Azerbaijan horse

The Azerbaijan (Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan atı), is an Azerbaijani breed or group of breeds of riding horse of Oriental type.

[2]: 440  In 2007 it was listed by the FAO as endangered;[1]: 7  in 2021 it was not among the horse breeds reported to DAD-IS.

[3] Four strains or types of Azerbaijani are recognised as distinct breeds: the Deliboz,[4]: 292 [5] the Guba,[6]: 292 [7] the Shirvan[8] and the Lesser Caucasus.

[1]: 7 [9]: 4 [10] The Karabakh may also be included in this group.

[11] In 2007 there were just under 70 000 horses in Azerbaijan; 14–16% of those were Deliboz, while the other three strains or breeds constituted 8–10% of the total; 20–22% were of the Karabakh breed.