Hungarian Sport Horse

Hungarian Sport Horse
Conservation statusFAO (2007): no data
Other names
  • Hungarian: Magyar sportló
  • Hungarian Warmblood
Country of originHungary
Useequestrian sports
Traits
Weight
  • Female:
    average 600 kg
Height
  • 162–173 cm
  • Female:
    average 165.7 cm

The Hungarian Sport Horse, Hungarian: Magyar sportló, is a modern Hungarian breed of sporting horse. Like the Furioso-North Star, the Gidran, and the Nonius, it was developed at the Hungarian State Stud Mezőhegyes, in Békés county in the Southern Great Plain region of south-eastern Hungary. At the end of 2012, the total number for the breed was reported to be 1091. The breeders' association is the Magyar Sportlótenyésztők Országos Egyesülete, or Association of Hungarian Sporthorse Breeders.