pony | Trakehner
| Turk
| Ukrainian
| Vendéen-Charentais
Half-bred | Viatka
| Welsh
Cob | Welsh
Mountain and Welsh Pony | Zeeland
Horse | Zemaitukas
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