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Six breeds of horse are officially recognised in Greece: the Andravida, the Messara or Cretan, the Peneia Pony, the Pindos Pony, the Skyros Pony and the Thessalian Pony; the Aravani of western Macedonia is not recognised in its home country, but is reported to DAD-IS by Germany, where there is a breed society and a stud-book.
This is a list of the horse breeds usually considered to be of Greek origin. Some may have complex or obscure histories, so inclusion here does not necessarily imply that a breed is predominantly or exclusively from Greece.
The Pindos (Greek: αλογάκι της Πίνδου) is breed of pony or small horse native to the Pindus mountain range in Thessaly and Epirus in Greece. It is also present in mountainous parts of Thrace and Macedonia. There is a feral herd near Neochori, Karditsa, close to Lake Plastiras. [2]: 496
An ancient Greek poet of the 4th century BC, Simonides of Zakynthos, states that horse-breeding does not correspond to this island, which Dr. Richard Rawles interprets it as a reference to Homer's texts which mention the presence of horses on other Greek islands. [7] The existence of horse races was mentioned on the island of Zante in 1835. [8]
Chryss Goulandris was born in the United States to John Goulandris, a wealthy member of a Greek family of ship owners and operators, and Maria Lemos, from another Greek shipping dynasty. The family lived at the time in the Savoy Palace Hotel, with homes also in Greece, Connecticut
It is native to Greece, and in ancient times lived throughout the country, but now is only found in the wild in Skyros and in breeding and welfare farms on the island of Skyros. At the time of writing [2009] there are 220 Skyrian horses in Greece, of which 152 live in Skyros. The Skyrian horse is a protected species.
Bucephalus (/ b juː. ˈ s ɛ. f ə. l ə s /; Ancient Greek: Βουκεφᾰ́λᾱς, romanized: Būcephắlās; c. 355 BC – June 326 BC) or Bucephalas, was the horse of Alexander the Great, and one of the most famous horses of classical antiquity. [1]
The Andravida or Eleia Horse is a light draft breed [1] found in the region of Ilia in Greece. [2] It owes its development to the crossing of Anglo-Norman with local breeds with additional crosses of Nonius stallions after 1920. The breed is close to extinction and its stud book was only established in 1995. [1]