Mongolian horse

The Mongolian horse (Mongolian Морь, Morj; [ mœɾ ] ) is an important and popular livestock in Mongolia, which has played a significant role, among others, with the conquests of Genghis Khan. Who traditionally lived nomadic hold more than 3 million animals, hence there are many more horses in the country as human inhabitants. When Mongolian horse is a small horse.

The horses live in Mongolia throughout the year in the open air (at 30 ° C in summer to -40 ° C in winter) and seek their food itself deliver milk for the national drink Airag and sometimes meat. Furthermore, they serve as riding animals, both for the daily work of the nomads as well as horse racing. Of increasing importance is the horse industry for meat production, where in Mongolia in particular rising meat exports to Japan, Korea and China in the long term be sought. Not least, they are an important factor in the tourism industry.

Background information on the evaluation and breeding horses can be found at: exterior, interior and horse breeding.

Exterior

The appearance of these horses is stocky, with a low body and a large head. For some, they may vaguely reminiscent of a wild horse. Mane and tail are very long, the hair thus be used as material for tying ropes and especially the tail hair can be found worldwide on violin bows. The hooves are very sturdy, which is why very few animals are shod.

Interior

Mongolian horses are very frugal, persevering and sure-footed off-road. Most horses are kept free range in Mongolia, only the mounts are captured and tied up. If the animal has then used times to the rider, it is usually a reliable mount.

The Mongolian riding saddle is built of wood very high, allowing little control of the Ganges. That is why the decision informed about which gait falls mostly to the animal, and the rider can take care of ( the droving for example ) to his other duties. Quite often, a Mongolian horse on its own will fall into the gait, so it's a gaited horse.

Racehorses place with a child in the saddle up to 35 km at a stretch gallop back. They are trained, even when the rider crash on mitzulaufen to the finish, and must be decelerated and stopped by specially provided helpers there then.

Breeding history

The exact origins of the breed are difficult to ascertain. Riding horses are documented with the nomads of the Central Asian steppes since 2000 BC. Studies show that the Mongolian horses have all breeds of horses, the greatest genetic diversity followed by the Tuvan horses. This suggests that there is a very original breed with relatively low breeding influence. The data also show that some other horse breeds today descended from the Mongolian.