Sella Italiano is a
horse breed
A horse breed is a selectively bred population of domesticated horses, often with pedigrees recorded in a breed registry. However, the term is sometimes used in a broader sense to define landrace animals of a common phenotype located within a lim ...
created in
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...
. The Italian government has passed a law that created a
stud book
A breed registry, also known as a herdbook, studbook or register, in animal husbandry and the hobby of animal fancy, is an official list of animals within a specific breed whose parents are known. Animals are usually registered by their breeders ...
for the new breed. The breed is blending the remnant indigenous Italian breeds of
Maremmano
The Maremmano is a breed of horse originating in the Maremma area of Tuscany and northern Lazio in Italy. Traditionally a hardy working horse used by the ''Butteri'' for livestock management, it is today principally a saddle horse. Extensive cr ...
,
Salernitano and
Persano horse with
Anglo Arabo Sardo,
Purosangue Orientale
The Purosangue Orientale or Puro Sangue Orientale (PSO) (en: "Oriental Purebred"), is a horse breed developed in the Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946), Kingdom of Italy by Royal Decree n° 2690 of 19 September 1875, which created a stud book de ...
,
Arabian
The Arabian Peninsula, (; ar, شِبْهُ الْجَزِيرَةِ الْعَرَبِيَّة, , "Arabian Peninsula" or , , "Island of the Arabs") or Arabia, is a peninsula of Western Asia, situated northeast of Africa on the Arabian Plate. ...
and
Thoroughbred
The Thoroughbred is a horse breed best known for its use in horse racing. Although the word ''thoroughbred'' is sometimes used to refer to any breed of purebred horse, it technically refers only to the Thoroughbred breed. Thoroughbreds are c ...
. The progeny of said horses can be registered as Sella Italiano if they can pass a “performance test”. Furthermore, the stud book is open to other European warmbloods if they can pass the performance test and be approved by the breed registry. The breed is intended to produce a sport horse which can compete successfully at the international level.
The minimum height at the withers for the breed is set at .
External links
Sella Italiano VideoItalian Agriculture Ministry page on Sella ItalianoDisciplinare del libro genealogico del cavallo da sella italiano
(in Italian). Unione Nazionale Incremento Razze Equine. Archived 25 October 2005.
Horse breeds
Horse breeds originating in Italy
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