Dongola for sale

The Dongola is indeed a rare breed of horse and can cast its origins back to Egypt, Eritrea and the Dongola province in Sudan. The Dongola is believed to be related to the Arabian horse, they both have certain similar charateristics such as the long, narrow and refined head and also their lively and vigourous nature. The Dongola horse, though, is taller than the Arabian. The average size of the Dongola has never been verified and is actually unknown, which indeed illustrates how rare this horse truly is.

The Dongola is usually black, but can commonly be found to have a reddish-bay colour. They will occasionaly display rather identifiable features such as white points on the face, legs and tail. The line between the horses tail and the highest point of its hindquarters, also known as the croup, has a very distinctive slope. This provides evidence of the Dongola breed's crossing with the African Barb.

The Dongola had been introduced to such countries as Ireland. This has come about, in order to produce a much lighter, faster hunting horse. These few instances apart, the registration and record of the Dongola is not readily available outside its native land. Therefore, the existence of the Dongola may not be flourishing, but it is definitely not yet extinct.

Many experts believe the Dongola breed to actually be of poor quality, however this cannot be attributed to the genetic potential of this horse, but in actual fact due to the poor management of this breed. Although, we do not wish to enter a political debate, it can be deemed that within the native countries of the Dongola, most owners prefer to ride, what they deem, the more prestigious stallions and often horses are bought from neighbouring countries such as Chad and Nigeria.

The Sudanese countrybred and the West African Dongola both emanate from the Dongola. The extremely rare Djerma horse is also a direct descendant of the Dongola.