These horses are built to survive extreme conditions. They can gallop across vast open plains in scorching summers and endure freezing temperatures as low as -40 C in winter.

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Other reason for such a move was the difficulty to sustain so many horses of the Mongol cavalry without enough fodder as well as the Mongol habit of moving to the colder areas during summer heat.