List of horse breeds facts for kids

Light or saddle horse breeds

Heavy or draft horse breeds

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Horse breeds

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

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• Abaco Barb, see Barb horse
• Abtenauer
• Abyssinian, see Ethiopian horses
• Aegidienberger
• Akhal-Teke
• Albanian horse
• Altai horse
• Altèr Real, see [[Lusitano]
• Sasquatch/Jennelle
• American Albino
• American Cream Draft
• American Indian Horse
• American Paint Horse
• American Quarter Horse
• American Saddlebred
• American Warmblood
• Andalusian horse
• Andravida horse
• Anglo-Arabian
• Anglo-Arabo-Sardo, see Sardinian Anglo-Arab
• Anglo-Kabarda
• Appaloosa
• Arabian horse
• Ardennes horse
• Arenberg-Nordkirchen
• Argentine Criollo
• Asturcón
• Augeron
• Asian wild horse, see Przewalski's horse
• Assateague horse, see Chincoteague pony
• Australian Brumby, see Brumby
• Australian Draught Horse
• Australian Stock Horse
• Austrian Warmblood
• Auvergne horse
• Auxois
• Azerbaijan horse
• Azteca horse
• Baise horse,
• Bale, see Ethiopian horses
• Balearic horse, see Mallorquín and Menorquín
• Balikun horse
• Baluchi horse
• Banker horse
• Barb horse
• Bardigiano
• Bashkir Curly, see Curly horse
• Basque mountain horse
• Bavarian Warmblood
• Belgian horse
• Belgian Warmblood (includes Belgian Half-blood)
• Bhutia Horse, also Bhotia, Bhote ghoda, Bhutan, Bhutani, Bhutua
• Black Forest Horse, also called Black Forest cold blood
• Blazer horse
• Boerperd
• Borana, see Ethiopian horses
• Bosnian Mountain Horse
• Boulonnais horse
• Brabant, see Belgian horse
• Brandenburger
• Brazilian Sport Horse (Brasileiro de Hipismo)
• Breton horse, or Trait Breton
• Brumby
• Budyonny horse or Budenny
• Burguete horse
• Burmese Horse
• Byelorussian Harness horse

• Calabrese horse
• Camargue horse
• Camarillo White Horse
• Campeiro
• Campolina
• Canadian horse
• Canadian Pacer
• Carolina Marsh Tacky
• Carthusian horse, see Andalusian horse
• Caspian horse
• Castilian horse, see Andalusian horse
• Castillonnais
• Catria horse
• Cavallo Romano della Maremma Laziale
• Cerbat Mustang
• Chickasaw Horse, see Florida Cracker Horse
• Chilean horse also known as Chilean Corralero
• Choctaw horse
• Cleveland Bay
• Clydesdale horse
• Cob, see Types of Horse, below
• Colonial Spanish Horse, see Types of Horse, below
• Colorado Ranger
• Coldblood trotter
• Comtois horse
• Corsican horse
• Costa Rican Saddle Horse
• Cretan horse, see Messara horse
• Criollo horse, also spelled Crioulo
• Croatian Coldblood
• Cuban Criollo
• Cumberland Island horse
• Curly Horse
• Czech Warmblood

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Pony breeds

Ponies are typically classified as members of Equus caballus that mature at less than 14.2 hands (58 inches, 147 cm). However, some pony breeds may occasionally have individuals who mature over 14.2 but retain all other breed characteristics. For the purposes of this list, if a breed registry classifies the breed as a "pony," it is listed here as such, even if some individuals have horse characteristics.

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Color "breeds"

There are some registries that accept horses (and sometimes ponies and mules) of almost any breed or type for registration. Color is either the only criterion for registration or the primary criterion. These are called "color breeds," because unlike "true" horse breeds, there are few other physical requirements, nor is the stud book limited in any fashion.

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

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

Modern types

Archaic types

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

• Charger, see Courser (horse)
• Courser (horse)
• Destrier or "Great Horse"
• Hobby, see Irish Hobby
• Jennet, sometimes called Spanish Jennet
• Palfrey
• Rouncey
• Steppe horse, refers to various domesticated horse and wild horse species, particularly those from Siberia and other parts of western Asia

Extinct subspecies and breeds

These members of equus ferus either were a recognized, distinct breed of horse that no longer exists as such, or subspecies that have become extinct at some point since domestication of the horse. This section does not include any species within evolution of the horse prior to modern Equus ferus caballus.

Extinct subspecies

• Tarpan

Extinct breeds

These were human-developed breeds which no longer exist.

See also

In Spanish: Anexo:Razas de caballos para niños