The Chinese edition of Sina recognized Russia as the state that has the largest number of horses in percentage terms with other countries.

On the territory of the European part of the Russian Federation, horse breeders own a livestock with a total amount of about 23 million horses. Chinese experts, with the support of Russian colleagues, estimate that for every hundred Russians there are about 25 horses.

“This is an unprecedented global event,” the Chinese journalists, stunned by this figure, are convinced. Carrying out rigorous research, they came to the conclusion that the lion's share of Russian horses in the European part of Russia are individuals not related to steppe breeds. For the most part, the livestock refers to farm animals, while there are not so many horses on “free breads” in the Russian steppes.

Almost all the horses owned by Russian horse breeders came to Russia from abroad or were born to imported mares. Most of them have the features of their foreign ancestors. However, in combination with the genes of Russian trotters, with which Russian breeders actively “combine” imported horses, horses with unique traits and level of endurance are obtained.