Karabair on an Azerbaijani stamp
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| Conservation status | FAO (2007): not at risk[1]: 136 |
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The Karabair (Uzbek: Qorabayir, Kazakh: Qarabaıyr; Tajik: қаробоҳирӣ, Ķaroboḩirī; Russian: Карабаирская) is a long-established horse breed from Central Asia, and particularly from Uzbekistan and northern Tajikistan.[5]: 290 It results from the cross-breeding of desert horses of ArabianorTurkmene type from the south with steppe horses from the north. It is a small, agile and versatile horse that can be used for ridingordriving.[6]: 84 It is well suited to local horse sports, and especially to the Uzbek national game, kokpar.[5]: 291 It is also used for meat and milk production; the milk may be made into kumis.[3]
In 2003, a total population of 138,400 Karabair horses were reported by Uzbekistan.[4]
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These are the horse breeds considered to originate wholly or partly in the Central Asian countries of Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. Inclusion here does not necessarily imply that a breed is predominantly or exclusively from those countries. | |
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