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List of horse breedsFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This page is a list of horse and pony breeds, and also includes terms fortypes of horse that are not breeds but are commonly mistaken for breeds.While there is no scientifically accepted definition of the term "breed,"[1]

a breed is defined generally as having distinct true-breedingcharacteristics over a number of generations; its members may be called"purebred". In most cases, bloodlines of horse breeds are recorded with abreed registry. However, in horses, the concept is somewhat flexible, asopen stud books are created for developing horse breeds that are not yetfully true-breeding. Registries also are considered the authority as towhether a given breed is listed as a "horse" or a "pony". There are also anumber of "color breed", sport horse, and gaited horse registries forhorses with various phenotypes or other traits, which admit any animalfitting a given set of physical characteristics, even if there is little or noevidence of the trait being a true-breeding characteristic. Other recordingentities or specialty organizations may recognize horses from multiplebreeds, thus, for the purposes of this article, such animals are classifiedas a "type" rather than a "breed".

The breeds and types listed here are those that already have a Wikipediaarticle. For a more extensive list, see the List of all horse breeds inDAD-IS.

For additional information, see horse breed, horse breeding and theindividual articles listed below. Additional articles may be listed underCategory:Horse breeds and Category:Types of horse.

Contents1 Horse breeds

1.1 A–C

1.2 D-K

1.3 L-R

1.4 S-Z2 Pony breeds

2.1 A-K

2.2 L-Z

3 Color "breeds"

3 Color "breeds"4 Types of horse

4.1 Modern types

4.2 Archaic types5 Extinct subspecies and breeds

5.1 Extinct subspecies

5.2 Early prototypes

5.3 Extinct breeds

6 See also

7 References

8 External links

Horse breedsMain article: Horse

Horses are members of Equus ferus caballus that generally mature to be 14.2 hands (58 inches (150 cm)) ortaller, but many breed registries do accept animals under this height and classify them as "horses," as horsecharacteristics include factors other than height. For the purposes of this page, if a breed registry or stud bookclassifies the breed as a horse, it is listed here as a horse, even if some representatives are pony-sized or havesome pony characteristics. Pony breeds are listed in the next section, below.

A–C

Abaco Barb, see Barb horseAbtenauerAbyssinian horseAegidienbergerAkhal-TekeAlbanian horseAltai horseAltèr Real, see LusitanoAmerican Cream DraftAmerican Indian HorseAmerican Paint HorseAmerican Quarter HorseAmerican SaddlebredAmerican WarmbloodAndalusian horse some bloodlines also called Pura Raza Española (PRE) or Pure Spanish-bredAndravida horse

Anglo-ArabianAnglo-Arabo-Sardo, see Sardinian Anglo-ArabAnglo-KabardaAppaloosa"Appendix," see American Quarter HorseAraAppaloosa, also called Ara-Appaloosa, Arappaloosa or AraloosaArabian horseArdennes horse, or ArdennaisArenberg-NordkirchenArgentine Criollo, see Criollo horseAsturcónAugeronAustralian Brumby, see BrumbyAustralian Draught HorseAustralian Stock HorseAustrian WarmbloodAuvergne horseAuxoisAvelignese, see HaflingerAzerbaijan horseAzteca horseBaise horse, also known as GuangxiBalearic horse, see Mallorquín and MenorquínBalikun horseBaluchi horseBan'eiBanker HorseBarb horseBardigianoBashkir Curly, see Curly horseBasque mountain horseBavarian WarmbloodBelgian horseBelgian Warmblood (includes Belgian Half-blood)Bhutia Horse, also Bhotia, Bhote ghoda, Bhutan, Bhutani, BhutuaBlack Forest Horse, also called Black Forest cold blood or Schwarzwälder KaltblutBlazer horseBoulonnais horseBrabant, see Belgian horseBrandenburgerBrazilian Sport Horse (Brasileiro de Hipismo)Breton horse, or Trait BretonBrumbyBudyonny horse or BudennyBurguete horseByelorussian Harness horseCalabrese horseCamargue horseCamarillo White HorseCampeiro

CampolinaCanadian horseCanadian PacerCarolina Marsh TackyCarthusian horse, see Andalusian horseCaspian horseCastilian horse, see Andalusian horseCastillonnaisCatria horseCavallo Romano della Maremma LazialeChickasaw Horse, see Florida Cracker HorseChilean horse (also known as Chilean Corralero)Choctaw horseCleveland BayClydesdale horseColonial Spanish Horse, see Types of Horse, belowColorado RangerColdblood trotterComtois horseCorsican horseCosta Rican Saddle HorseCretan horse, see Messara horseCriollo horse, also spelled CriouloCroatian ColdbloodCuban CriolloCumberland Island horseCurly HorseCzech warm blood

D-K

Daliboz, see Azerbaijan horseDanish WarmbloodDanube Delta horseDole Gudbrandsdal, also called Dole,or DølahestDon, see Russian DonDongola horseDraft Trotter, also called Light Dole, Dole Trotter, see Coldblood trotterDutch harness horseDutch Heavy DraftDutch WarmbloodEast BulgarianEast Friesian horse, see Ostfriesen and Alt-OldenburgerEstonian DraftEstonian horseFalabellaFaroese or Faroe horse, see Faroe pony in pony sectionFinnhorse, or Finnish Horse

Fleuve, see FoutaFjord horse also called Norwegian Fjord HorseFlorida Cracker HorseFouta or FoutankéFrederiksborg horseFreibergerFrench TrotterFriesian cross (includes Friesian Sport Horses)Friesian horseFriesian Sporthorse (a type of Friesian cross)Furioso-North StarGaliceno or GaliceñoGalician Pony (Caballo de pura raza Gallega)Gelderland horseGeorgian Grande HorseGerman Warmblood or ZfDP, see Types section, belowGiara HorseGidranGroningen HorseGypsy horse, sometimes called "Gypsy Vanner," "Vanner Horse," "Gypsy Cob," and "Coloured Cob"Hackney horseHaflingerHanoverian horseHeck horseHeihe horseHenson horseHirzaiHispano-BretónHispano-Árabe also known as Hispano or Spanish Anglo-ArabHolsteiner horseHungarian WarmbloodIcelandic horseIomudIrish Draught, also spelled Irish DraftIrish Sport Horse sometimes called Irish HunterItalian Heavy DraftItalian TrotterJaca NavarraJeju horseJutland horseKabarda horse, also known as Kabardian or KabardinKaimanawa horsesKalmyk horseKarabairKarabakh horse also known as Azer AtKarossier see Ostfriesen and Alt-OldenburgerKarachai horseKathiawariKazakh HorseKentucky Mountain Saddle Horse

Kiger MustangKinsky horseKisber FelverKiso HorseKladruberKnabstrupperKonikKustanair

L-R

Latvian horseLipizzan or LipizzanerLithuanian Heavy DraughtLokaiLosino horseLusitanoLyngshest, see Nordlandshest/ LyngshestM'Bayar, see FoutaMalopolskiMallorquínMangalargaMangalarga MarchadorMaremmanoMarismeño horseMarsh Tacky, see Carolina Marsh TackyMarwari horseMecklenburgerMeđimurje horseMenorquínMérens horseMessara horseMezőhegyesi sport-horse (sportló), orMezőhegyes felver, see Hungarian WarmbloodMetis Trotter, see Russian TrotterMiniature horseMisaki horseMissouri Fox TrotterMonchinaMongolian HorseMonterufolinoMorabMorgan horseMoyle horseMurakoz horse, Muräkozi, or Muraközi ló (Hungary)MurgeseMustang horseNamib Desert HorseNangchen horse

National Show HorseNez Perce HorseNivernais horseNokota horseNoma, see Noma pony, in Pony sectionNonius horseNooitgedachterNordlandshest/ LyngshestNoriker horse, also called PinzgauerNorman CobNorsk Kaldblodstraver (Norwegian coldblood trotter), see Coldblood trotterNorth American Single-Footer horseNorth Swedish HorseNorwegian Fjord, see Fjord horseNovokirghizOberlander HorseOldenburg horse, also spelled Oldenburgh, OldenburgerOrlov trotterOstfriesen and Alt-OldenburgerPaint, see American Paint HorsePampa horsePaso FinoPentro horsePercheronPersano horsePeruvian Paso, sometimes called Peruvian Stepping HorsePintabianPleven horsePoitevin horse also called MulassierPosavac horsePottok, see pony sectionPryor Mountain MustangPrzewalski's horse, also known as Takhi, Mongolian Wild Horse or Asian Wild Horse. (Species, not a"breed" but listed here for convenience)Purosangue OrientaleQatganiQuarabQuarter Horse, see American Quarter HorseRacking horseRetuerta horseRhenish German Coldblood also known as Rhineland Heavy DraftRhinelander horseRiwoche horseRocky Mountain HorseRomanian SporthorseRottaler, see Heavy warmbloodRussian DonRussian Heavy DraftRussian Trotter

S-Z

Saddlebred, see American SaddlebredSalerno horseSamolaco horseSan Fratello horseSarcidano horseSardinian Anglo-Arab, also known as Sardinian HorseSchleswig ColdbloodSella ItalianoSelle FrançaisShagya ArabianShire horseSiciliano indigenoSilesian horseSorraiaSokolsky horseSouth German Coldblood also known as Süddeutsches KaltblutSoviet Heavy DraftSpanish Barb see Barb horseSpanish Jennet Horse, modern, not to be confused with the historic Jennet or Spanish Jennet (see Archaictypes, below)Spanish MustangSpanish-Norman horseSpanish Tarpan, see SorraiaSpiti HorseSpotted Saddle horseStandardbred horseSuffolk PunchSvensk Kallblodstravare (Swedish coldblood trotter), see Coldblood trotterSwedish ArdennesSwedish WarmbloodSwiss WarmbloodTaishuhTawleedTchernomor, see Budyonny horseTennessee Walking HorseTersk horseThoroughbredTinker horse, see Gypsy horseTiger HorseTolfetanoTori horseTrait Du NordTrakehnerTuigpaard, see Dutch harness horseUkrainian Riding HorseUnmol HorseUzunyaylaVentasso horse (Cavallo Del Ventasso)

Virginia highlanderVlaamperdVladimir Heavy DraftVyatka, see pony sectionWaler horse, also known as Waler or AustralianWalerWalkaloosaWarmblood, see "Types of horse" below, orindividual warmblood breed articlesWarlanderWelsh Cob (Section D), see Welsh ponyWestphalian horseWielkopolskiWürttemberger or WürttembergXilingol horseYakutian horseYili horseYonaguni horseZaniskariZweibrückerŽemaitukas, also known as Zemaituka, Zhumd,Zhemaichu, or Zhmudk, see Pony section.

Pony breedsMain article: Pony

Ponies are usually classified as members of Equus caballus that mature at less than 14.2 hands. However, somepony breeds may occasionally have individuals who mature over 14.2 but retain all other breed characteristics.There are also some breeds that now frequently mature over 14.2 hands due to modern nutrition andmanagement, yet retain the historic classification "pony." For the purposes of this list, if a breed registryclassifies the breed as a "pony," it is listed here as such, even if some individuals have horse characteristics.

(Because of this designation by the preference of a given breed registry, most miniature horse breeds are listedas "horses," not ponies)

A-K

American Shetland, see Shetland ponyAmerican Walking PonyAnadolu pony also called Anadolu AtiAriegeois Pony see Mérens horse in horse sectionAssateague Pony, see Chincoteague PonyAsturian pony, see Asturcon in horse sectionAustralian PonyAustralian Riding PonyBali PonyBashkir Pony

Basque Pony, see PottokBasuto pony, also spelled Basotho ponyBatak PonyBhutia Pony, see Bhutia Horse and Indian Country BredBoer PonyBosnian PonyBritish Riding Pony, see Riding Pony in "types of horse" sectionBritish Spotted PonyBurmese PonyCarpathian Pony, see Hucul PonyCanadian rustic ponyCaspian pony, see Caspian horseChincoteague PonyChinese GuoxiaCoffin Bay PonyConnemara ponyCzechoslovakian Small Riding PonyDales PonyDanish Sport PonyDartmoor ponyDeli ponyDeutsches Reitpony see German Riding PonyDülmen PonyEriskay ponyEsperia PonyExmoor ponyFalabella, see Falabella in horse sectionFaroe ponyFell PonyFlores pony, see Timor PonyFrench Saddle PonyGalician PonyGarranoGayoeGerman Riding Pony, also called Deutsche Reitponyor Weser-Ems PonyGerman Classic Pony, see Shetland ponyGotland PonyGuizhou ponyGuangxi, see Baise horseGǔo-xìa pony, see Chinese GuoxiaHackney ponyHighland Pony, see also GarronHokkaido PonyHucul Pony, also called Huţul PonyHunter Pony, see "types of horse" sectionIcelandic pony, see Icelandic horse in horse sectionIndian Country BredJava PonyKerry bog pony

L-Z

Landais PonyLijiang ponyLundy PonyManipuri PonyMerens Pony, see Ariegeois ponyMiniature horse, see horse sectionMiyako PonyNarym PonyNew Forest PonyNewfoundland ponyNoma ponyNorthlands Pony, see Nordlandshest in the horse sectionOb pony also called Priob ponyPeneia PonyPetiso ArgentinoPindos PonyPoney MousseyePony of the AmericasPottokQuarter ponyRiding Pony, see "types ofhorses" sectionSable Island PonySandalwood PonySardinian Pony, see Sardinian horseShetland ponySkogsruss, see Gotland PonySkyros PonySpiti Pony, see Spiti HorseSumba and Sumbawa PonyTibetan PonyTimor PonyTokara PonyVirginia highlander, see horse sectionVyatka horseWelaraWelsh ponyWelsh mountain pony (Section A), seeWelsh PonyWelsh pony (Section B), see Welsh PonyWelsh pony of cob type (Section C),see Welsh PonyWestern Sudan ponyYakut Pony, see Yakutian horseYonaguni, see horse sectionZaniskari, see horse sectionŽemaitukas, also known as Zemaituka,Zhumd, Zhemaichu, or Zhmudka

Color "breeds"Main article: Color breed

There are some registries that accept horses (and sometimes ponies and mules) of almost any breed or type forregistration. Color is either the only criterion for registration or the primary criterion. These are called "colorbreeds," because unlike "true" horse breeds, there are few other physical requirements, nor is the stud booklimited in any fashion. As a general rule, the color also does not always breed on (in some cases due to geneticimpossibility), and offspring without the stated color are usually not eligible for recording with the color breedregistry. There are breeds that have color that usually breeds "true" as well as distinctive physical characteristicsand a limited stud book. These horses are true breeds that have a preferred color, not color breeds, and includethe Friesian horse, the Cleveland Bay, the Appaloosa, and the American Paint Horse.

The best-known "color breed" registries that accept horses from many different breeds are for the followingcolors:

Buckskin (horse), a color which cannot breed "true" due to the cream gene which creates it being anincomplete dominantPalomino, a color which cannot breed "true" due to the cream gene which creates it being an incompletedominantPinto horseWhite (horse). Some of these animals are registered in the United States with the American creme andwhite horse registry, which was once called an "Albino" registry until it was understood that true albinodoes not exist in horses. (see White (horse) and Dominant white for details)

Types of horseSee also Category:Types of horseA "type" of horse is not a breed but is used here to categorize groups of horses or horse breeds that are similar inappearance (phenotype) or use. A type usually has no breed registry, and often encompasses several breeds.However, in some nations, particularly in Europe, there is a recording method or means of studbook selectionfor certain types to allow them to be licensed for breeding. Horses of a given type may be registered as one ofseveral different recognized breeds, or a grouping may include horses that are of no particular pedigree but meeta certain standard of appearance or use.

Modern types

AQPS ("Autre Que Pur-Sang"), French designation for riding horses "other than Thoroughbred," usuallyreferring to the Anglo-Arabian, Selle Français and other Thoroughbred crosses. There is a registry forAQPS horses in France.Baroque horse, includes heavily muscled, powerful, yet agile Classical dressage breeds such as theLipizzaner, Friesian, Andalusian, and Lusitano.Canadian Cutting Horse - any cutting horse in Canada, most of American Quarter Horse bloodlinesCob (horse)Colonial Spanish Horse, the original Jennet-type horse brought to North America, now with a number ofmodern descendants with various breed names.Draft horse or Draught horse

Feral horse, a horse living in the wild, but descended from once-domesticated ancestors. Most "wild"horses today are actually feral. The only true wild (never domesticated) horse in the world today is thePrzewalski's horse.Gaited horse, includes a number of breeds with a hereditary intermediate speed four-beat ambling gait,including the Tennessee Walker, Paso Fino, and many others.Galloway, a term used in Australia to collectively refer to show horses over 14 hands but under 15 hands.German Warmblood or ZfDP, collective term for any of the various warmblood horses of Germany, ofwhich some may be registered with the nationwide German Horse Breeding Society (ZfDP).Grade horse, a horse of unknown or mixed breed parentage.Hack, a basic riding horse, particularly in the UK, also includes Show hack horses used in competition.Heavy warmblood, heavy carriage and riding horses, predecessors to the modern warmbloods, severalold-style breeds still in existence today.Hunter, a type of jumping horse, either a show hunter or a field hunterHunter pony, a show hunter or show jumping animal under 14.2 hands, may be actually of a horse orpony breed, height determines category of competition.Iberian horse, encompassing horse and pony breeds developed in the Iberian peninsula, including theAndalusian, Lusitano and others.Indian Half-bred, a half-blood type from IndiaMountain and moorland pony breeds, abbreviated "M&M," a specific group of pony breeds native to theBritish Isles.New Zealand Warmblood, a developing warmblood type based on Hanoverian and KWPF breeding.Oriental horse, the "hot-blooded" breeds originating in the Middle East, such as the Arabian, Akhal-Teke,Barb, and Turkoman horsePart-Arabian, a variety of breeds and crossbreeds with a significant amount of documentable Arabianblood, but not pure Arab.Polo pony, a horse used in the sport of polo, not actually a pony, usually a full-sized horse, often aThoroughbred.Riding Pony, a term of art used in the United Kingdom for specific types of show ponies.Sport horse or Sporthorse, includes any breeds suitable for use in assorted international competitivedisciplines governed by the FEI.Stock horse, agile, heavily muscled riding horses of several different breeds, suitable for working cattle.Not to be confused with the breed Australian Stock Horse. Some representatives colloquially called "cowhorse" or "cow pony" in the western United States.Warmblood, a group of Sport horse breeds developed for modern Dressage and other Olympicdisciplines, including the Dutch Warmblood, Hanoverian horse, Swedish Warmblood, Westphalian horse,etc.Windsor Grey, the gray carriage horses of British Royalty.ZfDP, see German Warmblood, above.

Archaic types

See also: Horses in Warfare and Horses in the Middle Ages

Prior to approximately the 13th century, few pedigrees were written down, and horses were classified byphysical type or use. Thus, many terms for Horses in the Middle Ages did not refer to breeds as we know themtoday, but rather described appearance or purpose. These terms included:

Charger, see Courser (horse)Courser (horse)

Destrier or "Great Horse"Hobby, see Irish HobbyJennet, sometimes called Spanish JennetPalfreyRounceySteppe horse, refers to various domesticated horse and wild horse species, particularly those from Siberiaand other parts of western Asia

Extinct subspecies and breedsThese members of equus ferus either were a recognized, distinct breed of horse that no longer exists as such, orsubspecies that have become extinct at some point since domestication of the horse. This section does notinclude any species within evolution of the horse prior to modern Equus ferus caballus.

Extinct subspecies

Tarpan

Early prototypes

Main article: History of horse domestication theories

Before the availability of DNA techniques to resolve the questions related to the domestication of the horse,various hypothesis were proposed. One classification was based on body types and conformation, suggesting thepresence of four basic prototypes, labeled the "Tarpan", "Forest horse", Draft and "Oriental", each of which washypothesized to have adapted to their environment prior to domestication.[2] However, more recent studiessuggest that all domesticated horses originated from a single wild species and that the different body types ofhorses were entirely a result of selective breeding after domestication,[3] or possibly landrace adaptation.

Extinct breeds

These were human-developed breeds which no longer exist

Anglo-Norman horseAngevin horseBerrichon horseBidet horseChapman horse, see Cleveland Bay, into which it developedCharentais horse, or VendéenCharolais horseFerghana horseGalloway ponyKaracabey horseIrish HobbyJennet, or Spanish JennetMazury horseNarragansett PacerNavarrin horse

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Neapolitan horseNisean horseNorfolk Trotter, also called the Norfolk Roadster, Yorkshire Trotter or Yorkshire RoadsterÖland horseOld English Black horsePozanTundra Horse, the probable ancestor of the Yakutian horse.Turkoman Horse also known as Turkemene. The Akhal-Teke may be a direct descendant.Yorkshire Coach Horse

See alsoList of horse breeds in DAD-IS

References1. The state of the world's animal genetic resources for food and agriculture. Barbara Rischkowsky and Dafydd Pilling.

Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. 20072. Bennett, Conquerors, p.73. Edwards, G. The Arabian, pp 1, 3

External linksDomestic Animal Diversity Information System(http://dad.fao.org/) of the FAO"Breeds of Livestock: Horse Breeds" Alphabetized list of horsebreed articles maintained by the Department of Animal Science atOklahoma State University. Accessed at: http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/breeds/horses/"Horse Breeds of the World," web site maintained by the International Museum of the Horse at theKentucky Horse Park, accessed at: http://www.imh.org/museum/breeds.php?pageid=8Pferderassen - Infoportal (http://www.pferde-pferderassen.de/) (ger.)

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