Scientific name:
Equus

Natural spread:
Poland

originally appearing primitive-horse. Moderate-sized, appealing head with straight or easily concave profile, small ears and dense mop of hair. Snifter, heavy neck with luxuriant mane and wide essay. Long, slanted shoulder and flat instep. Long torso with unloading rib-vault, on that occasion spreads and deep breast. Some short, kicked the ball out croup with deep tail-base and good Bemuskelung. Strengthen, short legs with dry joints, hard hooves and Kötenzöpfen. Hard-working Movements into all walks, some Springvermögen, persevering and extremely resistance-powerful, sometimes difficult Temper. Color: Graufalben with game-drawing, dun. Size by 132 cm.

The Polish and know-Russian Konik is identical or very near race as one for the east European game-horse, that Schweiken with all remaining small-horses of the greater area (Panjes) etc.) narrowly relative is. Since centuries as game-animal hunted, it was protected by a Lithuanian law in 1588 and multiplied in half-wild continuances. At beginning of the 20. To century, there were even bigger herds in the wildernesses, a thoroughbred one in the zoo Zamosc, that were scattered after the shutdown. Consistent selection and Rückzüchtung since 1936 in a preserve in the jungle of Bialowieze, after the war in Popielno. in 1965, one established another stud farm, whose horses are sold into the agriculture, close to Warsaw. The tough animals are suitable and especially little illness-susceptible to all work.