Scientific name:
Equus

Natural spread:
Asia

ennobled steppe-horse of fashionable type, however rather a versatile one usefulness -, because a sport-horse. Moderate-sized, dry head with straight or easily geramstem profile, straight neck, sometimes also stag-neck, frequently some short, steep shoulder. Long, rather flat instep, changing to a short, stable back. Kicked the ball out, often short croup, deep, narrow torso. Dry foundation, frequently somewhat defective joints, short shackles, hard hooves, no Behang. Energetic movements with little area-grip, but from high endurance. Size approximately 155 to 160 cm of stick-measurement; usually brown, foxes with gold-glimmer.

The horses of the South-Russian one(s) served as breeding-basis, kalmückischen steppe-nomads, which got the Don-Kosaken of these and further-bred even. With help of other races, the so-called Altdonsche horse was created. It is supposed to have led the blood of Turkmenern, Kaberdinern, Karabaghs and Oriental races. The Don-Kosaken and its horses attained fame through the prosecution of the Napoleonic army on its disastrous retreat from Russia. With beginning of the 19. Three Kosaken-Hetmane also later began century English to improve the race, first with Orlow and Orlow-Rostopschin-Blut Thoroughbred. Since 1920, the horses become systematically purely drawn and come up under extremely hard conditions.