Sokolski horse

Sokolski
	Photograph from 1975
Conservation status	FAO (2007): not listed[1]
Country of origin	Poland
Distribution	Podlaskie Voivodeship; Lublin Voivodeship;
Use	meat; draught power; traditional ceremony;
Traits
Weight	Male: 800 kg[2]; Female: 650 kg[2];
Height	Male: 160 cm[2]; Female: 156 cm[2];
	Equus ferus caballus;

The Sokolski, Polish: Sokółski or Koń sokółski, is a Polish breed of draught horse. It is named for the town and county of Sokółka, near Białystok in north-eastern Poland, where it was first bred in the 1920s.[2] It derives from cross-breeding of local Polish mares of Polish Coldblood type with imported Trait Belge and Ardennais stock.[2][3]^: 496 It is distributed mainly in the voivodeships of Lublin and Podlasie.[2] It is clean-legged; the usual coat colour is chestnut.[3]^: 496

In harness, photograph from 1975

References

Barbara Rischkowsky, D. Pilling (eds.) (2007). List of breeds documented in the Global Databank for Animal Genetic Resources, annex to The State of the World's Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. ISBN 9789251057629. Accessed June 2017.
Breed data sheet: Sokólski/Poland. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed June 2017.
Valerie Porter, Lawrence Alderson, Stephen J.G. Hall, D. Phillip Sponenberg (2016). Mason's World Encyclopedia of Livestock Breeds and Breeding (sixth edition). Wallingford: CABI. ISBN 9781780647944.