Kinsky horse

Kinsky Horse
Conservation status	FAO (2007): not listed ; DAD-IS (2020): at risk ;
Other names	Czech : K?? Kinsky ; Golden Horse of Bohemia ;
Country of origin	Czech Republic
Distribution	Bohemia
Use	sport ; racing ;
Traits
Height	162?175 cm ;
Colour	yellow ; chestnut ; bay ;
	Equus ferus caballus ;

The Kinsky Horse is a Czech breed of warmblood sport horse . It was bred by the Kinsky family in the Kingdom of Bohemia , and is now one of four warmblood sport horse breeds reared in the Czech Republic , the others being the Czech Warmblood , the Slovakian Warmblood and the Moravian Warmblood . ^[4]^: 459 It was for many years absorbed into the Czech Warmblood; a separate stud-book was established in 2005. ^[4]^: 459 It is characterised by an unusual golden-yellow coat, though other colours are also seen. ^[5]^: 226

History [ edit ]

The Kinsky Horse was bred in the nineteenth century by members of the Kinsky family in the Kingdom of Bohemia , and was sometimes known as the Golden Horse of Bohemia. ^[4]^: 459^[5]^: 226 In the twentieth century it was largely absorbed into the Czech Warmblood. A separate stud-book for the breed was established in 2005. ^[4]^: 459

Its conservation status was not listed by the FAO in 2007. ^[1]^: 34 In 2018 the population reported to DAD-IS was about 600 head, and the conservation status in 2020 was reported as "at risk". ^[2]

Characteristics [ edit ]

The horses usually stand between 162 and 175 cm at the withers . ^[4]^: 459 Many have a coat of a characteristic golden-yellow colour, but others may be bay , chestnut or occasionally black . ^[5]^: 226

References [ edit ]

^ ^a ^b Barbara Rischkowsky, D. Pilling (eds.) (2007). List of breeds documented in the Global Databank for Animal Genetic Resources , annex to The State of the World's Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture . Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. ISBN 9789251057629 . Accessed January 2017.
^ ^a ^b Breed data sheet: Kun Kinsky / Czech Republic (Horse) . Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed February 2020.
^ L. Putnova, R. ?tohl, I. Vrtkova (2018). Genetic monitoring of horses in the Czech Republic: A large?scale study with a focus on the Czech autochthonous breeds . Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics 135 (1): 73?83. doi : 10.1111/jbg.12313 .
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Valerie Porter, Lawrence Alderson, Stephen J.G. Hall, D. Phillip Sponenberg (2016). Mason's World Encyclopedia of Livestock Breeds and Breeding (sixth edition). Wallingford: CABI. ISBN 9781780647944 .
^ ^a ^b ^c Elise Rousseau, Yann Le Bris, Teresa Lavender Fagan (2017). Horses of the World . Princeton: Princeton University Press. ISBN 9780691167206 .

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