Abstract
The investigation included 5 stallions (average age of 10.40 years) and 33 mares (average age of 10.33 years) with pedigree of the English Thoroughbred horse breed that are used for breeding on the Stud Farm Ljubicevo - Serbia. The investigation of some significant properties relating to the exterior (at stallions) and reproductive ones (at mares) were carried out in the year 2009. The following average exterior (body) measures of the stallions: the body mass (474.80 kg), withers height (160.46 cm), trunk or body length (161.88 cm), breast circumference (187.96 cm) and tibia circumference (19.22 cm) were within the standards of this horse breed of the age. The gestation period at mares, regardless the sex of a colt, averagely lasted 337.70 days. With the mares having had a male colt, the gestation lasted a little bit longer (338.92 days) than with the mares having had female colts (336.90 days). The difference in the gestation duration (2.02 days) was not statistically significant (P>0.05). Between the age of the mares and the gestation duration (regardless the sex of a colt) it was found a positive slight correlation (rp=0.320). Furthermore, between the age of the mares and the gestation duration it was found medium (rp=0.453) correlation at male colts, and quite poor correlation (rp=0.202) at female colts. Found coefficients of the phenotype correlation were not statistically confirmed (P>0.05).
Highlights
The English thoroughbred horse is a horse breed of universal abilities for sport which, at the very beginning of the breed creation, that is, of the breedingselection work, late in 17th and early in 18th century in Great Britain, it was paid special attention to, to acquiring as much as possible greater speed in gallop
The investigation included 5 stallions and 33 mares with pedigree of the English Thoroughbred horse breed that are used for breeding on the Stud Farm Ljubicevo – Serbia
In Serbia it is grown in a relatively small number of stud farms and some horse clubs (Mitrovic et al, 2004), the number of which has been stagnating in the last few years, while in some surrounding countries it has been increasing, as it is in Croatia (Korabi et al, 2007)
Summary
The English thoroughbred horse is a horse breed of universal abilities for sport which, at the very beginning of the breed creation, that is, of the breedingselection work, late in 17th and early in 18th century in Great Britain, it was paid special attention to, to acquiring as much as possible greater speed in gallop. The English thoroughbred horse has had a relatively long tradition of being grown both in Serbia and in the surrounding countries. In Serbia it is grown in a relatively small number of stud farms and some horse clubs (Mitrovic et al, 2004), the number of which has been stagnating in the last few years, while in some surrounding countries it has been increasing, as it is in Croatia (Korabi et al, 2007). Trailovic et al (2007) have observed that the interest of the public in our country ( as it is in the world) is directed to the horse races, horse riding and recreation, that is, the initiative of the individuals in the private sector is mainly concentrated on breeding horses for the before-mentioned purposes. One of the stud farms in Serbia having a considerable number of the English thoroughbred horses of various categories is the Public Enterprise Ljubicevo – the Stud Farm "Ljubicevo"
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