Žemaitukas

Therefore the horses were crossed with the Trakehners, Arabians, and draft horses threatening survival of pure breed Žemaitukas.

At the end of World War II, the Germans took all Žemaitukas horses from the Gruzdžiai stud farm.

The breed was saved by the Ogiński family, who established Žemaitukas breeding societies in Raseiniai, Plungė, and Rietavas between 1881 and 1890.

The stud was transferred to the Vilnius State Stud Farm, where a new generation of Žemaitukas horses was bred.

Breeds considered to descend from the same early types as the Finnhorse include the Estonian Native horse, the Norwegian Nordlandshest/Lyngshest, the Swedish Gotland Russ, the Mezen horse from the region of Archangelsk, Russia, and the Lithuanian Žemaitukas.