Azerbaijan horse
Encyclopedia
The Azerbaijan horse is a mountain-steppe racing and riding horse
. It is named after the geographic region where the horse was originally developed, Azerbaijan
in the Caucasus
. The average speed by running of Azerbaijan horse is 1600 metres in 2 minute, 66 seconds.
Horse
The horse is one of two extant subspecies of Equus ferus, or the wild horse. It is a single-hooved mammal belonging to the taxonomic family Equidae. The horse has evolved over the past 45 to 55 million years from a small multi-toed creature into the large, single-toed animal of today...
. It is named after the geographic region where the horse was originally developed, Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan , officially the Republic of Azerbaijan is the largest country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded by the Caspian Sea to the east, Russia to the north, Georgia to the northwest, Armenia to the west, and Iran to...
in the Caucasus
Caucasus
The Caucasus, also Caucas or Caucasia , is a geopolitical region at the border of Europe and Asia, and situated between the Black and the Caspian sea...
. The average speed by running of Azerbaijan horse is 1600 metres in 2 minute, 66 seconds.
Features
- Height - 138 cm
- Length of the body - 139 cm
- Chest circumference - 161 cm
- Live weight - 280–350 kg. Under packs 120–140 kg Azerbaijani horses are 60–70 km per day.
- Maximum capacity - 3000–3200 kg.
- Average agility-year-olds at a distance of 1600 m - 2 minutes 22.6 seconds.
Types
- Karabakh horse, is named after the geographic region where the horse was originally developed, KarabakhKarabakhThe Karabakh horse , also known as Karabakh, is a mountain-steppe racing and riding horse. It is named after the geographic region where the horse was originally developed, Karabakh in the Southern Caucasus, an area that is de jure part of Azerbaijan but the highland part of which is currently...
. - Daliboz, formed in the QazakhQazakhQazakh is a rayon of Azerbaijan. It has two exclaves inside Armenia, Yukhari Askipara and Barkhudarli, both of which came under Armenian control during the Nagorno-Karabakh War.- History :In antiquity, this rayon was part of the province of Utik...
, AgstafaAgstafa-Overview:Agstafa raion was created on 24 January 1939 as an independent administrative unit out of larger Qazakh region of Azerbaijan. On 4 December 1959, the status of the raion was abolished and it was incorporated into Qazakh Rayon...
and TovuzTovuzTovuz may refer to:* Berd, Armenia* Tovuz, Armenia* Tovuz , Azerbaijan* Tovuz, Azerbaijan...
regions of Azerbaijan. Some early sources describe it as the "Kazakh" horse. The Daliboz types has a clean, short head with a broad forehead and narrow nose, a compact heavy neck, a ribbed massive body with a good top line and an even, long back and loin. Legs are clean and well proportioned and the cannon bone girth is larger than that of other horses. They usually have a pacing or racking gait. A unique feature is a peculiar lengthwise fold on the tongue giving the impression of a forked tongue. Average withers height is 152 cm, chest girth 172 cm and cannon bone girth 19.4 They are often used as riding and racing horses. - Quba horse.
- Shirvan horse.
Sourse
- Azerbaijan horse in Big Soviet Encyclopedia.