The article emphasizes the importance of carrying out breeding work with Kazakh horses of the zhabe type, which are of great importance for the productive horse breeding industry. The results of selection experiments on improving breeding and productive qualities are presented on the example of the Kazakh zhabe horses of Seletiinsky factory type at a stud farm "Altai Karpik Saydaly-Sartoka" of the Irtysh district of the Pavlodar region.