HISTORY OF ARABIAN HORSE BREEDING IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

Abstract

The breeding of Arabian horses in Bosnia and Herzegovina which has been going on for 125 years, by applying strict selection measures. It has gone in the direction of creating a smaller horse suitable for crossing and improving the characteristics of the Bosnian Mountain Horse. Stable breeding of Arabian horses in BiH began in 1895. The registry books of Arabian horse breeding in BiH have been kept regularly from 1895 until today. A large number of professional and scientific papers have been written about the breeding of the Bosnian Arabian horse.
The breeding of the Bosnian Arabian horse takes place on the basis of old lines of stallions and old mares that also have their origin in desert genetic material. As it has a high percentage of the blood of the original Arabian horses, it does not look much different from them. The appearance and exterior of the Bosnian Arabian horse has not changed since World War II.