There are approximately 267 breeds of horses and ponies in the world. These fall into four main groups:
“light” horses with small bones, thin legs and weighing less than 1300 pounds; e.g. Thoroughbreds, Quarter Horses, Morgan horses and Arabians “heavy” or draft horses which can weigh up to 2000 pounds and are strong with large bones and sturdy legs; e.g. Percherons, Draft, Clydesdale and Shire horses ponies which are usually not more than 58 inches tall (14.2 hands and under), making them smaller than a horse; e.g.Shetland, Haflinger, and Caspian ponies feral horses which are wild or semi-wild horses. A mustang is a federal horse.
Types of horse
Horse is not a breed but is simply a term used to describe a group of breeds that are similar in appearance (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 selection for certain types to allow them to be licensed for breeding. Horses of a given type may be registered as one of several different recognized breeds, or a term may include horses that are of no particular pedigree but meet a certain standard of appearance or use.
- AQPS
- Baise horse
- Baroque horse
- List of horse breeds
- Bronco
- Cayuse (horse)
- Cob (horse)
- Colonial Spanish Horse
- Colt (horse)
- Courser (horse)
- Cow pony
- Destrier
- Draft horse
- Feral horse
- Field hunter
- Filly
- Foal
- Garron
- Gelding
- German Warmblood
- Grade horse
- Hack (horse)
- Heavy warmblood
- Horses in the Middle Ages
- Iberian horse
- Jennet
- American Saddlebred
- Campolina
- Icelandic horse
- Mangalarga Marchador
- Marwari horse
- Messara
- Missouri Fox Trotter
- Paso Fino
- Peruvian Paso
- Racking horse
- Rocky Mountain Horse
- Spotted Saddle horse
- Tennessee Walker
- Walkaloosa
- Mare
- Mountain and moorland pony breeds
- New Zealand Warmblood Horse Association
- Oriental horse
- Packhorse
- Palfrey
- Parade horse
- Part-Arabian
- Polo pony
- Purebred
- Ridgling
- Riding Pony
- Rouncey
- Sport horse
- Stallion
- Stock horse
- Warmblood
- Weanling
- Wild horse
- Windsor Grey
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- Yearling (horse)
Color breeds
- Buckskin (horse)
- Palomino
- Pinto horse
- White (horse)
List of horse breeds
- Abaco Barb, see Barb horse
- Abtenauer
- Abyssinian horse
- Aegidienberger
- Akhal-Teke
- Albanian horse
- Altai horse
- Altèr Real, see Lusitano
- American Cream Draft
- American Indian Horse
- American Paint Horse
- American Quarter Horse
- American Saddlebred
- American Warmblood
- Andalusian horse some bloodlines also called Pura Raza Española (PRE) or Pure Spanish-bred
- Andravida horse
- Anglo-Arabian
- Anglo-Arabo-Sardo, see Sardinian Anglo-Arab
- Anglo-Kabarda
- Appaloosa
- “Appendix,” see American Quarter Horse
- AraAppaloosa, also called Ara-Appaloosa, Arappaloosa or Araloosa
- Arabian horse
- Ardennes horse, or Ardennais
- Arenberg-Nordkirchen
- Argentine Criollo, see Criollo horse
- Asturcón
- Australian Brumby, see Brumby
- Australian Draught Horse
- Australian Stock Horse
- Austrian Warmblood
- Auvergne horse
- Auxois
- Avelignese, see Haflinger
- Azerbaijan horse
- Azteca horse
- Baise horse, also known as Guangxi
- Balearic horse, see Mallorquín and Menorquín
- Balikun horse
- Baluchi horse
- Ban’ei
- Banker Horse
- Barb horse
- Bardigiano
- Bashkir Curly, see Curly horse
- Basque Mountain Horse
- Bavarian Warmblood
- Belgian (horse)
- Belgian Warmblood (includes Belgian Half-blood)
- Black Forest Horse, also called Black Forest cold blood or Schwarzwälder Kaltblut
- Blazer 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
- Byelorussian Harness
- Calabrese horse
- Camargue horse
- Camarillo White Horse
- 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
- Chickasaw Horse, see Florida Cracker Horse
- Chilean horse (also known as Chilean Corralero)
- Choctaw Horse
- Cleveland Bay
- Clydesdale horse
- Colonial Spanish Horse, see Types of Horse, below
- Colorado Ranger
- Coldblood trotter
- Comtois horse
- Costa Rican Saddle Horse
- Cretan horse, see Messara
- Criollo horse, also spelled Crioulo
- Cuban Criollo horse
- Cumberland Island horse
- Curly Horse
- Czech warm blood
- Daliboz, see Azerbaijan horse
- Danish Warmblood
- Danube Delta horse
- Dole Gudbrandsdal, also called Dole, or Dølahest
- Don, see Russian Don
- Draft Trotter, also called Light Dole, Dole Trotter, see Coldblood trotter
- Dutch harness horse
- Dutch Heavy Draft
- Dutch Warmblood
- East Bulgarian
- East Friesian horse, see Ostfriesen and Alt-Oldenburger
- Estonian Draft
- Estonian horse
- Falabella
- Faroese or Faroe horse, see Faroe pony in pony section
- Finnhorse, or Finnish Horse
- Fleuve, see Fouta
- Fjord horse also called Norwegian Fjord Horse
- Florida Cracker Horse
- Fouta or Foutanké
- Frederiksborg horse
- Freiberger
- French Trotter
- Friesian cross (includes Friesian Sport Horses)
- Friesian horse
- Friesian Sporthorse (a type of Friesian cross)
- Furioso-North Star
- Galiceno or Galiceño
- Galician Pony (Caballo de pura raza Gallega)
- Gelderland horse
- Georgian Grande Horse
- German Warmblood or ZfDP, see Types section, below
- Giara Horse
- Gidran
- Groningen Horse
- Gypsy Vanner horse, sometimes called “Gypsy Horse,” “Vanner Horse,” “Gypsy Cob” or “Coloured Cob”
- Hackney horse
- Haflinger
- Hanoverian horse
- Heck horse
- Heihe horse
- Hirzai
- Hispano-Bretón
- Hispano-Árabe also known as Hispano or Spanish Anglo-Arab
- Holsteiner horse
- Hungarian Warmblood
- Icelandic horse
- Indian Half-Bred
- Iomud
- Irish Draught, also spelled Irish Draft
- Irish Sport Horse sometimes called Irish Hunter
- Italian Heavy Draft
- Italian Trotter
- Jaca Navarra
- Jutland horse
- Kabarda horse, also known as Kabardian or Kabardin
- Kaimanawa horses
- Karabair
- Karabakh horse also known as Azer At
- Karossier see Ostfriesen and Alt-Oldenburger
- Kathiawari
- Kazakh Horse
- Kentucky Mountain Saddle Horse
- Kiger Mustang
- Kinsky horse
- Kisber Felver
- Kladruber
- Knabstrupper
- Konik
- Kustanair
- Latvian horse
- Lipizzan or Lipizzaner
- Lithuanian Heavy Draught
- Lokai
- Losino horse
- Lusitano
- Lyngshest, see Nordlandshest/ Lyngshest
- M’Bayar, see Fouta
- Malopolski
- Mallorquín
- Mangalarga
- Mangalarga Marchador
- Maremmano
- Marismeño horse
- Marsh Tacky, see Carolina Marsh Tacky
- Marwari horse
- Mecklenburger
- Menorquín
- Mérens horse
- Messara
- Mezőhegyesi sport-horse (sportló), or
- Mezőhegyes felver, see Hungarian Warmblood
- Metis Trotter, see Russian Trotter
- Miniature horse
- Misaki, see pony section
- Missouri Fox Trotter
- Monchina
- Mongolian Horse
- Monterufolino
- Morab
- Morgan horse
- Moyle horse
- Murakoz horse, Muräkozi, or Muraközi ló (Hungary)
- Murgese
- Mustang horse
- Namib Desert Horse
- Nangchen horse
- National Show Horse
- Nez Perce Horse
- Nivernais horse
- Nokota horse
- Noma, see Noma pony, in Pony section
- Nonius horse
- Nordlandshest/ Lyngshest
- Noriker horse, also called Pinzgauer
- Norman Cob
- Norsk Kaldblodstraver (Norwegian coldblood trotter), see Coldblood trotter
- North Swedish Horse
- Norwegian Fjord, see Fjord horse
- Novokirghiz
- Oberlander Horse
- Oldenburg horse, also spelled Oldenburgh, Oldenburger
- Orlov trotter
- Ostfriesen and Alt-Oldenburger
- Paint, see American Paint Horse
- Pampa horse
- Paso Fino
- Pentro horse
- Percheron
- Persano horse
- Peruvian Paso, sometimes called Peruvian Stepping Horse
- Pintabian
- Pleven horse
- Poitevin horse also called Mulassier
- Pottok, see pony section
- Pryor Mountain Mustang
- Przewalski’s Horse, also known as Takhi, Mongolian Wild Horse or Asian Wild Horse. (Species, not a “breed” but listed here for convenience)
- Purosangue Orientale
- Qatgani
- Quarab
- Quarter Horse, see American Quarter Horse
- Racking horse
- Retuerta horse
- Rhenish-German Cold-Blood also known as Rhineland
- Heavy Draft
- Rhinelander horse
- Riwoche horse
- Rocky Mountain Horse
- Romanian Sporthorse
- Rottaler, see Heavy warmblood
- Russian Don
- Russian Heavy Draft
- Russian Trotter
- Saddlebred, see American Saddlebred
- Salerno horse
- Samolaco horse
- San Fratello horse
- Sarcidano horse
- Sardinian Anglo-Arab, also known as Sardinian Horse
- Schleswig horse
- Sella Italiano
- Selle Français
- Shagya Arabian
- Shire horse
- Siciliano indigeno
- Silesian horse
- Sorraia
- Sokolsky horse
- Soviet Heavy Draft
- Spanish Barb see Barb horse
- Spanish Jennet Horse, modern, not to be confused with the historic Jennet or Spanish Jennet (see Archaic types, below)
- Spanish Mustang
- Spanish-Norman horse
- Spanish Tarpan, see Sorraia
- Spotted Saddle horse
- Standardbred horse
- Suffolk Punch
- Svensk Kallblodstravare (Swedish coldblood trotter), see Coldblood trotter
- Swedish Ardennes
- Swedish Warmblood
- Swiss Warmblood
- Taishuh
- Tawleed
- Tchernomor, see Budyonny horse
- Tennessee Walking Horse
- Tersk horse
- Thoroughbred
- Tinker horse, see Gypsy Vanner horse
- Tiger Horse
- Tolfetano
- Tori horse
- Trait Du Nord
- Trakehner
- Tuigpaard, see Dutch harness horse
- Ukrainian Riding Horse
- Unmol Horse
- Uzunyayla
- Ventasso horse (Cavallo Del Ventasso)
- Virginia highlander
- Vlaamperd
- Vladimir Heavy Draft
- Vyatka, see pony section
- Waler horse, also known as Waler or Australian
- Waler
- Walkaloosa
- Warmblood, see “Types of horse” below, or
- individual warmblood breed articles
- Warlander
- Welsh Cob (Section D), see Welsh pony
- Westphalian horse
- Wielkopolski
- Württemberger or Württemberg
- Xilingol horse
- Yakutian horse
- Yili horse
- Yonaguni horse
- Zweibrücker
- Žemaitukas, also known as Zemaituka, Zhumd,
- Zhemaichu, or Zhmudk, see Pony section.
Pony breeds
- American Shetland, see Shetland pony
- American Walking Pony
- Anadolu pony also called Anadolu Ati
- Ariegeois Pony see Mérens horse in horse section
- Assateague Pony, see Chincoteague Pony
- Asturian pony, see Asturcon in horse section
- Australian Pony
- Australian Riding Pony
- Bali Pony
- Bashkir Pony
- Basque Pony, see Pottok
- Basuto pony, also spelled Basotho pony
- Batak Pony
- Bhutia Pony, also Bhotia, Bhote ghoda, Bhutan, Bhutani, Bhutua see Indian Country Bred
- Boer Pony
- Bosnian Pony
- British Riding Pony, see Riding Pony in “types of horse” section
- British Spotted Pony
- Burmese Pony
- Carpathian Pony, see Hucul Pony
- Canadian rustic pony
- Caspian pony, see Caspian horse
- Chincoteague Pony
- Chinese Guoxia
- Coffin Bay Pony
- Connemara pony
- Czechoslovakian Small Riding Pony
- Dales Pony
- Danish Sport Pony
- Dartmoor pony
- Deli pony
- Deutsches Reitpony see German Riding Pony
- Dülmen Pony
- Eriskay pony
- Esperia Pony
- Exmoor pony
- Falabella, see Falabella in horse section
- Faroe pony
- Fell Pony
- Flores pony, see Timor Pony
- French Saddle Pony
- Galician Pony
- Garrano
- Gayoe
- German Riding Pony, also called Deutsche Reitpony or Weser-Ems Pony
- Gotland Pony
- Guizhou pony
- Guangxi, see Baise horse
- Gǔo-xìa pony, see Chinese Guoxia
- Hackney pony
- Highland Pony, see also Garron
- Hokkaido Pony
- Hucul Pony, also called Huţul Pony
- Hunter Pony, see “types of horse” section
- Icelandic pony, see Icelandic horse in horse section
- Indian Country Bred
- Java Pony
- Kerry bog pony
- Landais Pony
- Lijiang pony
- Lundy Pony
- Manipuri Pony
- Merens Pony, see Ariegeois pony
- Miniature horse, see horse section
- Misaki
- Miyako Pony
- Narym Pony
- New Forest Pony
- Newfoundland pony
- Noma pony
- Nooitgedacht pony
- Northlands Pony, see Nordlandshest in the horse section
- Ob pony also called Priob pony
- Peneia Pony
- Petiso Argentino
- Pindos Pony
- Poney Mousseye
- Pony of the Americas
- Pottok
- Quarter pony
- Riding Pony, see “types of horses” section
- Sable Island Pony
- Sandalwood Pony
- Sardinian Pony, see Sardinian horse
- Shetland pony
- Skogsruss, see Gotland Pony
- Skyros Pony
- Spiti Pony, see Indian Country Bred
- Sumba and Sumbawa Pony
- Tibetan Pony
- Timor Pony
- Tokara Pony
- Virginia highlander, see horse section
- Vyatka horse
- Welara
- Welsh pony
- Welsh mountain pony (Section A), see Welsh Pony
- Welsh pony (Section B), see Welsh Pony
- Welsh pony of cob type (Section C), see Welsh Pony
- Western Sudan pony
- Yakut Pony, see Yakutian horse
- Yonaguni, see horse section
- Zaniskari pony
- Žemaitukas, also known as Zemaituka, Zhumd, Zhemaichu, or Zhmudka