Polish Half-bred

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The Polish Half-bred or Polish Noble Half-bred, Polish: Polski koń szlachetny półkrwi, is a modern Polish breed of warmblood sport horse. Breeding began in the 1960s. Mares of the traditional Polish Malopolski, Wielkopolski and Silesian Warmblood sport horse breeds were crossed with stallions of Western European breeds of established competitive ability. It was bred for competition in dressage, showjumping and eventing, but may also be used for recreational riding or amateur sports. It is one of four warmblood sport horses in Poland. The Polish Half-bred originated in the 1960s, when mares of the traditional Polish Malopolski, Wielkopolski and Silesian Warmblood sport horse breeds were bred to stallions of Western European sport horse breeds of established competitive ability such as the Hanoverian. It was bred mainly to meet the growing demand for horses that would perform well in dressage, showjumping and the three-day event, but also to be used for recreational riding or amateur sports. A stud-book was established in 1977 by the Ministry of Agriculture of the Polish People's Republic; the first volume was published in 1997. At the end of the 1990s, it was mainly bred at Polish national stud farms, but the increasing liberalization of the market meant that a choice had to be made between using Polish genetic resources and those of stallions of foreign origin. Between 1990 and 2003, according to the Polish Horse Breeders' Federation, the Polish half-blood was the fastest-growing studbook, with 169 mares and 82 stallions registered in 1990, and 3342 mares and 703 stallions in 2003.