The Bosnian mountain horse is considered a so-called autochthonous horse breed, ie it has been proven to have been at home in the former Yugoslavia (Bosnia and Herzegovina) for around 2600 years. It has long been recognized that the Bosniak is a distant descendant of the Tarpan and Przewalski's horse. Due to the incursions of Huns, Avars and Magyars, whose horses remained in ``captivity`` after the battles, these steppe horses (descendants of Tarpan and Przewalski horses) mixed with the local breeds. This contributed to the high quality of the domestic horse.