Karabair

The Karabair (Uzbek: Qorabayir, Kazakh: Qarabaıyr; Tajik: қаробоҳирӣ, Ķaroboḩirī; Russian: Карабаирская) is a long-established horse breed from Central Asia, and particularly from Uzbekistan and northern Tajikistan.

[5]: 290  It results from the cross-breeding of desert horses of Arabian or Turkmene type from the south with steppe horses from the north.

It is a small, agile and versatile horse that can be used for riding or driving.

[6]: 84  It is well suited to local horse sports, and especially to the Uzbek national game, kokpar.

[3] In 2003, a total population of 138,400 Karabair horses were reported by Uzbekistan.