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I breed Gypsy Cobs in real life, so yes they are absolutely my favourite breed! I've worked with TBs and Warmbloods a far bit of my life, and when I found the cobs they were just so easy, I love them. Plus they come in so many cool colours haha!

Honestly, I actually swear by Arabian crossed with some sort of riding pony! So totally with lilpebbles there :D

So my favourite breed that almost no one ever hears of unless it's Central/Eastern Europe is the hucul - a small, sturdy, multifunctional breed with amazing heads on their shoulders. We actually thought my horse was hucul x arabian cross, until I looked into the horses in his pedigree and it turned out his maternal line comes from a project to breed a historical Hungarian breed, the kunfakó, back into existence (basically, phenotypically, kinda like the quagga recreation?) from the Polish konik.

My horse's grandfather is actually an official konik stud, that I only know because I made a post when there was this trend of researching your horse's family tree, and I have a Polish friend who recognized the horse and tipped me off. Honestly, the konik and the hucul are not too far off from each other, just koniks are actually supposed to be dun - which is why my horse's dam did not get registered as she was a bay, but eg her dun foals are also officially registered as kunfakó.

I always take the time to spread the word about these breeds :D Hucul-arabian is a great cross, but also, I have seen drafts and quarter horses crossed with hucul too, all of these horses had very solid heads on their shoulders.