Alkars' Stud

Alkars' Stud (Croatian: Alkarska ergela)[1] is a horse breeding farm founded in 2004 in Sinj, Split-Dalmatia County, Croatia.

The representatives of the VAD-Society agreed with the local authorities that the stud would be located in the area of the Sinj hippodrome, the central place for keeping and training horses in Split-Dalmatia County.

In addition, the stud assigns its stallions to interested private owners of registered mares and thus stimulates horse breeding in Dalmatia.

The breeding and maintenance[6] of quality horses in the stud are important in order to ensure the high level of the significant event that takes place every year at the beginning of August - Sinjska alka competition.

Furthermore, the racetrack is only 5 metres wide, and there are people on both sides of it, so the horse must be trained to put up with different sounds, movements, colours and generally unusual atmosphere without any problems.