East Bulgarian
 Mare and foal at Kabiuk stud, near Shumen | |
 Mares and foals at Kabiuk stud | |
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| Country of origin | Bulgaria |
| Distribution | nation-wide |
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| Colour | dark colours, grey |
The East Bulgarian is a Bulgarian breed of warmblood horse. It developed from the warmblood section established in about 1894 at the Kabiuk State Stud and Stallion Depot in Shumen Province, in eastern Bulgaria.[3][4] A stud-book was started in either 1951[5]: 448 or 1959.[2]
History
[edit]The horses were evaluated principally for their performance in racing, both on the flat and over jumps, until about 1990, when the focus changed to performance in the classic disciplines of equestrian sport – dressage, show-jumping and the three-day event.[6]: 31 At about this time there was further cross-breeding, now with stallions of Hanoverian, Holsteiner, Selle Français and Trakehner stock.[3]
In 2025 the total population of the breed was reported to be 172, with 117 brood-mares and 55 active stallions; its conservation status was listed in DAD-IS as "at risk/critical-maintained".[2]
Characteristics
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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 c d e f g Breed data sheet: Eastbulgarian Horse / Bulgaria (Horse). Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed June 2025.
- ^ a b East Bulgarian – Detail info. State Enterprise Kabiuk. Archived 21 September 2007.
- ^ Svetlozar Kastchiev (March 2010). The history of Bulgarian horse breeding. ESSA Courier (6): 8–11. Gomadingen-Marbach: European State Studs Association. Archived 10 July 2016.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Maya Popova1, Iliana Sabeva, Elena Kirimova (2025). Study on growth and development of horses from East Bulgarian breed. Agricultural Sciences. 17 (44): 30–38. doi:10.22620/agrisci.2025.44.003.