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Light Riding Breeds
Akhal Teke
One of the oldest breeds, developed in Turkmenistan, USSR. Predominantly honey-gold in color, these lean, greyhound-like saddle horses are known for endurance, and can withstand extremes of drought, cold and heat.
Alter Real
Warm blood riding breed originating in the Alentejo province of Portugal. It has high knee action, fine bone, intelligence , high-strung temperament and use in equiation. Conformation characterized by a short arched neck, small head and close-coupled body.
Andalusian
Ancient breed from Spain and Portugal. Classic horse of the Conquistadors, and Caballeros. Andalusions have provided foundation blood stock for many other breeds, including the Lippizanners
Appaloosa
A native American breed originating with the Nez Perce tribe of Idaho, and typified by pink skin and small, irregular spots in leopard, blanket or snowflake patterns. Appaloosas in the United States are similar to the Quarter Horse.
Arabian
This ancient breed indigenous to the Arabian peninsula, has served as the foundation for English Thoroughbreds. Arabians are small, light, refined, agile, good-natured, and known for their endurance. They are marked by wide eyes, dish faces, with long manes and tails.
Bashkir Curly
Small (usually under 14:2) horses from the Bashkir region of the Ural Mountain district USSR. Used for both riding and draft purposes, the sturdy Bashkirs are valued as well for their hypo-allergenic curly horse-hair coats.
Belgian Warm blood
Developed in Belgium as an ideal riding, and light driving horse for military, and performance purposes, especially competitive events such as eventing, show jumping and dressage. This breed has been exported to the U.S. for the past twenty years.
Buckskin
Recognized as a horse of the American West, typified by stock-horse types with hair color properly described as buckskin, dun, red dun or grulla. Black manes, tails and points (lower legs, muzzles and "dorsal stripes") are common.
Corralero
This coach horse is an English breed indigenous to the county of Yorkshire. Also used for agriculture and as a cross for hunting mounts. Always of a bay color, these typically 16.2 hand animals are required to have clean legs and very sound hard blue feet.
Draft Cross
Not a true breed, but a registry for the offspring of various light horse breeds such as Thoroughbreds crossed on draft horses; e.g., Clydesdales, Percher ons, or Shires, to add bone, substance and disposition. The draft cross is popular for fox chasing.
Florida Cracker
The Crackers take their name from the whip "crackers" who herded and penned wily Spanish cattle, this breed developed in Florida primarily as cow ponies. Similar in heritage and size to Paso Finos, etc., many Crackers have a running walk or a single foot rack.
Galiceno
A small horse (12 to 13:2 hands) said to have originated in northwestern Spain and brought to North America by the Spanish explorers. Galicenos are tough, and courageous but easy to handle. Pintos and albinos cannot be registered.
Hanoverian
Originally an all-purpose breed, today's Hanoverian is an exceptional dressage and show jumping horse. The best known of the German warm bloods, Hanoverians were developed by British Kings who, in the early 18th century, bred "war horse" mares to Thoroughbred stallions.
Holsteiner (Holstein)
A heavy German breed, the Holstein has a history dating back to the 14th century when it was a weight-carrying war horse. Today, the Holsteiner is a heavily muscled saddle horse, used extensively as a carriage horse and as a heavy show jumper.
Indian
The Indian horse appears to have descended from Spanish breeds and may be of almost any color or pattern imaginable. A small (13 to 16 hands) and light (700 to 1000 pounds) breed, these horses trace their ancestry to horses owned and raised by Native American tribes.
Lippizan (Lippizaner)
Known for their grace, the Lippizan was founded around 1580 by Archduke Charles of Austria, who developed an exceptionally high-quality parade horse at his stud farm at Lipizza. Lippizaners can be of any color.
Missouri Fox Trotter
A horse developed in the rugged Ozark Hills, the Missouri Fox Trotter is especially known and selected for its intermediate gait, the fox trot. An easy gait for long rides, the fox trot is a fast walk with the front feet, a shuffling trot with the hind feet.
Morab
Distant bred with first generation consisting of up to 75% Arabian or Morgan.
Morgan
A general-purpose breed produced from the offspring of a single stallion foaled in Vermont in 1789. Today, Morgans are 14 to 15:1, with Arabian-like heads, very deep bodied, with a unique combination of draft-like substance and Saddle bred-like elegance.
Mustang
The original feral horses of the western United States, believed to trace back to the horses of Spanish explorers. A useful cow horse of the 19th century, is known for being tough, unpredictable and unusually durable.
Norwegian Fjord
Produced in western Norway it is one of the oldest and more distinctive European breeds. The breed's usual color is cream or dun, with a dark dorsal stripe. They are somewhat short, with a thick neck and shoulders, deep, wide barrel and a broad chest.
Oldenburg
The heaviest of the German warm bloods, the Olden burg often has many characteristics of the draft breeds: flat hooves, heavy head and neck. It lacks the endurance, but makes a good coach horse, especially when crossed on Thoroughbreds.
Paint
Originating in the western United States, it is a color breed, and valued for its conformation.
Palomino
A registry for horses between 14 and 17 hands tall and exhibiting body color, varying from light to dark. There are three types of Palominos; the stock type, the Golden American Saddle bred; mostly Quarter Horses; and the pleasure types.
Paso Fino
Gentle, and of all colors imaginable, the Paso Fino averages slightly over 14 hands. Bred in Latin America since the days of the conquistadors, the Paso Fino is distinguished by its natural four-beat gait, flowing mane and tail, graceful carriage and incredibly smooth ride.
Perkehner
Not a true breed, the Perkehner has been defined as "any equines in the universe that express somewhat misfit traits."
Peruvian Paso
Carefully bred for centuries in Peru, Peruvian Pa sos are known for a broken pace, which has neither the vertical movement of the trot or the lateral movement of the pace. They come in many colors; always feature long manes and tails; and average 14.3 hands.
Pinto
A color breed with underlying pink skin, & requiring at least 15 square inches of white. Pintos are registered of four different conformation types: Saddle type, Hunter type, Pleasure type and Stock type and may be black of brown, overo or tobiano pattern.
Quarter Horse
The horse of the American cowboy, a classic, short-coupled, heavily muscled and gentle Quarter Horse. A descendant of the Thoroughbred and a popular family horse. Versatile for both pleasure and competition, the Quarter Horse is a world-class sprinting race horse.
Racking Horse
A breed, similar to the Saddle bred, developed in the southern United States and noted for its natural ability to perform a rack, which is a bilateral, four-beat gait which is neither a walk or a trot.
Rocky Mountain Horse
Originating in the Appalachian Mountains of eastern Kentucky. It's a medium size horse with an ambling, four-beat gait that's easy to ride. They've been used from everything from plowing, to pulling buggies, to bareback riding. A very gentle horse that can be easily approached in the pastures, and can be ridden bareback without a bridle or reins.
Saddle bred
Saddle breds feature a long arched neck, refined head, long legs, sloping pasterns and withers well above the height of the hips. Saddle breds are known for their graceful movement, high stepping action, and ground-covering stride.
Selle Franca
The French developed this breed by crossing Thoroughbreds on sturdy native horses. The ideal is a big horse with good movement, capable of covering ground, with a calm temperament and a big-boned Thoroughbred-type conformation. Superior as a sport horse.
Single Footing
A light breed of good conformation, the North American Single Footing Horse has been developed by trail riders for their ability to perform a near evenly timed four-beat gait of intermediate speed, from five to 20 miles per hour.
Spanish Norman
Spanish-Norman breed is a blending of the genes of the Andalusian of Spain and the Percher on of France to recreate the phenotype of knight's charger. Versatile sport horses, they have natural beauty and style, combined with size, strength, and bone.
Standardbred
The traditional harness breed of North America, the name "standard bred" came from the fact that early aspirants had to trot a mile at a standard speed in order to be registered. Today, the breed includes both trotters and pacers. Standard breds compete on several continents.
Swedish Warm blood
Use by the cavalry, the Swedish Warm bloods, were originally developed and refined for, and bred for sports. Ideally from 16 to 17 hands tall, the breed, while showing versatility in many sports, is exceptionally fine at dressage.
Thoroughbred
Long selected only on the basis of soundness, speed and stamina, and one of the first to close its stud book, the Thoroughbred is the world's preeminent race horse. Originated in England around 1700, the breed has both tall distance runners and short-coupled sprinters.
Traekner
A European warm blood of East Prussian origin, the Trakhener is world renowned for its temperament; i.e., alert and intelligent, yet accepting and anxious to please. A superb performance horse it's springy floating trot is exceptional, as is its endurance.
Walking Horse
Walking Horses are known for their three gaits: the flat-foot walk, a smooth four-beat gait going four to seven miles per hour; the unique running walk, which covers up to ten miles an hour; and the canter. Walking horses developed in the southern United States after the Civil War.
Westfalen
Similar in physique to the Hanoverian this German warm blood is of Westfalen (Westphalian) is an outstanding general-purpose horse, one that has excelled at driving and riding both for pleasure and for competition. Always a solid color, the Westfalen usually stands 16.1hands.
Racing Breeds
Arabian
This ancient breed is indigenous to the Arabian peninsula, which served as the foundation for the English Thoroughbreds. Arabians are small, light, refined, agile, good-natured, and known for their endurance. They are marked by dish faces, wide eyes, and long manes & tails.
Paint
Used for parades, pleasure in both Western and English events. This popular spotted stock horse whose origins, physique and breed type are essentially those of the American Quarter Horse. The Paint has been the fastest-growing breed in the USA over the past decade.
Quarter Horse
The "American cowboy's horse" is short-coupled, heavily muscled and gentle. The Quarter Horse is a descendant of the Thoroughbred and a popular family horse. Versatile for both pleasure and competition, the Quarter Horse is a world-class sprinting race horse.
Standardbred
A traditional harness breed of North America, the name "standard bred" came from the fact that early aspirants had to trot a mile at a standard speed in order to be registered. Standard breds compete on several continents.
Thoroughbred
Selected only on the basis of soundness, speed and stamina, and one of the first to close its stud book, the Thoroughbred is the world's preeminent race horse. Originated in England around 1700, the breed has both tall distance runners and short-coupled sprinters.
Ponies and Miniatures
Bashkir Curly Horse
This curly horse is small (usually under 14:2 hands) horses from the Bashkir region of the former USSR. Used for both riding and draft purposes, the sturdy Bashkirs are valued as well for their curly horse-hair coats, which tend to be hypo-allergenic for humans.
Caspian Horse
This ancient and tiny breed of horse (10 to 12.2 hands is common) was rediscovered in the 1960s on the shores of the Caspian Sea. Longer of leg and narrower of body than a pony, the Caspian horse is usually brown or bay, sure-footed, clean-legged and Arabian-like.
Connemara Pony
The only pony native to Ireland, these hardy and sure-footed jumpers are easy keepers, developed in the rugged western part of the country known as Connemara. Used mostly as children's mounts, they cross well with more refined Arabians and Thoroughbreds.
Dartmoor Pony
Dart moors are usually kind and sensible. A popular children's mount, usually around 12.1 hands, originating at Dartmoor, Devon, England. Similar to other pony breeds, they are sturdy and rugged, long-lived, solid-colored, with small heads and full mane and tail.
Exmoor Pony
An English pony breed originating in Exmoor, Somerset and Devon, the Exmoor ponies are characterized by their wide "toad" eyes. Usually around 12 hands tall with a dark bay, brown or dun coat with a light muzzle. Spirited, they make good mounts if well trained.
Falabella Horse
This tiny horse originated in Argentina, the Falabella are usually a mear 7 hands tall. Friendly and intelligent, they make wonderful pets.Their color coats run the gamut, including Appaloosa-like blankets of spots.
Galiceno Horse
A small horse (12 to 13:2 hands) said to have originated in Galicia in northwestern Spain and brought to Mexico by Spanish explorers. Galicenos are tough and courageous but easy to handle with a natural running walk.
Gotland Pony
A trotting pony, these hardy, light-framed ponies originated in the Gotland Islands of Sweden. Colored dun, black, brown or chestnut, the Gotland (12.1 hands) are used for light agricultural work and as children's mounts. They are active, and sometimes hard to handle depending on the breeding and care.
Hackney Horse
One of the most popular driving breeds in the world, the Hackney Pony (14.1 hands or less) and the Hackney Horse (15.1 hands) are known for their spirit, their refinement and their high stepping action. Both are dark-colored, with high tails and smallish heads also held high.
Haflinger Pony
A mountain pony from western Austria, the Haflinger is known for its good-natured willingness, its powerful chest and hindquarters, and its sure-footed usefulness for riding, driving and packing. Most are chestnuts with light manes and tails.
Icelandic Horse
Small stocky horses that originated in Iceland where they have been used for pack and communication and were later exported to England for mining.They have a variety of colors (eg. chestnut, bay, black, palomino, silver smoky, red, yellow dun, mouse dun, cream dun, gray, silver dapple, and all in tabiano and Finnish paint, but no appaloosa patterning). Tough and willing, they feature the classic full mane and tail of many northern breeds. Their most distinctive feature is the possession of the fourth gait (tolt) and the fifth gait (pace).
Miniature Horse
Among the tiniest of all equines (4.2 to 9.0 hands), these gentle and intelligent light-boned miniature horses have become increasingly popular in the USA as pets of all colors. Too tiny to ride, they are often used both in competition and in pleasure for pulling small carts.
New Forest Pony
Unusually friendly and intelligent, they are safe and ideal mounts for children. Originated in the New Forest area of Hampshire, England, these solid-colored ponies may be found in two types (a) lighter, under 13.2 hands and (b) heavier, between 13.2 and 14.2 hands.
Paso Fino Horse
Bred in Latin America since the days of the conquistadors, the Paso Fino is distinguished by its natural four-beat gait, flowing mane and tail, graceful carriage and incredibly smooth ride. Gentle, and of all colors imaginable, the Paso Fino averages slightly over 14 hands.
Pony of the Americas (Appaloosa)
These western-type ponies are smaller (14.1 and less) versions of the colorful Appaloosa breed of stock horse. Used mostly under western tack, they are popular for pleasure and show competition. Their color coat is the typical spots and blankets of the Appaloosa.
Shetland Pony
A traditional and popular mount for children in the USA, this hardy little (9.2 to 10.2 hands) dark-colored, thick-coated pony originating in the Shetland Islands of England is a gentle and easy to train worker, capable of pulling twice its weight in driving harness.
Draft (working) Breeds
Belgian
The heaviest recorded horse (3,400 pounds) was a Belgian, who died in Iowa in 1948. A draft breed originating in Belgium of great weight and traction power, usually chestnut and known for a good temperament, strong constitution and being a willing worker.
Clydesdale
A draft breed originating in Scotland in the mid-eighteenth century, distinguished for being an active mover of high quality with attractive markings and a distinct lack of bulk. Bay, brown and black with white on feathers and face are the most typical Cyldesdale colors.
Percher on
The Percher on, which is considered by many to be the finest type of draft horse, was developed by French breeders in the south of Normandy.
Color and Markings Breeds
Appaloosa
Appaloosas in the US. are similar in other stock horse characteristics to the Quarter Horse. This breed originated with the Nez Perce American Indians of Idaho, and typified by pink skin and small, irregular spots in leopard, blanket or snowflake patterns.
Buckskin
A color breed recognized in the American West, typified by stock-horse types with hair color properly described as buckskin, dun, red dun or grulla. Black manes, tails and points (lower legs, muzzles and "dorsal stripes") are commonplace, especially in buckskins.
Palomino
A registry for horses between 14 and 17 hands tall and exhibiting body color, varying from light to dark, of a US 14-karat gold coin. There are three types of Palominos; the stock type, mostly Quarter Horses; the Golden American Saddle bred; and the pleasure types.
Pinto
A color breed requiring at least 15 square inches of white with underlying pink skin. Pintos are registered of four different conformation types: Saddle type, Hunter type, Pleasure type and Stock type and may be black of brown, overo or tobiano pattern.
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