With the stallion Shagya db, the sireline named after him was founded at Bábolna Stud. Representatives of this line all carried (in former years) the name “Shagya” and a string of numbers, which are quite confusing for beginners. Only in the 20th century, his name became also the breed name, which correctly should state Shagya-“Arabian”.
Shagya X Mezöhegyes 1855 The Shagya-Arabians are a pure breed, whose ancestry traces gapless to the studbooks of Mezöhegyes, Radautz, and Bábolna. This blood is also common in other big studs in Poland, Bulgaria, Romania, Yugoslavia and in parts in Russia, and it was bred there according to the same principles as in the studs of the Danube monarchy. Today, this old tradition is maintained by the breeders to continue and improve this noble breed of performance horses within the principles of pure breeding. Purchasing Desert-bredsIn 1789, the Hungarian Main Stud Bábolna was founded. It is like reading an exciting novel to follow the dramatic history of this famous stud when wars, devastations, evacuations, epidemics and wrong breeding decisions decimated the breeding stock sometimes beyond hope. The Stallion Shagya db-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------The rest of this article is only visible to Online Subscribers.Please log-in, if you are already an Online-Subscriber: Login-PagePlease go to the Shop, if you want to become an Online-Subscriber: Shop-page |