Research Article

THE RESULTS OF BRAVERY TEST OF MARES OF THE NOBLE BREED HORSES CARRIED OUT IN KUJAWY-POMERANIA PROVINCE IN YEARS 2002–2007

Magdalena Drewka

Uniwersytet Technologiczno-Przyrodniczy w Bydgoszczy

1. Acta Sci. Pol. Zootechnica, 7(3-4), 2008, 11‒18

Abstract. The research concerned 170 mares of the noble breed of the age of 3 to 11 years registered in Kujawy-Pomerania province Horse Breeder's Association. These mares were the subject of the evaluation of the bravery test of the noble breed of horses in years 2002–2007 and the point evaluation was the source of the data. It has been proved influence of the age on the final notes during the bravery test. It has been shown that older mares of the noble breeds obtained higer points during the bravery test and the worked out rank correlation coefficient ranged between 0.90** to 0.867**. Slightly lower agreement of rank occured between riding and free-jumps and between gaints and free-jumps.

Keywords: bravery, correlations, mares, test of horses