Karabair

{{short description|Central Asian horse breed}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}} {{use list-defined references|date=October 2014}} {{Use British English|date=October 2014}} {{Infobox horse breed |name= Karabair |image= Stamp of Azerbaijan 172.jpg |image_caption=Karabair on an Azerbaijani stamp | image_size = | image_alt = | image2 = | image_size2 = | image_alt2 = | image_caption2 = | features = | altname = {{ubl|{{langx|ru|Karabairskaya|italic=no}}|Qarabair}} | country = {{unbulleted list|Kazakhstan{{r|dad3}}|Tajikistan{{r|dad2}}|Uzbekistan{{r|dad}}}} | distribution = {{ubl|Uzbekistan|northern Tajikistan}} | use = | colour = | height = | male_height = 156 cm{{r|dmit|page=291}} | female_height = 151 cm{{r|dmit|page=291}} | weight = | male_weight = | female_weight = | status = FAO (2007): not at risk{{r|barb|page=136}} | note = | group1 = | std1 = }}

The '''Karabair''' ({{langx|uz|Qorabayir}}, {{langx|kk|Qarabaıyr}}; {{langx|tg|қаробоҳирӣ}}, ''Ķaroboḩirī''; {{langx|ru|Карабаирская}}) is a long-established horse breed from Central Asia, and particularly from Uzbekistan and northern Tajikistan.{{r|dmit|page=290}} It results from the cross-breeding of desert horses of Arabian or Turkmene type from the south with steppe horses from the north. It is a small, agile and versatile horse that can be used for riding or driving.{{r|edwards|page=84}} It is well suited to local horse sports, and especially to the Central Asian game, kokpar.{{r|dmit|page=291}} It is also used for meat and milk production; the milk may be made into kumis.{{r|dad2}}

In 2003, a total population of 138,400 Karabair horses were reported by Uzbekistan.{{r|dad}}

== References == {{commons category}} <references>

<ref name=barb>Barbara Rischkowsky, Dafydd Pilling (editors) (2007). [https://web.archive.org/web/20200623201209/http://www.fao.org/3/a1250e/annexes/List%20of%20breeds%20documented%20in%20the%20Global%20Databank%20for%20Animal%20Genetic%20Resources/List_breeds.pdf List of breeds documented in the Global Databank for Animal Genetic Resources], annex to: [https://web.archive.org/web/20170110125634/http://www.fao.org/3/a-a1250e.pdf ''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.</ref>

<ref name=dad>[http://dad.fao.org/cgi-bin/EfabisWeb.cgi?sid=0b1613ebf16355cf65f6a05b9a65fe25,reportsreport8a_50009039 Breed data sheet: Karabairskaya/Uzbekistan]. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed October 2014.</ref>

<ref name=dad2>[http://dad.fao.org/cgi-bin/EfabisWeb.cgi?sid=0b1613ebf16355cf65f6a05b9a65fe25,reportsreport8a_50008896 Breed data sheet: Karabairskaya/Tajikistan]. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed October 2014.</ref>

<ref name=dad3>[http://dad.fao.org/cgi-bin/EfabisWeb.cgi?sid=0b1613ebf16355cf65f6a05b9a65fe25,reportsreport8a_50008561 Breed data sheet: Karabair/Kazakhstan]. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed October 2014.</ref>

<ref name=dmit>N.G. Dmitriev, L.K. Ernst (1989). [https://web.archive.org/web/20250407013405/https://www.fao.org/4/ah759e/ah759e.pdf ''Animal genetic resources of the USSR'']. FAO animal production and health paper 65. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. {{isbn|9251025827}}. Archived 7 April 2025.</ref>

<ref name=edwards>Elwyn Hartley Edwards (1994). ''The Encyclopedia of the Horse''. London; New York; Stuttgart; Moscow: Dorling Kindersley. {{ISBN|0751301159}}.</ref>

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Category:Horse breeds Category:Horse breeds originating in Uzbekistan Category:Horse breeds originating in Tajikistan Category:Horse breeds originating in Kazakhstan Category:Meat horses