Our hucul stud

After 1919, the Austro-Hungarian monarchy’s central stud was distributed among the newly formed neighbouring states and following World War II hucul breeding was largely neglected. From 1970, the Director of Budapest Zoo and Botanical Garden, Dr. Csaba Anghy, gathered the remaining thoroughbred huculs, of which 10 mares were received by the Aggtelek National Park Directorate in 1986, and breeding in Hungary resumed using these horses and several specimens from abroad.