Sella Italiano

Sella Italiano

Conservation status	FAO (2007): no data[1]: 70  DAD-IS (2024): not at risk[2]
Other names	Cavallo da Sella Italiano Italiano da Sella
Country of origin	Italy
Distribution	nation-wide
Standard	MIPAAF (in Italian)
Use	sport horse riding horse
Traits
Height	minimum 156 cm (15.1 h)
Equus ferus caballus

The Sella Italiano is an Italian breed or stud-book of riding horse of sport horse type. It is bred to compete in showjumping, in dressage, in the three-day event and in endurance.[3]: 145 

History

The stud-book of the Sella Italiano was established by ministerial decree in 1973,[4] one of three sections of the Libro genealogico dei cavalli di razza to be administered by the Ente Nazionale Cavallo Italiano; the other two sections were for the registration of pure-bred Oriental horses (with separate sub-sections for Arab and Purosangue Orientale animals), and of Anglo-Arab stock.[3]: 145 

The breed blends the remnant indigenous Italian breeds of Maremmano, Salernitano and Persano horse with Anglo Arabo Sardo, Purosangue Orientale, Arabian and Thoroughbred. The progeny of these horses can be registered as Sella Italiano if they can pass a “performance test”. The stud book is open to other European warmbloods if they can pass the performance test and be approved by the breed registry. The breed is intended to produce a sport horse which can compete successfully at the international level.

Characteristics

Horses standing less than 156 cm at the withers are not eligible for registration.[5]

Use

The Sella Italiano is bred as a riding horse with marked aptitude for equestrian sports, and particularly to compete in showjumping, in dressage, in the three-day event and in endurance riding.[3]: 145 

References

1. Barbara Rischkowsky, Dafydd Pilling (editors) (2007). List of breeds documented in the Global Databank for Animal Genetic Resources, annex to The State of the World's Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. Rome: Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. ISBN 9789251057629. Archived 23 June 2020.
2. Breed data sheet: Sella Italiano / Italy (Horse). Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed October 2024.
3. Daniele Bigi, Alessio Zanon (2008). Atlante delle razze autoctone: Bovini, equini, ovicaprini, suini allevati in Italia (in Italian). Milan: Edagricole. ISBN 9788850652594.
4. Decreto ministeriale 24395 del 28 ottobre 2004: Disciplinare del libro genealogico del cavallo da sella italiano (in Italian). Rome: Ministero delle Politiche Agricole e Forestali. Archived 25 October 2005.
5. Razze allevate – Sella Italiano (in Italian). Rome: Ministero delle Politiche Agricole, Alimentari e Forestali. Archived 14 August 2012.