Polish Coldblood
Polish breed of horse
The Polish Coldblood is a modern Polish breed or group of breeds of draught horse of medium to heavy weight. It was formed in 1964 when the various regional draught breeds or types were merged into a single stud-book. Those local types derived from cross-breeding of local mares with imported stallions of heavy draught breeds, principally of Ardennais, Belgian Draught and Swedish Ardennes stock.
In the twenty-first century the horses are used for tractive power and are reared for horsemeat, particularly for the Italian market.
History
In 1964 the various regional draught breeds of Poland were merged into a single stud-book, the Księga Stadna Koni Zimnokrwistych I Pogrubionych. Among these were the Garwolin, the Kopczyk Podlaski, the Koszalin, the Lidzbark, the Łowicz-Sochaczewski, the Sokółka and the Sztumski.
In 2024 the total number of the horses was some 121000–126000 head, substantially lower than in 2002, when it was almost 330000. The registered breeding stock consisted of approximately 8000 brood-mares and 2000 stallions. In 2024 the conservation status of the breed was "not at risk".
A separate stud-book was established in 2013 for the Arden or Polish Ardennes, bred at the stud-farms of Bielin in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship and Nowe Jankowice in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship.
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