An experiment of crossing a heavier-weight semi-breed horse (Holstein) with mares of Croatian Posavian type
draft horse resulted in possibility of such further crossing. Attained product meets today’s market
requirements: firstly as an export-meat category that meets Italian market requirements, since other markets
are not well known, secondly, it can be used as a sport-tourist-recreation horse. It must be pointed out that all
produced hybrids did not meet the needs of these two basic criteria. In spite of being potential slaughtery
head with good utilization, each produced head can be, according to its exterial properties, used as a sporttourist
animal that showed certain usable values and results proven by the experiment. The hybrids showed
some hereditory draft horse properties shown on enclosed photos. In addition, exterier measures show that
former knowledge on hybrids can respond the question of a horse raising on non-utilized pastures which they
got used to very well. Thus these horses are able to be estimated by their body development just as our native
draft Posavian type horse including possibility of using them as a sport-tourist-recreation horse
