[6] Selective breeding of the Bosnian Mountain Horse began at the stud of Goražde in 1908.

The principal centres for the selection of the breed were the stud farms of Borike, in the municipality of Rogatica, and Han Pijesak.

Arab stallions at the Borike stud were used to improve the Bosnian Mountain Horse.

The Glasinacki type has substantial Arab influence; it is named after the plateau of Glasinac on the Romanija mountain, in the eastern part of the Republika Srpska.

[4] Horse populations – like those of other farm animals – suffered heavily during the Bosnian War of 1992–1995.