Horse Breeds

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Curly Horse

A Curly is a breed of horse. Curlies, also called Bashkir Curlies, American Bashkir Curlies, and North American Curly Horses, come in all sizes, colors, and body types but all carry a gene for a unique curly coat of hair

Dutch Warmblood

A Dutch Warmblood is a warmblood type of horse registered with the Koninklijk Warmbloed Paardenstamboek Nederland, which governs the breeding of competitive dressage and show jumping horses.

Morgan horse

Breed developed in Vermont, has muscled front end and a graceful crest. Though small, this breed is amazingly strong, and a great all around horse.

Lipizzan

It was first bred in 1580, the Imperial Stud at Lipizza, Trieste. It is the preferred horse of the famous Spanish Riding School of Austria. It is known for its docile temperament and intelligence. LONGEVITY is a common characteristic since the breed matures late. It stands 14.2 and 15.2 hands tall with white as the most common color.

Miniature horse

Miniature horses are found in many nations, particularly in Europe and the Americas. The designation of miniature horse is determined by the height of the animal.

Fjord horse

Name the breed of horse that is homozygous for the Dn gene

American Saddlebred

The American Saddlebred is a horse breed from the United States. This breed was referred to as the "Horse America Made

American WarmBlood

The American Warmblood is a horse of warmblood type, intended primarily for the traditional sport horse disciplines of and combined driving.

Andalusian horse

The Andalusian, also known as the Pure Spanish Horse or PRE, is a horse breed from the Iberian Peninsula, where its ancestors have lived for thousands of years.

Anglo-Arabian

The Anglo-Arabian or Anglo-Arab is a crossbred, part-Arabian horse that now also has its own status as a horse breed. It is the result of a Thoroughbred being crossed with an Arabian

Barb Horse

The Barb or Berber horse is a northern African breed with great hardiness and stamina. The Barb generally possesses a fiery temperament and an atypical sport-horse conformation, but nevertheless has influenced modern breeds.

Belgian horse

The Belgian horse or Belgian draft horse, also known as Belgian Heavy Horse, Brabançon, or Brabant, is a draft horse breed from the Brabant region of modern Belgium

Black Forest Horse

The Black Forest Horse, also called the Black Forest cold blood or Schwarzwälder Kaltblut, is a rare draft horse breed originating in southern Germany.

Breton horse

The Breton is a breed of draft horse. It was developed in Brittany, a province in northwest France, from native ancestral stock dating back thousands of years

Camargue horse

The Camargue horse is an ancient breed of horse indigenous to the Camargue area in southern France. Its origins remain relatively unknown, although it is generally considered one of the oldest breeds of horses in the world

Carolina Marsh Tacky

The Carolina Marsh Tacky or Marsh Tacky is a rare breed of horse, native to South Carolina. It is a member of the Colonial Spanish group of horse breeds, which also include the Florida Cracker Horse and the Banker horse of North Carolina

Criollo horse

The Criollo, or Crioulo, is the native horse of Uruguay, Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay. It may have the best endurance of any horse breed in the world next to the Arabian

Falabella Horse

The Falabella miniature horse is one of the smallest breeds of horse in the world, seldom taller than 8 hands in height at the withers. The Falabella, despite its size, is not considered a pony, but rather is a miniature horse.

Florida Cracker Horse

The Florida Cracker Horse is a breed of horse from Florida in the United States. It is genetically and physically similar to many other Spanish-style horses, especially those from the Spanish Colonial Horse group

Friesian horse

The Friesian is a horse breed originating in Friesland, in the Netherlands. Although the conformation of the breed resembles that of a light draught horse, Friesians are graceful and nimble for their size.

Hackney horse

The Hackney is a recognized breed of horse that was developed in Great Britain. In recent decades, the breeding of the Hackney has been directed toward producing horses that are ideal for carriage driving

Icelandic horse

The Icelandic horse is a breed of horse developed in Iceland. Although the horses are small, at times pony-sized, most registries for the Icelandic refer to it as a horse. Icelandic horses are long-lived and hardy

Gypsy Horse

The Irish Cob or Coloured Cob, known as the Gypsy Horse or Gypsy Vanner in the United States, is a type or breed of domestic horse from the British Isles

Irish Sport Horse

The Irish Sport Horse, also known as the Irish Hunter, is the result of a cross between the Irish Draught and another breed, historically a Thoroughbred but today sometimes a European warmblood. It has been given recognition as a separate breed.

Italian Heavy Draft

The Italian Heavy Draft, or Rapid Heavy Draft, is a breed of draft horse from Italy. The full Italian name of the breed is Cavallo Agricolo Italiano da Tiro Pesante Rapido,

Mangalarga Marchador

The Mangalarga Marchador is a horse breed native to Brazil. There are over 350,000 registered Mangalarga Marchador horses in that country, in addition to those registered abroad.

Marwari Horse

The Marwari or Malani is a rare breed of horse from the Marwar region of India. Known for its inward-turning ear tips, it comes in all equine colours, although pinto patterns tend to be the most popular with buyers and breeders.

Norman Cob

The Norman Cob or Cob Normand is a breed of light draft horse that originated in the province of Normandy in northern France. It is a mid-sized horse, with a range of heights and weights, due to selective breeding for a wide range of uses.

Oldenburg horse

The Oldenburg is a warmblood horse from the north-western corner of Lower Saxony, what was formerly the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg. The breed was built on a mare base of all-purpose farm and carriage horses, today called the Alt-Oldenburger.

Percheron Horse

The Percheron is a breed of draft horse that originated in the Huisne river valley in western France, part of the former Perche province from which the breed takes its name.

Racking Horse

The Racking Horse is a horse breed derived from the Tennessee Walking Horse, recognized by the USDA in 1971. It is known for a distinctive singlefoot gait.

Rocky Mountain Horse

The Rocky Mountain Horse is a horse breed developed in the state of Kentucky in the United States. Despite its name, it originated not in the Rocky Mountains, but instead in the Appalachian Mountains.

ShetLand Pony

The Shetland pony is a breed of pony originating in the Shetland Isles. Shetlands range in size from a minimum height of approximately 28 inches to an official maximum height of 11 hands at the withers.

Shire Horse

The Shire horse is a breed of draught horse or draft horse. The breed comes in many colours, including black, bay and grey. They are a tall breed, with mares standing 16 hands and over and stallions standing 17 hands and over

American Paint Horse

This color breed resembles Pinto but must be a Quarter Horse or Thoroughbred.

Missouri Fox Trotter

This gaited breed is from Ozark Mountains of Mossouri and Arkansas with foxtrot as one of its natural gaits.

Thoroughbred

This hotblood has a long, low stride, giving it incomparable speed as a race horse. It stands 15 to 17 hands tall.

Trakehner Horse

Trakehner is a light warmblood breed of horse, originally developed at the East Prussian state stud farm in the town of Trakehnen from which the breed takes its name

National Show Horse

Which breed of horse originated in the United States as a high.The result of crossing Arabians with American Saddlebred

Exmoor pony

Which pony roamed the moorlands of southwest England for centuries and is believed to be the living fossil of the first 'horses' that walked onto Britain before it was an island.

Mustang

a small breed of horse, often wild or half wild, found in the southwestern US

Clydesdale Horse

draft type; tall and upstanding in form; colors are bay, brown, black, and roan; highly feathered at the fetlock; Great Britain

Arabian Horse

light horse; small in size; society type; smooth muscled; can be any color but spotted; oldest breed; Arabian desert lands

American Quarter Horse

most popular, named for the quarter mile, commonly used as livestock horses

Akhal-Teke

this breed is an athletic show jumper, but its real strength is in endurance events, where it has no equal; Height: 14.3-15.2 hands; Colors: dun, chestnut, bay, gray, black


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