The Shagya Arabian was developed in the Austro-Hungarian Empire during the 19th century at the Bábolna Mezőhegyes Radautz Piber and Topolcianky studs. Today it is most often seen in the Czech Republic Austria Romania the former Yugoslavian countries Poland Germany and Hungary but has been exported to other nations and is bred around the world. A purebred Shagya Arabian today has bloodlines can be traced in all lines to the stud books of Radautz Babolna and Topolcianky.