The Bityugskaya, Bi\u00e7uk or Bityug was a handsome trotting breed that originated in Russia by order of Tsar Pierre Le Grand.
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Named for the Bityug River, this breed was developed from local Voronezh steppe horses crossed with Danish and Dutch<\/a> breeds along with Orlov Trotter<\/a>. The resulting individuals were then crossed with the Heavy Trotters from the same area, developing into a capable, handsome horse with trotting strength and speed. They resembled other trotters of the area, but with a more classic head appearance.<\/p>\n By the early 20th century the breeds numbers were rapidly declining. Then by the end of the century, agricultural demand grew for larger more robust animals, so the Bityug was crossed with draft breeds and trotters. The resulting animals blurred type lines and were detrimental to the original bloodlines. <\/p>\n Local farmers valued these animals and continued to breed them locally. Not to mention that stock from this breed was used to enhance many different bloodlines. The present day Voronezh coach horse<\/a> retains many characteristics associated with the Bityug breed. <\/p>\n Average height 15 – 16 hands<\/p>\n Medium size and firm constitution<\/p>\n Grey<\/a> | roan<\/a> | pinto<\/a><\/p>\n Calm and intelligent<\/p>\n Agriculture Intro The Bityugskaya, Bi\u00e7uk or Bityug was a handsome trotting breed that originated in Russia by order of Tsar Pierre Le Grand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5603,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[125,15,6,7],"class_list":["post-280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-russia","tag-extinct","tag-grey","tag-pinto","tag-roan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=280"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8349,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280\/revisions\/8349"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Modern Bityug<\/h3>\n
Features<\/h3>\n
Physique<\/h3>\n
Traditional Colors<\/h3>\n
Temperament<\/h3>\n
Use<\/h3>\n
\nCart horse
\nTransportation
\nEnhancing other bloodlines<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"