Strelets
The Strelets Arab or Strelets Horse is an extinct Ukrainian breed of light cavalry horse. It was bred in the nineteenth century at the Striletsky State Stud in Luhansk Oblast of Ukraine, from Arab and a variety of other stock.
Breed facts
| Type | Horse breed |
|---|---|
| Origin | Ukraine |
| Recognised use | circus and cavalry |
| Classification | extinct Russian breed of horse |
| Wikidata id | Q10681661 |
The Strelets Arab or Strelets Horse is an extinct Ukrainian breed of light cavalry horse. It was bred in the nineteenth century at the Striletsky State Stud in Luhansk Oblast of Ukraine, from Arab and a variety of other stock. Numbers were gravely reduced by the events of the Russian Revolution and the Russian Civil War, and the breed came close to disappearing. The surviving stock, consisting of two stallions and a few mares, was taken to the Tersk Stud in the North Caucasus and used as the basis of the new Tersk breed of riding horse.
It originates in Ukraine and is recognised for circus and cavalry. These facts are recorded in Wikidata, which catalogues the breed under item Q10681661.
Sources: Wikidata (Q10681661) · Wikipedia · Photograph (Wikimedia Commons)