Equestrian disciplines in Bulgaria

Nadejda Lukanova

Authors

Nadejda Lukanova Institute of Animal Science – Kostinbrod Author

Keywords:

equine sport, jumping, dressage, eventing, endurance

Abstract

Equine sport in Bulgaria includes some disciplines – jumping, eventing, dressage, and endurance.
Some of them have a rule, the issue of Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI). The horses involved
in competitions are warmblood European and Bulgarian breeds. They are less common in coldblooded breeds. The most popular breeds are Holsteiner and KWPN. On Bulgarian horse breeds
most common are Bulgarian sport horse and Eastbulgarian. The number of competitions, jockeys and
horses are similar in the last five years.

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