Sokółka horse
horse breed
The Sokółka horse (Polish: Koń sokólski), also known as Sokolski, is a Polish breed of draught horse. It is named for the town and county of Sokółka, near Białystok in north-eastern Poland, where it was first bred in the 1920s. It derives from cross-breeding of local Polish mares of Polish Coldblood type with imported Trait Belge and Ardennais stock. It is distributed mainly in the voivodeships of Lublin and Podlaskie.
Characteristics
The Sokólski is clean-legged; the usual coat colour is chestnut. Average body weights are 650 kg for mares and 800 kg for stallions and geldings; heights at the withers average 156 cm and 160 cm respectively.
Breed history
The Sokólski was bred in the 1920s in the north-eastern Republic of Poland, in the area of Grodno and Indura – now both in Belarus – Sokółka and Dąbrowa Białostocka. It is named for the town or county of Sokółka, near Białystok. It derives from cross-breeding of local Polish mares with imported stallions of Trait Belge and Ardennais stock. A stud-book was established in 1964 as part of the Polish Coldblood breed group.
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