CURRENT STATUS AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF BUDYONNOVSK HORSE BREED IN THE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY "AGROFIRM TSELINA"
Horse breeding in Russia was one the most important branches of domestic animal husbandry. All horse breeding branches were developed from workhorse breeding to meat and dairy horse breeding. Due to objective and subjective reasons in the last century horse breeding in Russia has transformed into one of the most insignificant branches of agriculture. In the LLC Agrofirm "Tselina" horse breeding is a traditional branch of animal husbandry. The specialists of the farm are engaged in raising horses of Budyonnovsk breed with the aim of obtaining trained young animals and using them in sports competitions for prestigious prizes. The farm has adopted a herd-keeping and herd-feeding system which implies keeping horses of all age-sex groups in a collective herd in warm weather or in different herds when needed without using any premises (foals are not weaned, herd care is limited to changing pastures, veterinary treating and livestock guarding), in cold weather horses are transferred to the stables. The stud farm has created a nuclear stock which includes colts and mares of various herds. By the beginning of 2018 43 colts and 67 fillies have been raised, of which 25 colts and 34 fillies have been raised in the 1st herd, 18 colts and 33 fillies - in the 2nd herd. Analysis of the test results showed that 3-year-old colts surpassed 2-year-olds by 1000 points in their scores.Despite the fact that the number of the tested three-year-olds is greater by 5 animals, the number of points for one tested colt is the same (200 points). According to the test results of mares the superiority of the three-year-olds over the two-year-olds by 2500 points is also observed, while the difference in points per tested mare is 49.27 points. In total the tested colts scored 3400 points and mares scored 10680 points. The difference in points was 22.5 points.