Romanian Sport Horse
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| Country of origin | Romania |
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| Colour | dark colours, roan[4]: 498 |
The Romanian Sport Horse or Romanian Saddle Horse, Romanian: Cal de sport romanesc, is a Romanian breed of light riding horse. It was bred from 1962 from a variety of other breeds including Arab, Furioso-North Star, Gidran, Romanian Trotter and Thoroughbred.[4]: 498 It is used as a carriage horse, for riding, for showing and as a sport horse.[4]: 498 In competition, it may be used in dressage, in show-jumping or in the three-day event.[3]: 244
A total population of 100 was reported for the breed in 2003; no data has been reported since. In 2025 the conservation status of the breed was unknown.[2]
References
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- ^ Barbara Rischkowsky, Dafydd Pilling (editors) (2007). List of breeds documented in the Global Databank for Animal Genetic Resources, annex to: The State of the World's Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. Rome: Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. ISBN 9789251057629. Archived 23 June 2020.
- ^ a b Breed data sheet: Romanian Sport horse / Romania (Horse). Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed August 2025.
- ^ a b Élise Rousseau, Yann Le Bris, Teresa Lavender Fagan (2017). Horses of the World. Princeton: Princeton University Press. ISBN 9780691167206.
- ^ a b c d Valerie Porter, Lawrence Alderson, Stephen J.G. Hall, D. Phillip Sponenberg (2016). Mason's World Encyclopedia of Livestock Breeds and Breeding, sixth edition. Wallingford: CABI. ISBN 9781780647944.