MONITORING THE BEST RESULTS OF VYATKA HORSES’ WORKING QUALITIES TESTING IN HARNESS
The article brings together records of the Vyatskaya breed horses, recorded in harness- tests as follows: for the urgent delivery of cargo at a trot, urgent delivery of cargo at a walk, and for traction endurance. The results of these studies were compared to those of the data of tests of Vyatskaya horses taken in in literary and archival annals of the 19th-20th centuries. Calculated indicators of working qualities of the best Vyatskaya horses in tests for urgent delivery of cargo by trot are given (S, T, V, B, P, R, N).