List of horse breeds

The list of horse breeds is based on automatically extracted article components of the listed articles about breeds of domestic horses (Equus ferus caballus). The authors can be found in the version history of the respective article.

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race	description	image	Brief information
Abaco wild horse	The Abaco wild horse is a breed of horse that lived in the Bahamas and the Dominican Republic. The population was exterminated except for three copies in the middle of the 20th century. The breed has been considered extinct since 2015.		Origin : Bahamas , Dominican Republic spreading : very low Height : 150 cm colors : all colors, often dappled
Abyssinian	The Abyssinian is a breed of small horses bred in Ethiopia.		Origin : Ethiopia Breeding area : Ethiopia Distribution : low Height : approx. 138 cm Application area : Riding and pack horse
Akhal-Teke	The Akhal-Teke horse (Turkmen Ahal-teke aty , Russian Ахалтекинская лошадь ; also Akhal-Teke horse ) is one of the oldest horse breeds in the world. Due to its isolation on desert oases and the arid desert climate geared towards extreme hardness, it is particularly suitable for difficult distance stretches.		Origin : Turkmenistan Breeding area : Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan Height : 150–160 cm Colors : foxes, duns, browns, black horses, gray Area of application : horse racing and endurance riding
Aegidienberger	The Aegidienberger is a new breed of horse founded in 1981 by Walter Feldmann Senior and Walter Feldmann Junior, which emerged from a targeted crossing of Icelanders and Paso Peruano.		Origin : Aegidienberg , 1981 Breeding area : Germany, NRW distribution : Germany and neighboring countries Height : 143-152 cm colors : all colors Application : Sports and Recreation
Ainos wild horse
Albanians	The Albanian , also known as the Mysekaya horse , is a small horse from Albania.		Origin : Albania breeding region : Albania distribution : Albania Height : 130-145 cm colors : all colors Application : supporting, riding and draft horse
Altai	The Altai horse (also Altai pony ) is a small, robust mountain pony . Due to its enormous load capacity (up to 160 kg) and the surefootedness in the mountains, it is a valued and indispensable load carrier in its home.		Origin : Russia Breeding area : Altai Mountains between the rivers Volga and Ural Distribution : Altai Mountains Height : 135–140 cm Colors : gray, fox, brown, tiger piebald, rarely blacks Area of application : porter, riding horse
Old Real	The Altér-Real is a Portuguese horse breed that was founded by the Bragança dynasty.		Origin : Portugal breed area : Portugal spread : Portugal Height : 152-162 cm Color : Brown, foxes, mold Application : High school
American Bashkir Curly Horse	The American Bashkir Curly Horse - also short Curly Horse - is a North American horse breed. The curly top and long hair are characteristic, for which a dominant "curly gene" is responsible.		Origin : USA, Nevada breeding area : USA, Canada proliferation : North America, Germany, Austria Height : 140-165 cm Colors : All application : Sporthorse, Western, Allergy-horse
American Cream Draft Horse	The American Cream Draft Horse is the only draft horse breed from the USA and is named for its cream-colored fur.		Origin : USA Breeding area : USA Distribution : rarely Height : 152–170 cm Colors : Cream (Champagne) Area of application : Field work, driving
American Miniature Horse	American Miniature Horse (English " American Miniature Horse ") - also short Miniature Horse - is a horse breed from the USA.		Origin : Europe Breeding area : USA Distribution : North America and Europe Height : at most 86.5 cm (34 inches) Colors : all Area of ​​use : Driving horse, therapy horse
American Quarter Horse	The American Quarter Horse (also Quarter Horse ) is numerically the largest horse breed in the world with over 4.6 million registered horses.		Origin : USA, 18th Century breeding region : USA spread : spread worldwide Height : 142-165 cm Colors : all colors except piebald application : Western riding
American Saddlebred	The American Saddlebred , or American Saddle Horse , (formerly also known as the Kentucky Saddler ) is a gaited horse and the most famous show horse in the USA. Originally intended as a practical all-rounder, today it is mainly bred for shows, with great emphasis on the brilliance of the presentation.		Origin : USA Breeding Area : USA, Canada, South Africa distribution : Mainly in the breeding areas Height : 151-163 cm Colors : usually foxes and brown Application : driving, riding and horse show
American Shetland pony	The American Shetland pony or American Shetland pony is an American pony breed that goes back to the Shetland pony and is now divided into the groups Classic American Shetland and Modern American Shetland .		Origin : USA Breeding area : USA Height : up to 111.8 cm Colors : all except tiger peaks Area of application : Child riding and driving
American Standardbred	The American Standardbred - also short Standardbred - or American Trotter is an American horse breed and is today the most important trotter breed worldwide in terms of performance.		Origin : USA Breeding Area : Eastern US specifically Kentucky, Canada distribution : worldwide Height : 150-165 cm Colors : usually brown, fox and sable application : Horse racing, leisure riding, gaited horse
American walking pony	The American Walking Pony is a relatively new breed that emerged from the crossing of the Tennessee Walking Horse and the Welsh Pony. It has two special gaits: the Pleasure Walk and the Merry Walk - both fast four-stroke gears.		Origin : USA Breeding area : USA Distribution : mainly USA Height : maximum 142 cm Area of ​​application : Riding and driving horse
American Warmblood	The American Warmblood is a horse of the warmblood type, which is mostly intended for the traditional sport horse disciplines dressage, show jumping, eventing and driving competitions.
Anadolu (Anatolian)	As Anadolu is known horse breeds that originate from areas of Anatolia in Turkey. Both the east and south-east Anadolu, as well as the central Anadolu emerged from the already extinct Anatolian horse. The Anadolu breed has been around for more than 1000 years.		Origin : Turkey Breeding area : Turkey distribution : mainly Turkey Height : 132-142 cm Application : riding and Saumpferd
Andalusians	All Iberian horse breeds bred in Spain with the exception of ponies and cold-blooded horses are commonly referred to as Andalusians , but in the narrower sense only the horses of the so-called "Pure Spanish Breed" ( Pura Raza Española , PRE for short).		Origin : Spain Breeding area : Spain, especially in the south-east Distribution : worldwide Height : 155–162 cm Colors : Very often gray, next to it dun, brown, black horse, occasionally foxes Area of use : riding horse up to high school, breeding
Anglo-Arabs	The Anglo-Arabian - also known as Malopolski in Poland - is a breed of horse that has been bred for about 150 years, especially in the south of France, Poland and England, and is a cross between English thoroughbred and Arabian breeds.		Origin : France and Poland Breeding area : France, Poland (Malopolski) and England spread : mostly European Height : 155-165 cm in Section 1 also variations above and below possible colors : all operational area : Sport horse, refiners race, racehorse
Anglo-Normans	The Anglo-Normans , also known as Anglo-Normans , Cob Normand or (before 1830) as Normans or Normans , is a French horse breed that belongs to the warm-blooded animals. The original breeding area is Normandy in north-west France.		Origin : Normandy breed area : France distribution : worldwide Height : 150-165 cm Color : mainly foxes and brown Application : riding and workhorse
Appaloosa	Appaloosa is a breed of horse derived from the Spanish horse that was imported into North America in the 18th century. Their development is said to originate from the Nez Percé in North America. Appaloosas are recreational or sport horses that are particularly popular in the western sector.		Origin : North America; Palouse -Prärie Idaho breeding area : mainly US distribution : worldwide Height : 142-165 cm colors : all except Plattenschecken characteristic pelmet drawing application : riding and driving horse
Appaloosa Sport Horse	The Appaloosa Sport Horse is a relatively young breed of horse, a result of the increasing popularity of dressage and show jumping in US equestrian circles. By crossing warm-blooded animals, one would like to produce a sport horse in European format with the Appaloosa as the basis. Strictly speaking, the Appaloosa Sport Horse is nothing more than an Appaloosa of the sport horse type.		Origin : USA Breeding area : USA Distribution : USA Height : approx. 160 cm Colors : Tiger piebald Application area : Riding and sport horse
Ara appaloosa
Arabs	The term Arab does not designate the breed of Arabian horses, as is often found colloquially, but rather is a separate breed group within the same. Horses whose blood is not pure enough to be considered thoroughbred Arabs, but whose proportion of foreign blood is too low to be assigned to one of the three other breeds (Shagya Arabs, Anglo-Arabs or Arab half-blood) are classified into the Arabian breed group to become.		Origin : not definable Breeding area : predominantly Europe and North America Distribution : worldwide Height : 150+ for stallions in Stallion Book I, 148+ for mares in Stud Book I Colors : all colors are permitted Area of use : Sport, riding and farm horse
Arab Berber	The Arab-Berber is a horse breed that was created around 1000 years ago by crossing Arabs or thoroughbred Arabs and Berbers. The Arab-Berber studbook is open, i.e. H. Even today, both pure and combination breeding is permitted. Both the Berber and the Arabian thoroughbred are permitted for combination breeding.		Origin : Algeria , Morocco , Tunisia breeding area : mainly North Africa and France, few stud farms in Germany spread : North Africa, Europe Height : 150-160 cm Colors : 90% gray, some foxes, brown, roan and sable application : in Morocco racing and Work horses, in Europe hiking, endurance and western riding, classic dressage and driving
Arabian pinto	The Arabian pinto (often also: Pintabian or Pintarab ) is contrary to many opinions not a color breed, but a specially recognized horse breed. The thoroughbred Arabs with piebald fur must have 99% Arabs in their blood. Although this breed is well known, it is one of the rare breeds with around 300 registered horses. In Germany, more than 90% Arabian thoroughbred is sufficient to be recognized as a Pintabian (ZSAA).		Origin : USA Breeding area : North America Distribution : North America, Europe Height : approx. 150 cm Colors : Tobiano piebald Application area : Riding and show horse
Arab half-breed	The Arab half-breed , also Partbred Arab or Arab Partbred , is a horse that must have at least 25% - the aim is at least 50% - Arab blood. The other breeds are not mandatory as long as the animals are registered in a stud book of a breeders' association recognized in the country of birth. However, cold blood breeds are excluded. The aim of breeding is a horse that has the typical breed characteristics of the thoroughbred Arabian, but is in a larger framework and is equipped with great hardness and endurance as well as a pleasant temperament.		Breeding area : Predominantly Europe and North America Distribution : worldwide Height : very variable Colors : all Application area : Riding horse, commercial breeding
Arab Haflinger	From the Arabo-Haflinger cross between Arabs and Haflingers (mostly Arab stallions and Haflinger mare), which arose around 1960, the Arabian Haflinger breed arose in Austria . See also Edelbluthaflinger .		Origin : Austria Breeding area : Austria Distribution : Austria Height : 142–152 cm Colors : primarily foxes, also duns and molds and rarely other colors Area of ​​use : Riding / leisure and driving horse
Arabofriese	The Arabofriese is a sport horse breed bred based on the Friesian. The appearance can hardly be distinguished from the pure Frisian. The main breeding area is the Netherlands.		Origin : Netherlands Breeding Area : Netherlands dissemination : low Height : 155-170 cm colors : Sable application : sports and dressage
Ardennes	The Ardennes is a very massive draft horse from the Ardennes that is primarily bred today as a slaughter horse, but also as a draft animal.		Origin : Belgium , France Breeding area : Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Sweden Distribution : low Height : 155–162 cm Colors : mostly mold, also brown and piqued foxes Area of application : Slaughter, traction
Arenberg-Nordkirchener pony	The Arenberg-Nordkirchener Pony was a pony breed from the Münsterland.		Origin : Münsterland Breeding area : Münsterland Distribution : extinct Height : 130–140 cm Colors : dark brown, blacks Area of application : Children's riding horse
Arravani	The Arravani is a gaited horse breed from the Greek Peloponnese. He is known for his tölt.		Origin : Peloponnese breeding region : Greece dissemination : Greece, Germany Height : 125-147 cm colors : sable, fox, brown, gray Application : saddle horse
Assateague pony	The Assateague pony (also Chincoteague pony ) is a North American horse breed that is native to the Atlantic island of Assateague. There the ponies live in the wild, but are under human care. Some of the young horses are regularly sold, so there are now quite a few Chincoteague breeders in the United States. The Chincoteague Pony Breeders Association was founded in 2006.		Origin : Assateague Breeding area : USA Distribution : USA Height : around 122 cm Colors : all colors, mostly piebalds
Asturcon pony	The Asturcon pony (also called Asturians , Spanish Asturcón ) is an autochthonous breed of horse from the northern Spanish province of Asturias, which is kept semi-wild in the mountains of the Sierra de Sueve. There are also a number of stud farms that endeavor to preserve this breed. Outside the region, Asturcones are extremely rare. In 2008, around 1750 copies were registered by the Associatión de Criadores de Ponis de Raza Asturcón (ACPRA), of which around 1500 were in Asturias, plus a number of others in the neighboring provinces, and a small number spread across the rest of Spain.		Origin : Spanish Atlantic coast Breeding Area : Asturias distribution : rare outside the farming area Height : 120-135 cm Color : only black horses and foxes application : driving and children riding pony
Australian Riding Pony
Australian Stock Horse	The Australian Stock Horse - also Stockhorse or Australian Stockhorse - is a breed of horse that is mainly bred as a utility horse by Australian cattle breeders for agricultural work.		Origin : New South Wales Breeding area : Australia Distribution : Australia Height : 145–160 cm Colors : predominantly brown and foxes Area of use : Riding and work horse
Australian warmblood
Australian pony	The Australian pony is a children's riding pony that originally comes from Australia. The breeding is monitored by the "Australian Pony Stud Book Society", a breeding association founded in 1929, which has fixed the breeding goal in detail.		Origin : Australia Breeding area : Australia Distribution : mainly in the breeding area Height : 120–140 cm Colors : mostly mold, also browns, foxes, duns Area of application : Children's riding horse
Auxois	The Auxois is a heavy cold blood horse breed from France. The breed is primarily used as a workhorse.		Origin : France, 19th century Breeding area : France Distribution : France, Belgium Height : approx. 160 - approx. 168 cm Colors : Predominantly brown, rarely foxes Area of use : work and draft horse
Aztec	The Aztec is a very young breed of utility horse that was created in Mexico to improve riding abilities. They have been bred there since the beginning of the 1970s, including at the Texoco stud in Mexico City.		Origin : Mexico Breeding area : Mexico Distribution : low Height : approx. 150 cm Colors : all except piebalds Area of application : Riding and work horse

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race	description	image	Brief information
Balearic	The Balearic Pony is an ancient, critically endangered Mediterranean breed from Spain.
Baluchi	The Baluchi is a breed of horse from Pakistan. The horses are persistent, nimble, frugal and are used as riding and draft horses.
Ban-ei
Banker Horse
Bardigiano	The Bardigiano is a mountain horse from the northern Apennines, which got its name from the town of Bardi in the upper Ceno valley.		Origin : Northern Italy Breeding Area : Italy proliferation : low Height : 135-149 cm colors : black horse, Dark Brown and Brown Application : Packing and draft horses, tourism (trekking), meat products, horse riding, farm work
Bashkire	The Bashkire - also Curly Bashkir , Bashkirskaya or Baschkirsky - is a resilient pony whose origins lie in the Russian steppe south of the Urals.		Origin : Russia Breeding area : Russia Distribution : Russia Height : 132–152 cm Colors : brown and foxes, many duns Application area : milk production, meat supplier, pack horse , draft horse
Basuto pony	The Basuto pony is a South African horse breed that got its name from the cattle breeding tribe of the Basuto.		Origin : South Africa breeding area : South Africa Height : 140-150 cm Application : riding and pack horse
Batak pony	The Batak pony is an Indonesian pony breed from the island of Sumatra.		Origin : Indonesia (North Sumatra) Breeding area : Sumatra Distribution : Indonesia Height : 122–132 cm Colors : all Area of ​​use : Riding pony
Bavarian Warmblood	The Bavarian Warmblood is an old German horse breed whose breeding - similar to that of the Württemberg Warmblood - has been subject to an eventful history over the course of time.		Origin : Rottal Bayern breed area : Bavaria, England dissemination : low, in Germany about 140 stallions, 4000 mares Height : 162-175 cm Color : mainly brown and foxes, rarely black horses and mold application : Sport horse, riding and Nutzpferd
Belgian warmblood	The Belgian Warmblood in Dutch Belgian Warmbloedpaard (BWP) is a young horse breed, with the creation of which both equestrian sport and warmblood breeding were established in Belgium.		Origin : Belgium Breeding area : Belgium, USA Distribution : Belgium, Europe, USA Height : approx. 160 cm Colors : all basic colors Application area : Sport horse
Berber	The Berber is adjacent to the Arabian thoroughbred one of the oldest breeds of horses worldwide.		Origin : Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia Breeding area : North Africa, France, Germany Distribution : North Africa, Europe Height : 145–157 cm Colors : Predominantly mold, but also foxes, more rarely bay and black horses. Area of use : riding horse, dressage, endurance sports, breeding, cross-country horse
Boer horse
Bosniak	The Bosniak (also Bosnian mountain horse ) is the typical, frugal mountain horse of the Dinarides. Bosniaks are distributed from Croatia, Bosnia, Montenegro and Serbia to Macedonia. Until the 1960s they were the most important agricultural workhorses in the mountain regions of the Western Balkans and have been exported to Western Europe in various ways.		Origin : Bosnia breed area : former Yugoslavia, Germany distribution : former Yugoslavia, Germany Height : 132-147 cm Color : cream-colored horses, sable, fox, brown, gray, Isabell application : Hemmer, agriculture, equestrian, load, Draft Horse
Boulonnais	Boulonnais is a cold-blooded horse breed with a pronounced oriental influence from the French region of Picardy.		Origin : Picardie Breeding area : France Height : 150–170 cm Colors : predominantly gray Application area : draft and work horse
Brabanters	The Brabant (also Belgian Draft , Flemings or Flemish horse is) a heavy horse race from the Belgian breeding area Brabant.		Origin : Belgium Breeding area : Belgium Distribution : Europe Height : 165–173 cm Colors : mostly red mold with black dots Area of ​​use : Draft horse, farm work
Brandenburger Warmblood	The Brandenburg Warmblood is a horse breed that, despite its long history, only emerged in its present form in the 1960s in the former German Democratic Republic.		Origin : Brandenburg breeding region : Brandenburg dissemination : low, about 60 breeding stallions and broodmares 1600 Height : 162-170 cm Color : mainly brown, fox and sable Application : saddle horse
Breton	The Breton is a breed of horse that originated in Brittany. It contains three types: the Trait Breton - a heavy draft horse, the somewhat smaller and lighter Petit Trait Breton, and the lighter postier .		Origin : France Breeding area : Northwest France Distribution : only locally Height : 150–160 cm Colors : mold, foxes, brown Area of application : farm work and light draft work
British Spotted Pony			Origin : United Kingdom Breeding area : proliferation : about 800 animals Height : up to 148 cm colors : Tigerschecken on any color Application : Riding Pony
Brumby	Brumby is an Australian wild horse, more precisely a breed of feral horse similar to the American mustang. They descend from domesticated horses and from riding horses that were released after the gold rush in the mid-19th century. The horses can reach a height of 135 to 150 cm in stick measure. Brumbies are considered to be persistent, agile, fast and wild.		Origin : Australia Breeding area : Australia Distribution : Australia
Budjonny	The Budjonny is a warm blood horse breed from Russia.		Origin : Southern Russia Breeding area : Steppe around Rostov-on-Don Distribution : mainly Russia Height : approx. 160 cm Colors : Foxes and browns with a golden sheen Application area : Jumping, distance, leisure
Burguete

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race	description	image	Brief information
Calabrian	The Calabreser (or Kalebreser ) is an Italian warmblood horse.		Origin : Italy Breeding area : Italy Height : 160 cm-170 cm Colors : gray, bay, fox, black Application area : equestrian sport
Camargue horse	The Camargue horse is a small, robust domestic horse that is mainly bred in the Camargue - the Rhône delta in southern France.		Origin : Rhone delta in southern France, beginning of the era Breeding area : southern France Distribution : France Height : 135–150 cm Colors : gray born almost exclusively as blacks or bay horses Area of use : work, riding and pack horses
Camarillo White Horse
Campeiro	The Campeiro - literally translated field horse -, popularly also known as Marchador das Araucárias (untranslatable folklore with several simultaneous meanings), is a Brazilian horse breed that originated in the 16th century when Spanish and Portuguese horses settled on the plateau in Santa Catarina were.		Origin : Brazil Breeding area : Santa Catarina Height : 146 cm Colors : fox, brown, gray mold Area of use : Shepherd horse, riding horse, light draft horse
Campolina	The Campolina is a Brazilian horse breed that owes its name to Cassiano Campolina , a farmer in Entre Rios de Minas, Minas Gerais state.		Origin : Brazil Breeding area : Brazil Distribution : Throughout the American continent Height : 150–160 cm Colors : all Areas of application : Shepherd horse, cross-country riding, work horse, leisure riding, riding schools
Canadian Horse	The Canadian Horse or Cheval Canadien is a Canadian breed of horse.		Origin : Canada, 18th Century Main breed area : Canada dissemination : low outside Canada Height : 142-162 cm Color : mainly black horses, as well as Brown and foxes application : Tournament, work and family horse
Canadian Sport Horse
Canik	The Canik is a breed of horse from northern Turkey. It occurs mainly in the Black Sea region and is named after an earlier principality and the breeding area, the Canik Mountains.		Origin : Turkey Breeding area : Turkey dissemination Black Sea region Turkey Height : 134-144 cm Colors : All application : riding and breeding horses
Cheju pony
Cheval de Selle Français	The Cheval de Selle Français (German: French Riding Horse ) or Selle Français is the most important French sport horse breed. It is mainly used for jumping. The breed was composed in 1958 from horses of the riding horse type from all over France, with horses of Anglo-Norman descent having a substantial proportion.		Origin : France Distribution : France Height : 155–175 cm Colors : bay, black , chestnut , gray (rare) Application : work horse, riding horse, farm horse
Chilean corralero
Chinese guoxia	The Chinese Guoxia ( Chinese   果 下馬  /  果 下马 , Pinyin guǒxià mǎ ) is a breed of south Chinese mini ponies that grow to be about one meter tall.		Origin : China, Debao, Guizhou, Yunnan, Sichuan, Ningqiang Breeding area : China, Debao, Guizhou, Yunnan, Sichuan, Ningqiang Distribution : China, Debao, Guizhou, Yunnan, Sichuan, Ningqiang Height : 96–104 cm
Cirit (horse)	The Cirit horse breed is a breed from Turkey. She is about 100 years old and comes from the Turkish Anadolu breed and Turkish-Arabian horses. They occur mainly in Eastern Anatolia.		Origin : Turkey Breeding area : Turkey Distribution : Eastern Anatolia Turkey Height : 133–143 cm Colors : brown and gray Area of application : Riding horses, like the Turkish Hinis breed , are primarily bred for the equestrian sport of the same name, Cirit
Cleveland Bay	The Cleveland Bay is an English breed of horse whose origin dates back to the Middle Ages, but is often dated even earlier. It is often referred to as Old Cleveland Bay to better distinguish it from New Cleveland Bay - also known as the Yorkshire Coach Horse .		Origin : England, medieval farming area : Yorkshire dissemination : endangered breed Height : 162-172 cm Colors : Brown Application : Driving
Clydesdale	The Clydesdale is a powerful draft horse that originated in Scotland in the 18th century in the valley of the River Clyde. The breed became famous in the USA because the beer maker Anheuser-Busch shows it as a draft horse in commercials for the Budweiser brand and uses it as a mascot. Brewery tours in St. Louis and Fort Collins as well as in the Busch Gardens theme parks, which are also part of the group, include visits to the Clydesdale stables.		Origin : Scotland, 18th century breeding region : USA dissemination : low Height : 163-193 cm Color : brown, rarely black horses Application : Draft Horse
Colorado Ranger	The Colorado Ranger (also Coloradobred ) is an American horse breed that usually has a tiger spotting.		Origin : USA Breeding area : USA Height : Average 155 cm Colors : Tiger piebald Application area : Riding horse and carriage horse
Comtois	The Comtois is a horse breed that is mainly found in France and the Swiss Jura.		Origin : France Distribution : France Height : 145–155 cm Colors : bay, chestnut Field of application : medium-weight draft horse, agricultural work
Connemara pony	Connemara ponies are Irish riding ponies. Their home, the Connemara landscape, is located on the far west corner of Ireland. It is damp, barren and even today only sparsely populated. But for many centuries small horses have been living there half wild in the peaty swamps and scree slopes. These ponies have always been valued for their frugality, health and reliability.		Origin : Ireland breeding area : Connemara distribution : Europe Height : 138-153 cm Colors : usually mold or dun application : riding horse, farm work
Criollo	The Criollo is a horse breed that originated in Argentina, as well as a type of horse native to South America and the Caribbean, which has to be divided into different horse breeds through environmental re-breeding. There are horse breeds of the Criollo type with their own names in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Peru, Cuba and Venezuela; the Criollo breeds found in Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, Mexico and the Dominican Republic have no names of their own.		Origin : South America, 16th century Breeding area : South America, Caribbean Distribution : widespread in South America Height : 142–152 cm Colors : all Area of ​​use : riding horse, shepherd horse, patrol horse, expedition horse
Çukurova (horse)	The Çukurova is a Turkish horse. It is a cross between the Turkish Uzunyayla breed and a thoroughbred Arabian. However, it is not known how long ago this was.		Origin : Turkey Breeding area : Turkey Distribution : Turkey Height : 130–140 cm Colors : all Area of ​​use : riding horse, draft horse

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race	description	image	Brief information
Danish warmblood	The Danish Warmblood is a Danish warmblood horse breed that was specially bred for modern show jumping in the mid-20th century.		Origin : Denmark, 20th century Breeding area : Denmark Distribution : Denmark Height : 160–170 cm Colors : all basic colors Area of application : Sport horse
Dales pony	The Dales pony is a small breed of horse from the east side of the Pennines in northern England. They have great stamina and were used as pack horses .		Origin : eastern Pennines breeding region : Northern England dissemination : low Height : 135-147 cm Colors : usually black horses and Dark brown Application : packing and riding horse
Danubians	also: Donaupferd , Dunavska
Dartmoor pony	The Dartmoor pony is a small-stature pony breed native to the south-west of England.		Origin : Southwest of England, 11th century breed area : England dissemination : farms throughout Europe, the USA and Australia Height : 116-127 cm Colors : usually black and bay, rare foxes and mold, no piebald, large badges are unwanted application : Driving and children's riding horses, landscape protection and biotope maintenance
Davertnickel	The Davertnickel were a wild domestic horse breed that became extinct in the early 19th century.		Origin : Germany Breeding area : Davert Distribution : extinct Height : up to 152 cm Application area : Draft horse in agriculture and the military
Delibos	The Delibos (also Deliboz ) is a horse breed of Azerbaijan. He is also known as the Delibos Azerbaijani, the Kazakh of Azerbeijan, or the Azerbaijan horse.		Origin : Azerbaijan, 19th century Breeding area : Azerbaijan Distribution : very small, height : 150–155 cm Colors : all Area of ​​use : Riding horse
German classic pony	The German Classic Pony is a small thoroughbred horse descending from the Shetland pony .		Origin : Germany Breeding area : Germany Distribution : Germany, approx. 40 stallions and approx. 200 mares Height : up to approx. 112 cm Colors : all, mostly foxes with light long hair . Area of use : riding pony for small children, driving pony
German Part-Bred Shetland Pony	The German Part-Bred Shetland Pony is descended from the Shetland pony and has been kept in its own stud book since 1999.		Origin : Shetland Islands / Germany Breeding area : Germany Distribution : in Germany approx. 170 breeding stallions and approx. 1000 brood mares Height : up to 112 cm Colors : all Area of ​​use : Children's and driving pony
German riding horse	The name German riding horse does not stand for its own breed of horse, but is rather a generic term for warmblood horses bred in Germany. Even if the individual warmblood breeds are crossed with one another on a large scale and some consolidation efforts can now be recognized within the breeding associations, warmblood breeding in Germany remains strongly regionally organized.		Origin : Germany Breeding area : Germany Distribution : worldwide Area of ​​use : Riding horse
German Riding Pony	The German Riding Pony is the most successful German pony breed.		Origin : Germany, 20th century farming area : Germany distribution : strong spread in Europe Height : 138-148 cm colors : all horse colors Application : Turnierpony
German sport horse	The German Sport Horse is a warmblood horse breed that has been bred since 2003. It was created through the creation of a common breeding book of origin for their riding horse population of the horse breeding associations Berlin-Brandenburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Saxony and Thuringia.		Origin : Brandenburg, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia Breeding area : Brandenburg, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia Distribution : Brandenburg, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia Height : around 165 cm Colors : all colors Area of ​​use : riding horse, sport horse
Dillenburger Ramsnase	The horse breed known as Dillenburger Ramsnase is based on a breed based on Holstein and Danish mares with Spanish, Neapolitan and oriental stallions, which was initiated by the court stud of the Dillenburg counts as early as the 16th century. The breed, which is now extinct, was a strong, yet beautiful middle stroke with dry and sinewy limbs and high action of the legs. As a special feature, the animals had a typical, slightly convex head shape. This eponymous Ramsnase was very much appreciated by baroque horses. The Dillenburger Ramsnasen were in demand as coach and parade horses. Extensive exports to the Netherlands took place particularly under William of Orange.
Chub horse	The Dölepferd - also Gudbrandsdal horse - is a Norwegian horse breed that is a small cold-blooded horse . His extraordinary performance in trotting races should be emphasized.		Origin : Norway, 5th – 9th centuries Century Breeding area : Norway, especially the eastern provinces and Gudbrandsdal Distribution : Norway Height : 145–157 cm Colors : predominantly brown and black horses, chestnut Application area : draft, riding and carriage horses, trotting, agricultural work
Dombes half-blood	The Dombes half-breed (French demi-sang de la Dombes , also known as cheval de Bresse or demi-sang de l'Ain ) is an extinct French horse breed from the historic regions of Dombes and Bresse in what is now the Ain department.		Origin : France Breeding Area : France distribution : France Height : 156-160 cm Color : Brown, Black Application : Light Cavalry, show jumping, cross-country and Parforcejagd
Don horse	The Don horse is the traditional horse of the Don Cossacks, whose ancestors had lived in the Russian steppe for thousands of years. They also played a part in the expulsion of Napoleon's Great Army, which made them world famous.		Origin : Russia, the Don Breeding Area : Russia spread : mainly Russia Height : 158-168 cm Color : Gold mostly foxes application : versatile riding horse
Dongolavi
Dülmen wild horse	The Dülmen wild horse is a breed of small horse that lives mainly in Dülmen in Westphalia in the Merfelder Bruch, a nature reserve of around 350 hectares. There are currently around 300 wild horses, more precisely wildlings of this breed , living in the wild horse track . The offspring of the approximately 50 mares and stallions living outside the area are not referred to as Dülmen wild horses , but as Dülmen horses . The horses, which are one of the oldest German horse breeds and were originally called Dülmener Brücher , have been on the GEH's Red List of Endangered Livestock Breeds since February 1994 and are classified in hazard category I, i.e. as extremely endangered.		Origin : Germany Breeding area : Germany Distribution : Germany Height : 125–135 cm Colors : predominantly Fallows in all variations, badges are not desired Area of use : Riding, driving, distance

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Noble Haflinger	The Edelbluthaflinger was created in the 1960s from Haflingers , which were refined by increasing the proportion of Arabian blood in order to obtain a modern, versatile, sporty small horse. Since 2006, a stud book and a stud book for Edelbluthaflinger have been kept in the FN's breeding association regulations . The criterion for entry in the stud books is a proportion of Arab blood between 1.57% and 25%, with the proportion being traced back six generations.		Origin : Germany Breeding area : Germany Distribution : Germany and the rest of Europe. In 2007 there were 50 stallions registered, in 2008 around 2,260 broodmares. Height : 142–152 cm Colors : light foxes , light mane and light tail are desirable. White badges allowed on the head. Area of ​​application : sport, riding, driving and leisure horse
Noble warmblood	The noble warmblood , also known as the noble warmblood of the GDR due to its breeding area , was a German horse breed. It united the riding horse breeds of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) from 1971 to 1990.		Origin : different races of the GDR Breeding area : GDR Distribution : for reasons of age only a few individuals today Height : 160–170 cm Colors : all basic colors Area of application : Riding and driving horse
Emscherbruch	The Emscherbrücher or Emscherbrücher Dickkopp was a wild domestic horse breed. Its occurrence was first mentioned in a document in 1396. It was widespread in the rift along the Emscher between Waltrop and Bottrop until the beginning of the 19th century. The last Emscherbrücher were captured in the 1840s and sold to Duke Alfred von Croÿ in Dülmen.		Origin : Germany Breeding area : Emscherbruch Distribution : extinct Height : up to 135 cm
English blood	The English thoroughbred refers to a horse breed from the group of thoroughbred horses that has been specially bred for horse racing . In pedigree papers, English thoroughbreds are indicated by an xx after the name to easily distinguish them from other horse breeds .		Origin : United Kingdom Breeding area : worldwide, especially England, Ireland, France, Germany and USA distribution : worldwide Height : 152-173 cm Colors : usually brown and foxes, rare mold and centime application : racing, horse racing, horse riding. The thoroughbred is the most versatile horse breed in the world
Eriskay pony
Estonian nag	The Estonian Klepper (Estonian Eesti Hobune ; also Estonian Pony ) is a very old horse breed from Estonia. The breed has retained the characteristics of the domestic horse of the Klepper type, which was previously widespread throughout the Baltic Sea region. It also formed the basis for other Estonian horse breeds such as the Torgel horse.		Origin : Estonia Breeding area : Estonia Distribution : threatened with extinction Height : 135–150 cm Colors : dun, brown Area of use : riding, driving, agriculture
European Appaloosa pony	The European Appaloosa pony is a breed of horse whose breeding is operated by the ECHA-ESV. The breeding goal is a size of up to 142 cm and the following colors: tiger piebald, black tiger, snowflake, few spot and roan / marble piebald.		Origin : Breeding area : Distribution : Height : up to 142 cm Colors : Tiger piebald, Schabracktiger, Snowflake, Few Spot and Roan / Marmorschecke Area of application : Driving and riding pony in all disciplines
Exmoor pony	The Exmoor pony is a medium-sized English pony breed. It is the most pristine of the British ponies, some herds still roam freely in the moors of South West England (e.g. Exmoor, a wild animal stud farm). A number of unique characteristics have been noted in their ancestors.		Origin : Exmoor Breeding area : England Distribution : endangered breed Height : up to 129.5 cm Colors : duns and browns with flour mouth but no other markings. Area of use : children's pony, riding and farm horse, landscape maintenance, renaturation

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Faroe pony	The Faroe pony (Faroese: føroysk ross ) is a separate breed of horse that differs from the Icelandic horse and fjord horse, which are now in the majority in the Faroe Islands.		Origin : Faroe Islands Breeding area : Faroe Islands Distribution : approx. 50 animals in the Faroe Islands Height : 115–125 cm Colors : brown, black-brown, fox, various piebalds and other colors Area of ​​application : Leisure riding
Falabella	The Falabella is an Argentine miniature horse breed.		Origin : Buenos Aires Breeding area : Argentina Distribution : low Height : up to 86 cm Colors : all Area of use : Show horse and carriage horse (for small carriages)
Fur pony	The Fell Pony is a robust breed of small horse from the Fell Mountains in Northern England. The name Fell-Pony indicates on the one hand the possible area of ​​origin, a range of hills in the county of Cumbria west of the Pennines, called Fells, and on the other hand the size of the horse. Traditionally, all horse breeds under a height of 148.5 cm are called ponies.		Origin : England, approx. 100 AD. Breeding area : England Distribution : England Height : 135–142 cm Colors : black horse, black-brown, brown, gray Area of use : driving and leisure horse, load horse, draft horse, agricultural work
Finn horse	The Finnhorse ( Finnish Universal ) is a Finnish all-round horse and the only original horse breed in Finland. The Finnhorse is divided into four types: a heavy, cold-blooded draft horse (Työhevonen), a light draft horse (Juoksija), a versatile riding horse (Ratsuhevonen) and a small horse (Pienhevonen).		Origin : Finland Breeding area : Finland Distribution : Finland Height : 140–163 cm Colors : mainly foxes, rarely fallows, bay horses, black horses. Area of application : harness racing, equestrian sports, agriculture
Frederiksborger	The Frederiksborger - also Fredriksborger - is an old Danish horse breed that has developed from a once coveted type to an endangered breed due to incorrect breeding activities.		Origin : Denmark Breeding area : Denmark Distribution : Denmark Height : approx. 160 cm Colors : Almost exclusively foxes with light long hair and markings Area of use : Breeding for conservation purposes
Freiberger	The Freiberger is the only originally Swiss horse breed and today the last representative of the light draft horse in Europe.		Origin : Franches-Montagnes (Jura), 15th century Breeding area : Switzerland Distribution : mainly in Switzerland Height : 150–160 cm Colors : often brown and foxes, rarely black horses and white horses, spiky-haired (roan) Area of use : driving and riding horse, preferred horse of the Swiss Army
Friezes	The Friesian is a Dutch breed of horse that was originally bred in the province of Friesland.		Origin : West Friesland Breeding area : Netherlands Distribution : widespread in Europe Height : 155–175 cm Colors : predominantly black horse, other colors are not desired Area of application : Driving and riding horse
Furioso North Star	Furioso-North Star (short Furioso ) is a horse breed from Hungary. Furioso belongs to the Hungarian half-bloods. In Bavaria, these horses are also bred in Leutstetten. These horses are known as the special breed Leutstettener.		Origin : Hungary Breeding area : Central Europe Distribution : low Height : 165–170 cm Colors : brown and black horses Application area : originally bred for cavalry, today riding horse and driving horse

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Galiceno pony	The Mexican Galiceno pony is well suited as a workhorse under the saddle, but it is also a popular riding horse for young people and continues to be driven.		Origin : Galicia breeding region : Mexico, southern United States Height : 128-142 cm Colors : usually brown, cream-colored horses, foxes, stitchhaired application : labor and youth horse
Galloway
Garrano
Gelderland	The Gelderlander is a Dutch horse breed that is mainly used as a carriage horse.		Origin : Netherlands, 19th century Height : 155–163 cm Colors : mostly foxes, white horses and piebalds Area of application : carriage horse
Genete also Jenet, Jennet, Genette, Genet			Origin : Spain, Middle Ages. Colors : all, including brindle and piebald. Area of use : war horse, riding horse
Giara horse	The Giara horse is also called the Sardinian pony or Achetta pony . It comes from Italy. There it lives semi-wild in small family groups.		Origin : Italy Height : 120–140 cm Colors : black horse, dark brown, brown Area of use : riding horse, draft and load pony, meat supplier
Gidran	The Gidran is a horse breed from Hungary.		Origin : Hungary Breeding area : Hungary Height : 155–168 cm Colors : mostly foxes Area of application : Riding and carriage horse
Gotland pony	The Gotland pony (Swedish Gotlandsruss ) is an old Swedish breed of small horses on the island of Gotland and surrounding islands.		Origin : Sweden dissemination : Sweden Height : 122-134 cm Color : Brown, Fox, Black, White Horse, Isabell, Mausfalbe Application : Net and horse riding, farm work
Groninger	The Groninger is a Dutch horse breed, which is an important breeding basis for the Dutch Warmblood, which is very successful in equestrian sports. Along with the Gelderlander, it influenced many Dutch breeds. It can hardly be found in its original form of a robust work and agricultural horse. It is used more as a coarse-bodied carriage horse these days.		Origin : Groningen Breeding area : Netherlands Distribution : Netherlands Height : 155–170 cm Colors : Dark brown, brown, dark light foxes Area of application : Carriage horse

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Hack	A hack is an elegant type of competition horse. Most of the hacks are actually thoroughbreds or crossbreeds between thoroughbreds and Anglo-Arabs, so they are mostly hot-blooded. They are generally 147 to 160 cm tall and can have any coat color.		Origin : Great Britain Height : 147–160 cm Colors : all pure colors Area of ​​application : Equestrian sport
Hackney	The Hackney (Norman haquenée for Zelter or passanger) is a trotter bred primarily as a representative carriage horse and not as a workhorse.		Origin : England Breeding area : England Distribution : England and America, relatively rare Height : 143–165 cm Colors : foxes, bay horses, black horses Area of application : Driving (show)
Haflinger	The Haflinger is an old, down-to-earth breed from Italy, which takes its name from the village of Avelengo near Merano in what is now South Tyrol. But they are not only good riding ponies, which can sometimes take more weight, but also useful carriage ponies. In addition to the Federal Republic of Germany, Austria and Switzerland, Haflingers are bred in almost all of Europe and in over 70 countries worldwide.		Origin : South Tyrol Breeding area : Bavaria, Austria, South Tyrol (Italy) Distribution : worldwide Height : 138 cm - 150 cm Colors : Always fox-colored, light mane and light tail. Application : Sport and leisure horse, pack horse, medium-weight draft horse, agricultural work
Hanoverian	The Hanoverian is numerically the strongest European warmblood breed. In the past few decades, the Hanoverian breeding association was one of the most successful breeding horses in the disciplines of jumping and dressage thanks to the sporting successes of its representatives registered and analyzed by the World Breeding Association for Sport Horses (WBFSH).		Origin : Germany, 15th century farming area : Lower distribution : widespread in Europe, about 450 stallions and about 17,600 broodmares Height : 148-180 cm Color : brown, black horses, foxes and mold application : dressage and show jumping
Hessian Warmblood	The Hessian Warmblood is a warmblood horse breed bred until 2009, which from then on has been fully incorporated into the Hanoverian Horse Breeding Association.		Origin : Hessen, mid-19th century Breeding area : Hessen Distribution : Germany, approx. 170 stallions, approx. 2000 brood mares Height : 163–175 cm Colors : bay, fox, black horse, gray, piebald Application area : riding horse
Rear horse	The Heckpferd is a cross between different European pony and horse breeds . The brothers Heinz and Lutz Heck tried to breed a horse that, in their imagination, resembles the extinct Tarpan wild horse.		Origin : Germany, 20th century Breeding area : Germany Distribution : Central Europe Height : 40 cm Colors : mostly light-colored mouse falcons, rarely with zebra stripes on the legs. Area of application : zoos, extensive agriculture
Highland pony	The Highland Pony is native to the rugged landscape of Scotland.		Origin : Scotland breeding region : Scotland Height : 132-148 cm Color : Mainly Fawn
Hinis (horse)	The Hinis horse breed is a breed from Turkey. She is about 100 years old and comes from the Turkish Anadolu breed and Turkish-Arabian horses. It occurs mainly in Eastern Anatolia. They are named after the province of the same name in Erzurum.		Origin : Turkey Breeding area : Turkey spread : Eastern Anatolia Turkey Height : 134-143 cm Color : Brown and mold application : Riding horses are also, as the Turkish race Cirit , primarily for the same equestrian Cirit bred.
Hispanic Arabs	The Hispano-Arab is a warmblood horse breed that is bred from the Andalusian (more precisely: Pura Raza Española, PRE) by crossing with Arabian thoroughbred.		Origin : Spain breeding area : Spain spread : Iberian Peninsula Height : 155-165 cm colors : gray, rarely bay, black Application : Equestrian Dressage
Hokkaido pony	The Hokkaido pony (Japanese. 北海道 和 種 , Hokkaidō washu ), as a nickname also Dosanko ( 道 産 d, German about: "Child born in Hokkaidō"), is next to the Kiso, Noma, Taishu, Misaki-, Tokara -, Miyako and Yonaguni pony one of the eight native Japanese horse breeds still in existence.		Origin : Japan Breeding area : Hokkaidō Distribution : Hokkaido Height : 132–137 cm Colors : all pure colors Area of ​​application : Riding, light draft horse
Holsteiner	The Holsteiner is a German horse breed.		Origin : Germany Breeding area : Schleswig-Holstein Distribution : Germany, Europe, USA; in Germany approx. 7300 broodmares and 230 stallions Height : 165–175 cm Colors : all except piebalds Areas of application : riding and driving
Hutsul	The Huzule (also Old Austrian Huzule ) is a pony breed and comes from the "Huzulei", an area in the Eastern Carpathians north of the river Bistritz, where the descendants of the Tatars and Cossacks, also called Hutsuls, settled as mountain farmers.		Origin : Hutsuls breed area : Eastern Europe distribution : mainly Eastern Europe Height : 125-147 cm Color : mainly brown, dun and dappled field of application : supporting and driving forces

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Indian half-breed	The Indian half-breed is a breed of horse that emerged from the Indian Kathiawari and the Australian whale by crossing.		Origin : India Breeding area : distribution : tropical Height : 152-163 cm Colors : All
Iomud	The Iomud (also Jomud , Jamud , Iomudskaya (Russian), Yamud (Iran)) is a Turkmen breed of horse.		Origin : Tashauz oasis in southern Turkmenistan Breeding area : Turkmenistan Distribution : Turkmenistan Height : 150 cm Colors : gray, fox, rare golden fox or black
Irish sport horse	The Irish Sport Horse (English. Irish Sport Horse ) is a breed of horse from Ireland, which was created by crossing the Irish Draft with thouroughbred. This is a relatively new targeted breed, the aim of which is a sport horse that is primarily equipped with a jumping ability. The mating of draft mares with thoroughbred stallions themselves has always been carried out in Ireland in order to obtain a horse suitable for hunting - the Irish Hunter .		Origin : Ireland Breeding area : Ireland Height : 165–170 cm Colors : gray, foxes, brown Areas of application : jumping, versatility
Irish Draft Horse	The Irish Draft Horse or Irish draft horse is the classic Irish horse breed. It is a strong, rather stocky workhorse. The breed is believed to have originated from Connemara ponies, Spanish horses, and Old English warmbloods.		Origin : Ireland Breeding area : Ireland Height : 153–173 cm Colors : Often brown, foxes, white horses, rarely piebalds Application area : Driving and draft horse, occasionally riding horse
Icelandic horse	The Icelandic horse , also called Icelander or (incorrectly) Icelandic pony , is a versatile and robust breed of horse originating from Iceland, which, thanks to its strong physique, can also be ridden by adults. Icelandic horses belong to the group of gaited horses, as most of them not only have the basic gaits of walk, trot and gallop, but also the genetically fixed gaits of tölt and / or pass. Only pure-bred animals whose ancestors were born in Iceland without a gap are recognized as "Icelandic horses". The import of horses is prohibited in Iceland. The fur of the Icelandic horse can show a lot of colors, only there is no tiger piebald in the Icelanders.		Origin : Iceland Breeding Area : Iceland, Germany distribution : Europe, North America Height : 130-145 cm Colors : all colors except Tiger pinto application : horse riding, sport
Italian cold blood	The Italian draft horse is a rare breed of horse that can be found almost exclusively and only in small numbers in Italy.		Origin : Italy Breeding area : Northern and central Italy, especially Venice, Verona and Padua Distribution : regional Height : 150–160 cm Colors : predominantly foxes with light long hair, sometimes also red roan and brown Areas of application : train / workhorse, slaughter

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Yakut horse	The Yakut horse is adapted to the extremely cold climate of Sacha (Eastern Siberia), survives free-range temperatures that can drop to -70 ° C and is able to track down and dig up food under a high blanket of snow.		Origin : Sacha (Yakutia) Breeding area : Sacha Distribution : Sacha Height : approx. 138 cm Colors : brown, gray, white, fallow Area of use : riding horse, work horse, milk and meat supplier
Java pony	The Java pony is a breed of small horses descending from the Mongolian wild horse and native to the island of Java.		Origin : Indonesia Breeding area : Java Distribution : Java Height : approx. 120 cm Colors : all Application area : workhorse
Jutlander	The Jutlander is a Danish draft horse breed that has been bred for centuries with different goals. Due to their fox color with light long hair and hangings, their representatives look very similar to the heavy Haflinger type.		Origin : Northern European lowlands Breeding area : Denmark Distribution : low Height : 158–165 cm Colors : light foxes Application area : agricultural work, slaughter

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Cabardines	The Kabardiner is a mountain horse from the Caucasus, which is still in great need there by the rural population and which today finds many friends in Western Europe among recreational, hiking and, above all, endurance riders. It takes its name from the Kabardine people, a Circassian tribe.		Origin : North Caucasus, 16th century farming area : North Caucasus spread : North Caucasus, Western Europe Height : 148-158 cm Color : mainly brown, dark brown, black brown and Black Application : Working, Trekking, Leisure, Distanzsport
Karabagh	The Karabagh (Azerbaijani Qarabağ atı ) is a Caucasian breed of horse.		Origin : Karabagh Breeding area : Azerbaijan Distribution : Azerbaijan Height : approx. 150 cm Colors : mostly foxes Area of application : Leisure riding
Karabeans	The Karabaier is a breed of horse from Uzbekistan.		Origin : Uzbekistan and northern Tajikistan Breeding area : Uzbekistan Distribution : Uzbekistan Height : stallions 156 cm, mares 151 cm Colors : bay, fox, gray or black Areas of application : riding, light draft horse
Karacabeyer	The Karacabeyer is a breed of horse from Turkey.		Origin : Turkey Breeding area : Turkey - Karacabey stud - especially on the Anatolian plateau spread : Turkey Height : 155-165 cm Color : Brown, foxes, mold or centimes application : versatile all-round horse; Riding horse, cavalry horse (also originally for the Turkish army), also light draft horse in agriculture
Karachai
Carthusian horse	The Carthusian (span. Cartujano ) belongs as a sub-race of the Andalusian to the so-called pure Spanish breed (PRE).		Origin : Spain Breeding area : Spain Distribution : low Height : approx. 152 cm Colors : Mainly gray, occasionally brown and black horses Application area : Riding horse up to high school, breeding
Small Caspian horse	The Caspian Small Horse is a horse breed whose region of origin is the coast of the Caspian Sea. It is the size of a pony, but the physique is that of a horse, so it is a so-called miniature horse.		Origin : Caspian Sea spreading : very low Height : 102-123 cm colors : all except piebald application : children riding, driving
Kathiawari	The Kathiawari is a pony breed from the Indian island of Kathiawar, which looks more like a thoroughbred than a pony.		Origin : Kathiawar, 14th century Breeding area : India Distribution : India Height : 140–148 cm Colors : brown, foxes, white horses and piebalds Application area : riding and sport horse
Kazakh	As Kazakh refers to a group of horse breeds from the Asian steppe. The most important variants of the breed are the Aedav, a type of riding horse and the Jabe, which is bred for meat and milk production.		Origin : Kazakhstan Breeding area : predominantly West Kazakhstan Distribution : approx. 300,000 animals Height : Stallions 144 cm, mares 142 cm Colors : Dark browns, browns, foxes, rarely duns or molds Area of application : Meat and milk production, riding
Kentucky Mountain Saddle Horse	The Kentucky Mountain Saddle Horse (KMSH) is a close relative of the Rocky Mountain Horse and is one of the North American gaited horse breeds. The country of origin of the Kentucky Mountain Saddle Horse is Kentucky and the nearby Appalachian region in the USA.		Origin : Kentucky and Appalachian Mountains Breeding area : USA Distribution : USA, Canada, occasionally Europe Height : A: from 144 cm; W: 112–143 cm Colors : all colors except piebald Areas of application : trail riding, western riding, driving
Kinsky horse	The Kinsky horse (also Equus Kinsky , Chlumetzer and Böhmischer Hunter ) is a horse of the type of a light warmblood horse, which was bred in its country of origin Bohemia in today's Czech Republic until the middle of the 20th century and was represented there as the predominant breed.		Origin : Bohemia Breeding Area : Czech distribution : very small Stick measure : 158-175 cm Color : Isabel and dun application : Equestrian
Kisbéri	also: Kisbéri félvér , Kisbérer half-blood
Kiso pony	Japanese: 木 曽 馬
Kladruber	The Kladruber is a Czech horse breed, originally from the national stud in Kladruby nad Labem (on the Elbe), an Austro-Hungarian stud establishment comparable to that in Lipica. It was originally bred as a carriage horse, but is now increasingly used for riding purposes.		Origin : Czech Republic Distribution : low Height : approx. 167 cm Colors : only white and black horses Area of application : Driving and baroque riding
Small German riding horse	Small German Riding Horse is the name of a horse breed bred in Germany.
Knabstrupper	The Knabstrupper is a horse breed from Denmark. They are mostly conspicuously drawn tiger piebalds.		Origin : Denmark Breeding area : Germany / Denmark Distribution : Germany / Denmark Height : 153–157 cm Colors : Tiger piebald Application area : High school, dressage, riding and driving horse, vaulting
Konik	The Konik (from Polish: horses , small horse ) is a Ponyrasse from Central and Eastern Europe. The ponies are very robust and are used both in agriculture and in the conservation of nature reserves, for example in the Oostvaardersplassen, in the German nature reserves Geltinger Birk (Baltic Sea) and Wöhrdener Loch (Speichererkoog, Dithmarschen), and in the Polish Białowieża National Park, where they live wild.		Origin : Poland Breeding area : Poland (private, state and wild farms) dissemination : Poland Height : 130-140 cm Color : Grauf albums with wild drawing and Gray-brown, Isabell, mold, Brown Application : breeding and agriculture
Corsican pony	The Corsican pony (Corsican cavallu corsu or paganacce ) is a small riding horse native to Corsica.		Origin : Corsica Breeding area : Corsica Distribution : Corsica Height : 138–150 cm Colors : brown, black-brown, black Area of ​​application : leisure riding, trail riding
Croatian cold blood	The Croatian draft horse ( Hrvatski Hladnokrvnjak ) is an autochthonous Croatian draft horse breed.		Origin : Croatia Breeding area : Croatia Distribution : regional Height : 150–160 cm Colors : mostly brown, then black, fox and gray; other colors seldom Application : tensile, forestry and agricultural work
Kushum	The Kushum (other names: Kushumskaya (Russian), West Kazakh Saddle-Draft (English)) is a new breed of horse from Kazakhstan that was bred between 1931 and 1976.		Height : 150–160 cm. Colors : brown and foxes. Area of application : jumping
Kustanai	The modern Kustanai is a massive horse from western Kazakhstan that combines the advantages of a riding horse with the robustness of a steppe horse. It is named after the Kustanai stud, which in turn is named after the city of Kustanai.		Origin : Kazakhstan breeding area : Kustanai, Chelyabinsk, southern Kazakhstan dissemination : Kustanai, Chelyabinsk, southern Kazakhstan Height : 152-163 cm Color : Brown, Dark Brown, foxes, dun application : racing, horse riding
KWPN	The KWPN (Koninklijk Warmbloed Paard Nederland) or Dutch Warmblood is a young breed of horse that emerged from the cross between Gelderlanders and Groningers.		Origin : Netherlands Breeding area : Netherlands Distribution : Europe, USA Height : 165–170 cm Colors : all, mostly bay and foxes Area of use : Sport horse for all disciplines (dressage, jumping, driving, eventing)

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Landais pony	The Landais pony is a French breed of horse. The ponies are named after their place of origin, the French province of Landes. There they lived semi-wild in the forests of the Les Landes region on the Bay of Biscay.		Origin : Landes an der Biscaya Breeding area : Landes an der Biscaya Height : 120–147 cm Colors : black horses, foxes and browns, rarely mold Areas of application : dressage, jumping and driving, trotting
Lehmkuhlener pony	The Lehmkuhlener pony is a rare pony breed from Schleswig-Holstein. It comes from the Lehmkuhlen estate near Preetz in Schleswig-Holstein and was initially established as a private breed by Agnes Baroness von Donner in the first quarter of the 20th century. Later it was listed in the herdbook of the German Small Horse Studbook at the Association of Small Horse Breeders Germany eV. With a population of 13 animals in 2000, including 8 stallions and 5 mares, it is listed in Category I (extremely endangered) in the Red List of the Society for the Conservation of Old and Endangered Domestic Breeds .		Origin : Plön district, Gut Lehmkuhlen Height : 125–140 cm Colors : brown, gray, black horses, foxes Area of use : riding and carriage ponies
Latvian cold blood	The Latvian draft horse (Latvian Latvijas ardenis , Latvian Ardennes) is a medium-weight draft horse of the Swedish Ardennes type. Today this breed has almost disappeared.		Origin : Latvia Breeding area : Baltic states Distribution : Baltic states, very small Height : around 160 cm Colors : foxes, browns, molds Area of use : draft and work horse
Latvian Warmblood	The Latvian Warmblood is a breed of horse from Latvia.		Origin : Latvia Height : 155–180 cm Colors : dark brown, black, fallow or foxes, occasionally gray Area of application : riding and draft horse
Leutstettener	The Leutstetten horse (also known as the Sárvár horse ) is a rather rare horse breed (approx. 50 specimens) that was bred in the Leutstetten stud in Bavaria until 2006. Breeding is now in the hands of a few private breeders. In terms of type, the Leutstetten horse is a noble half-breed.		Origin : Sarvar breed area : Bavaria and Hungary spread : rarely Stick measure : 155-165 cm Color : Brown, little white markings operational area : Riding and driving horse
Lewitzer	The Lewitzer is a pony breed from Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.		Origin : Mecklenburg-Vorpommern breeding region : Mecklenburg-Vorpommern distribution : small Height : 130-148 cm Color : mainly Tobianoschecken application : sports and children's riding horse
Liebenthal horse	The Liebenthaler horse (also known as Liebenthaler Wildpferd , Liebenthaler Wildling or simply Liebenthaler ) was created in 1960 as a forest tarpan re-breeding project from a cross between Fjord horses and Koniks.		Origin : Bavaria, Brandenburg breeding region : Brandenburg distribution : Germany Height : 130-145 cm Color : cream-colored all shades with dorsal stripe and Zebrierung application : wild horse, riding horse, grazing projects
Lipizzaner	The Lipizzaner , (Slovenian: Lipicanec ), this name appears for the first time in 1786, is the oldest cultivated horse breed in the world. The Karster , as it was called earlier, is closely associated with the Habsburg family. This breed got its name from the Lipica Stud, the original breeding facility in the former Habsburg monarchy.		Origin : Lipica, at inception Inner Austria, today Slovenia breed area : former Austro-Hungarian Empire, Austria-Hungary dissemination : low and endangered livestock breed Height : 155-165 cm Color : milk-white horse, rare bay, black, foxes and dun application : riding and driving horse
Lithuanian cold blood	The Lithuanian draft horse , also known as the Lithuanian heavy draft horse , is a cold blood horse breed from Lithuania, which was bred on the basis of the indigenous landrace Žemaituka. The Lithuanian draft horse is bred in almost all parts of Lithuania.		Origin : Lithuania breed area : Lithuania Height : 152-162 cm Color : Brown, Fox, Black, Gray Application : Radius / workhorse, farm work, horse slaughter
Locals	The Lokaier is a horse breed of oriental descent from Tajikistan.		Origin : Tajikistan Breeding area : Tajikistan Distribution : often height : 142–150 cm Colors : brown, gray, foxes Area of application : Riding and pack horse
Losino
Lusitano	The Lusitano is a Portuguese horse breed that is of the Baroque type.		Origin : Portugal breed area : Portugal spread : low Height : 155-165 cm colors : all colors Application : Dressage, High School

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Malakan (Ardahan)	The Malakan is a Turkish horse breed from Eastern Anatolia. It is the only cold blood breed in Turkey.		Origin : Turkey Breeding area : Turkey Distribution : mainly in Eastern Anatolia in Turkey Height : 135–145 cm Colors : black, brown and gray Area of use : work horse, draft horse
Mangalarga Marchador	The Mangalarga Marchador (also Mangalarga Mineiro ) is a Brazilian horse breed that originated in the state of Minas Gerais and should not be confused with the Mangalarga (also Mangalarga Paulista ) horse breed, which originated in the state of São Paulo .		Origin : Brazil Breeding area : Brazil Height : 140–157 cm Colors : all Area of ​​application : Shepherd horse, cross country riding, work horse, art riding, rodeo
Mangalarga Paulista	The Mangalarga or Mangalarga Paulista is a Brazilian horse breed that was created in the state of São Paulo during the first three decades of the 20th century by crossing horses of the Mangalarga Marchador breed with horses of breeds of Anglo-Saxon origin such as Morgan, American Saddlebred and Hackney. Mangalarga Paulista and Mangalarga Marchador have different breeding regulations, breeding goals and breeders associations and should therefore not be confused with one another.		Origin : Brazil Breeding area : Brazil Height : 155 cm Colors : all Area of ​​use : Shepherd horse, cross country riding, leisure riding, sport riding, rodeo
Maremmano	The Maremmano is a horse from the Maremma in southern Tuscany, which was previously used as a carriage and shepherd horse, but has been further developed in recent years with a view to riding horses.		Origin : Maremma Breeding area : Maremma Distribution : almost only in Italy Height : approx. 160 cm Colors : brown Area of application : Shepherd horse
Marwari	The Marwari is a very sturdy Indian breed of horses known for their sickle ears.		Origin : Northwest India Breeding area : Marwar (Jodhpur) Distribution : rarely Height : 145–165 cm Colors : All Area of ​​use : Riding horse
Mecklenburg warmblood	The Mecklenburg is a German horse breed.		Origin : Germany Breeding area : Redefin State Stud Distribution : few, approx. 90 stallions and approx. 1,500 mares Height : 150–170 cm Colors : all basic colors Area of application : Riding horse
Međimurec	The Međimurec ( Međimurje horse outdated, Murinsulaner ) is an autochthonous Croatian draft horse - horse breed originating from the Međimurje County .		Origin : Croatia breed area : Croatia, Slovenia, Hungary, Austria spread : regional Height : 155-165 cm Colors : usually brown (from light to dark), Black Brown or Black ; other colors seldom Application : Tension Agricultural Works
Menorcans	The Menorquiner (cat. Menorquí , Spanish. Menorquín ), officially known as the pure-bred Menorcan horse ( Caballo de Pura Raza Menorquina , PRM for short ), is an Iberian horse breed originating from the Spanish island of Menorca.		Origin : Menorca breed area : Menorca distribution : mainly in Menorca, sporadically in the rest of Europe Height : about 155-165 cm colors : Sable application : Dressage, appearances at festivals
Mérens	The Mérens is a medium-sized, stocky mountain horse (also known as the Ariègeois horse ) from France. It is similar to the fur pony and the Dales pony.		Origin : France Breeding area : Pyrenees Distribution : France, Spain, Italy Height : 133–150 cm Colors : Rappen Application area : Riding and driving horse, agricultural work, light draft horse, pack horse
Messara horse	The Messara horse (also called Cretan horse ) is a breed of horse that is native to the Greek island of Crete. The main distribution area is in the province of Heraklion, which is also where the Messara Plain is located, which explains the name of the breed.		Origin : Crete Breeding area : Crete Distribution : Greece, low height : 120–140 cm Colors : brown, black horse, gray Area of use : riding horse, transport horse
Mini Shetland Pony	The mini Shetland pony is a breed form of the Shetland pony and has its origin in England.		Origin : England Breeding area : England Distribution : Europe Height : maximum 87 cm Colors : all Area of ​​application : Children's horse, driving horse
Misaki pony	also: Miysaki pony , Japanese: 御 崎 馬
Missouri Fox Trotter	The Missouri Fox Trotter was bred in the Ozark Plateau area in the American states of Arkansas and Missouri in the 1820s and is one of the oldest American horse breeds.		Origin : Missouri Breeding area : USA Distribution : USA strong, otherwise small Height : 142–163 cm Colors : all Area of ​​use : Riding and work horse
Miyako pony	The Miyako pony (Japanese 宮 古 馬 , Miyako-uma ) is a pony breed from Miyako Island, which is part of Okinawa Prefecture in Japan. Along with the Hokkaido, Kiso, Noma, Taishu, Misaki, Tokara and Yonaguni pony, it is one of 8 endemic horse breeds still in existence in Japan.		Origin : Miyako Breeding area : Miyako, Aguni Distribution : Miyako, Aguni Height : 142 cm Colors : brown, fallow Area of application : riding, agricultural work
Mongolian horse	The Mongolian horse ( Mongolian Морь , Morj ; [mœɾ] ) is the declared favorite animal of the Mongols, and not just since Genghis Khan conquered half the world with their help. The traditionally living nomads keep over 3 million animals, so there are significantly more horses in the country than human inhabitants. Despite their small size, the Mongols do not like to hear their horses called "ponies".		Origin : Mongolia breeding area : Mongolia proliferation : Mongolia, Inner Mongolia Height : 130-145 cm Colors : All application : riding horse, packhorse , dairy farming, slaughter
Morab
Morgan	The Morgan is an American horse breed that goes back to the stallion Figure .		Origin : USA, 19th century Breeding area : USA Distribution : outside the USA small Height : 145–155 cm Colors : mostly brown and black horses, also foxes Area of application : Riding, driving and show horse
Murgese	The Murgese is an Italian horse breed that has to be classified as a type between warm blood and cold blood.		Origin : Apulia breeding area : Italy, Apulia, area around Murgia, Puglia distribution : hardly outside the farming area Height : 148-164 cm Colors : usually black horses, occasionally dark gray application : Space out work, police horse, equestrian tourism
mustang	Mustang is the name of the wild horses of America. They have been known since the 16th century.		Origin : North America Breeding area : feral horses; no specific breeding distribution : North America Height : inconsistent about 140-150 cm colors : all colors and drawings

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Namibian wild horse	The Namibian wild horses (also known as Namib horses for short ) or simply desert horses or, rarely, also Namibs live on the edge of the Namib in the southwest of Namibia and can be observed at Garub about 20 km west of Aus.		Origin : Europe / Namibia Breeding area : Namibia Distribution : Namib desert Colors : Predominantly brown Application area : -
Nangchen			Origin : Tibet
Narragansett Pacer	extinct breed		Origin : New England Breeding area : USA
Neapolitans	The Neapolitan was a horse breed bred in the Kingdom of Naples, which was considered the best for dressage purposes in the Baroque and which helped to shape the breeding of Baroque horses throughout Europe. Two of the six main lines of the Lipizzaner can be traced back to Neapolitans (Conversano and Nepolitano).		Origin : Naples Breeding area : Naples Distribution : Europe, now extinct Colors : Black Application area : Charger, high school
Nederlands Mini Paarden
New Forest pony	The New Forest pony is an easy-going riding pony from southern England.		Origin : England Breeding area : England Distribution : Europe-wide, in Germany approx. 70 stallions and approx. 450 broodmares Height : up to 148 cm Colors : all except piebalds, tigers and blue-eyed palominos Area of application : driving and children's pony
Dutch cold blood	The Dutch draft horse (Nederlands Trekpaard) is a Dutch breed of horse that was originally bred as a workhorse specializing in tensile loads. It was mainly used on heavy soils in agriculture but also in industry. Today the trek couple is mainly used in the leisure sector and as a tourist attraction. The horse is also used in traditional ring rides in Zeeland, where it is decorated and ridden without a saddle.		Origin : Netherlands Breeding area : Netherlands Distribution : Netherlands Height : 160–170 cm Colors : mostly brown roan Application area : work horse, leisure horse
Noma pony	Japanese: 野 間 馬
Vernier	The Nonius is the oldest Hungarian warmblood horse breed that does not go back to the native Hungarian landrace. It was founded in 1816 by the Anglo-Normans stallion Nonius in the Hungarian stud Mezöhegyes .		Origin : Hungary, 19th century Breeding area : Hungary Distribution : low, especially in the neighboring countries Height : 145–165 cm Colors : mostly brown and black horses Application area : work and sport horse, draft horse, riding horse, leisure horse
Nooitgedacht pony
Nordland lyng horse	also: Nordland horse , Nordlandshest , Lofoten pony
Northern Swedish draft horse	The northern Swedish draft horse is a very hard-working little draft horse. The neck is short and thick. The mane is very thick and coarse. The head looks square. The shoulders are sloping, so the horse has a good ability to gallop. The horse is about 160 cm tall and can be found in all basic colors.		Origin : Sweden Breeding area : Sweden Distribution : Sweden Height : 145–160 cm Colors : brown, black horses, foxes and colors lightened by the cream gene, graver-haired horses. Area of application : forestry, carriage horses
Norfolk Trotter			Origin : England Area of ​​use : Carriage horses
Noriker	The Noriker is a medium-weight, strong and persistent mountain cold blood horse . The breeding area includes the mountain ranges of the Austrian and German Alps. The Southern German Cold Blood is a cold blood breed that emerged from the Noriker horse and into which other breeds were crossed from the Second World War. A smaller type of Noriker was the Abtenauer , which was bred in Abtenau, but has meanwhile been incorporated into the modern Noriker population in Austria.		Origin : Austria Breeding area : Austria and Bavaria dissemination : outside the main farming area small Height : 155-165 cm Color : almost all application : riding and carriage horse
Norwegian fjord horse	The Norwegian fjord horse (also Norwegian , fjord horse or fjord pony ) is a horse breed that originates from the coastal areas of Norway.		Origin : Norway Breeding area : Scandinavia Distribution : Norway, Germany, Denmark, Western Europe Height : 135–150 cm Colors : Falben Application area : Leisure riding, pack horse, draft horse

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Oil horse	The Öland horse , also known as the Ölännigen , was a horse breed on the Swedish island of Öland in the Baltic Sea. The breed died out in the early 20th century. There are efforts to breed new.		Origin : Öland Distribution : extinct Height : up to 105 cm
Austrian warmblood	The Austrian Warmblood is a warm-blooded horse breed that goes back to the Old Austrian Warmblood .		Origin : Austria Breeding area : Austria Distribution : Austria Height : from 160 cm Colors : all Area of ​​use : Sport horse
Oldenburg	The Oldenburger is a German riding horse breed. It is named after the main breeding area Oldenburg in Northern Germany with one of the largest German horse breeding associations. There has been evidence that the so-called "Old Oldenburgs" have been bred here since the early 17th century. Today the Oldenburg is a well-known type of sport horse with great international success.		Origin : Germany, 17th century Breeding area : Oldenburg Distribution : mainly in Germany, approx. 310 breeding stallions and approx. 8,400 brood mares Height : 165–179 cm Colors : black horses, bay horses, foxes, gray Area of use : sport horses and carriage horses
Orlov-Rostopchiner
Orlov trotter	The Orlov trotter is a breed of horse from Russia. Its breeding began at the end of the 18th century.		Origin : Chrenowoje near Bobrov, today Voronezh Oblast Breeding area : Russia Distribution : almost exclusively Russia Height : approx. 160 cm Colors : mold, foxes, browns, blacks Area of application : Driving, agriculture
East Frisians / Old Oldenburg	Horses of formerly independent breeds for which a joint stud book has existed since the late 1980s are referred to as old Oldenburg and East Frisians . The horse breed is now known under the common name Ostfriese / Alt-Oldenburger .		Origin : East Friesland breeding region : East Frisia distribution : small Height : 158-168 cm colors : chestnut, black, brown, gray Application : Driving Horse

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Paint Horse	The Paint Horse is a piebald horse breed that originated in the American Quarter Horse. His monochrome offspring were formerly known as Breeding Stock , today as Solid Paint Bred Horse . In the 1960s, the American Paint Horse Association was founded.		Origin : USA, 18th Century breeding region : USA distribution : worldwide Height : 142-158 cm Color : piebald application : Western riding
Panjepferd	The Panje horse (from panje = Russian or Polish farmer) was used in agriculture in Eastern Europe and was known for its toughness and undemanding nature. Perhaps the conical shape can be seen as an ancestral form, but Panjepferde rather emerged from haphazard crossings. The "Panjepferd" is more the agricultural horse of Eastern Europe than a breed name.		Origin : Eastern Europe (Poland), Russia, Ukraine Breeding area : Eastern Europe distribution : small Height : 130-148 cm colors : dark gray, mouse gray, fawn Application : breeding and agriculture
Pantaneiro
Paso Fino	Paso Fino is a South American gaited horse breed. Paso Fino means translated: “fine walk”. A horse gait is named after them.		Origin : Colombia, Puerto Rico, Hispaniola Breeding area : USA, Colombia Distribution : mainly in the breeding area Height : 140–155 cm Colors : all Area of ​​use : riding horse, show horse and leisure horse
Paso Iberoamericano	The Paso Iberoamericano is to gaited horses counting horse breed from Costa Rica .		Origin : Costa Rica Breeding area : Costa Rica Distribution : mainly in the breeding area Height : 144–160 cm Colors : all colors except piebalds Area of use : Riding horse, show horse and leisure horse
Paso Peruano	The Paso Peruano or Caballo de Paso is a horse breed from South America.		Origin : Peru Breeding Area : Peru distribution : Peru, United States, Europe Height : 142-155 cm Colors : all, pintos are not approved for breeding area of application : Leisure Riding
Peneia pony	The Peneia pony is a breed of horse originating from the Greek province of Eleia.		Origin : Greece Height : 127-142 cm Color : stitchhaired, fox, sable application : agriculture, transport and riding horse
Percheron	The Percheron is a cold-blooded horse breed from the Le Perche region in Normandy.		Origin : Le Perche, France Breeding Area : South of France distribution : France, Britain, Russia, North and South America, South Africa, Australia, Japan Height : 150-165 cm (small), 165-180 (large) colors : gray, rarely black horses Application : Train / work horse, slaughter, agricultural work
Palatinate-Ardennes	The Palatinate-Ardennes is a comparatively young horse breed that originated around 1900. The breeding basis is characterized by breeding animals of the French draft horses, such as Lorraine, Comtois and Ardennes in particular, as well as Belgians, Rhenish German draft horses and Bavarian draft horses.		Breeding area : Rhineland-Palatinate-Saar Height : 152 to 162 cm Colors : foxes, bay horses, black horses, gray Area of use : work horse , leisure horse
Pindos pony	The Pindos pony (Greek: αλογάκι της Πίνδου) is a pony breed from the Pindos Mountains near Thessaly and Epirus in Greece.		Origin : Greece Height : under 141 cm Colors : all basic colors Area of application : Mountain pony
Poitevin	The Poitevin , also called le Cheval Moulassier Poitevin or simply Moulassier , is a cold-blooded horse breed.		Origin : Poitou Breeding area : France Distribution : France Height : mares 160, stallions 168 cm Colors : mostly duns Area of use : Mule breeding
Polo Argentino	The Polo Argentino ( Argentine polo pony ) is a breed of horse from Argentina.		Origin : Argentina Breeding area : Argentina Distribution : worldwide Height : on average 156 cm Colors : all Application area : Polo
Pony of the Americas	The Pony of the Americas is a horse breed that originated in the USA in 1954.		Origin : USA, 1954 Breeding area : USA distribution : in the United States strong, low in Europe Height : 117-142 cm Color : Tigerschecken application : Sport Horse
Posavina horse	The Posavina horse (also Croatian Posavac ; Croatian hrvatski posavac [ ˈpɔːsaʋats ], "posavski konj" or "posavski bušak" ) is a breed of horse from Croatia that is counted among the cold-blooded horses. As the name of the Posavina horse suggests, the breed comes from the Croatian area around the Sava River in Slavonia, also called Posavina. In the immediate vicinity is the Turopolje region, which is why the breed of horse is often referred to as the Turopolje horse.		Origin : Croatia breeding region : Croatia and Slovenia Height : 140-150 cm Colors : usually dark colors Application : Draft Horse
Pottok pony	The Pottok pony [ 'pocok ] is an old, rare pony breed from the Basque Country. Pottok , with a certain article also Pottoka , means “little horse” in the Basque language. The animals still live semi-wild in the western Pyrenees, both in France and in Spain. In Spain they are also known under the name Poni Vasco Navarro , as they are kept in the autonomous regions of the Basque Country and Navarre.		Origin : Basque Country breeding region : France, Spain Height : 115-147 cm colors : all except mold
Przewalski horse	The Przewalski horse is also known under the name Takhi, Asian wild horse or Mongolian wild horse and is an endangered Mongolian wild horse which has long been thought to be the last living wild horse breed. In the meantime, the horse breed became extinct in the wild, but around 2,000 specimens are now living in Mongolia again .		Origin : entire Eurasian steppe Breeding area : only a few large landowners in Europe and Asia Height : 120-146 cm Colors : light brown to slightly reddish with a dark mane and tail
Pura Raza Española	The Pura Raza Española (in German Pure Spanish Race , abbreviated PRE or PRE) is a horse breed that originated in Spain and has been strictly regulated since 1912. The horses belong to the Spanish pedigree horses known for a long time under the somewhat vague generic term Andalusians. The breed is also known as the Iberian horse and is mainly bred in the Extremadura and Andalusia regions. PRE horses have a proven parentage (stud book and licensing).		Origin : Spain Breeding area : Spain, especially the south-east (Extremadura and Andalusia) Distribution : worldwide Height : 150–162 cm Colors : very often gray, besides fallow, brown, black horse, occasionally foxes Area of application : Riding horse up to high school, breeding

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Quarab	The Quarab Horse is a cross between the Arabian thoroughbred and the American breeds Paint Horse or Quarter Horse.		Origin : USA, 1950s Breeding area : USA, Europe Distribution : worldwide Height : 145–160 cm Colors : all colors except tiger piebald Application area : Western riding, dressage, jumping, driving, leisure
Quarter pony	Pony version of the quarter horse
Quba	Quba is a breed of horses from Azerbaijan.		Origin : Azerbaijan Breeding area : Azerbaijan Distribution : Azerbaijan Height : 150 cm Area of ​​application : Carrying and utility horse

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Racking Horse	The Racking Horse is an American gaited horse breed that was created around 1970 with the establishment of its own register and the determination of the breeding goal. Tennessee Walking Horse lines were significantly involved in breeding. The breed has its own organization, the Racking Horse Breeders' Association of America , based in Decatur, AL.		Origin : USA, 1970 Breeding area : USA Height : 150–160 cm Colors : all including piebalds
Rahvan (horse)	The Rahvan is a breed of horse from Turkey.		Origin : Turkey Breeding area : Turkey Distribution : low Application area : Riding and farm horse
Retuerta horse	The Retuerta horse is an indigenous breed of horse in Andalusia.		Origin : Spain
Rhenish-German draft horse	The Rhenish-German draft horse , often incorrectly referred to as the Rhenish-Westphalian draft horse , is a strong, broad-built draft and work horse from North Rhine-Westphalia. Today it is threatened with extinction and is on the red list of endangered domestic livestock breeds in Germany.		Origin : North Rhine-Westphalia Breeding area : Westphalia Distribution : occasionally Height : 158–170 cm Colors : Brown, foxes, black, brown and fox molds Area of application : draft and work horse
Rhenish warmblood	The Rhenish Warmblood is a relatively young German horse breed.		Origin : North Rhine-Westphalia Breeding area : Rhineland Height : 160–170 cm Colors : all basic colors Area of use : Riding horse
Riwoche			Origin : Tibet
Rocky Mountain Horse	The Rocky Mountain Horse is a fairly young breed of gaited horse. It does not come from the Rocky Mountains, as the name misleadingly suggests, but from the Appalachians. In the literature it is also referred to as the Rocky Mountain Pony or the Rocky Mountain Saddlehorse .		Origin : Kentucky breeding area : USA, Canada distribution : USA, Canada, Europe Height : from 147.3 to 162.5 cm Color : Brown preferred field of application : Recreation
Rottaler horse	The Rottaler horse is a strong warmblood horse, which until the middle of the 20th century was the predominant breed in the Lower Bavarian Rottal.		Origin : Lower Bavaria, 11th century Breeding area : Rottal Distribution : low Height : 160–165 cm Colors : brown and black horses Area of application : Sport horse
Russian trotter	The Russian trotter (originally Metis trotter ) is a breed of horse that arose from the cross of the Orlov trotter and the American Standardbred at the beginning of the 20th century.		Origin : Russia beginning to the middle of the 20th century Breeding area : Russia Height : mares from 160 cm, stallions from 163 cm Colors : mostly brown Area of application : horse racing
Russian cold blood	The Russian cold blood or Russian Ardennes is a cold blood horse breed whose breeding origin is in Russia.		Origin : Russia Breeding area : Urals and Ukraine Distribution : only in the breeding area Height : 150–160 cm Colors : red mold and foxes Area of use : work horse, slaughter

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Sable Island pony	The Sable Island Pony is a very rare breed of pony that evolved through isolation on an island over time and natural selection.		Origin : Canada - Sable Iceland Breeding Area : Canada - Sable Iceland distribution : Canada - Sable Iceland Height : about 132-142 cm color : brown, chestnut, black Application : riding, driving
Saxony-Anhalt warmblood
Saxon-Thuringian cold blood	The Saxon-Thuringian cold blood is a breed of cold blood horse.		Origin : Saxony and Thuringia Breeding area : Saxony Distribution : low Height : 158–165 cm Colors : mostly black horses, foxes and browns Area of application : Agriculture and forestry
Saxon-Thuringian heavy warmblood	The Saxon-Thuringian Heavy Warmblood is a horse breed from the breeding areas of Saxony and Thuringia. This breed, which is not to be confused with the Saxon-Thuringian cold blood, which is also bred, is often referred to simply as the heavy warmblood .		Origin : Saxony and Thuringia Breeding area : Saxony Distribution : low Height : 157–165 cm Colors : mostly black and brown Field of application : Driving horse
Salerner	The Salerner is one of the most attractive warm-blooded breeds in Italy. Overall he has an attractive appearance and is a good type of cavalry horse with a good jumping ability.		Origin : Italy Breeding area : Italy Distribution : low Height : 163 cm Colors : all clear colors Area of ​​application : Riding horse
Sanhe
Sardinian horse	Sardinian horse , also Sardinian Anglo-Arab or Sardo for short , is the name of a Sardinian warm-blooded breed that originated in the 16th century. The horses are known in their homeland as tough and persistent riding horses and good jumpers. They are tough and willing to perform and are described as courageous and intelligent.		Origin : Sardinia Breeding area : Sardinia Height : approx. 157 cm Colors : mostly brown or fox, rarely gray or black
Schleswig cold blood	The Schleswig draft horse is a friendly draft horse from Northern Germany (Schleswig-Holstein). Today it is threatened with extinction and is on the red list of endangered domestic livestock breeds in Germany.		Origin : Schleswig-Holstein, Denmark Breeding area : Schleswig-Holstein Distribution : Germany approx. 30 breeding stallions and approx. 210 broodmares Height : 156–162 cm Colors : mostly foxes, also black horses, gray horses, browns Area of use : draft and driving horses, work horses
Black Forest cold blood	The Black Forest Cold Blood (also: Schwarzwälder, Schwarzwälder Fuchs, St. Märgener Fuchs, Wälderpferd) is an old breed of horse that was bred especially for heavy forest work under unfavorable conditions in the Black Forest, but is now enjoying increasing popularity as a leisure horse. It is on the red list of endangered domestic livestock breeds in Germany.		Origin : Germany Breeding area : Black Forest dissemination : low Height : 148-160 cm Colors : Foxes application : forestry work, Recreation, workhorse
Sweden Ardennes
Swedish warmblood	The Swedish Warmblood is a horse breed that goes back to a cross between Andalusians, Berbers, Frisians, Hanoverians, Trakehans, English Thoroughbreds and Arabs. Originally bred as an above-average cavalry horse, today it is a modern sport horse, especially suitable for dressage, but also for show jumping, eventing and driving.		Origin : 17th century, Sweden Breeding area : Sweden Height : 160–170 cm Colors : mostly brown and foxes Area of application : Sport horse
Swiss warmblood	The Swiss Warmblood (CH-Warmblood), also called (modern) hermit , is a warm-blooded horse breed that emerged after the Second World War. The most important crossbred Swiss breed is the Hermit ( Cavallo della Madonna ). Today the hermit can no longer be distinguished from the Swiss warmblood.		Breeding area : Swiss National Stud in Avenches Height : up to 168 cm Application area : Sport horse
Sella Italiano	also: Italian sport horse
Dairyman horse	The Senner horse is a light, medium-sized horse of the Anglo-Arabian type. It's elegant and spirited. At the moment brown is predominant, but all colors are possible. The height is 159 to 165 cm. In the Red List of the Society for the Preservation of Old and Endangered Pet Breeds eV (GEH) the stock of the Senner horse is classified as extremely endangered .		Origin : Germany Breeding area : Senne Distribution : very small Height : 159–165 cm Colors : all colors possible
Shagya Arabs	Shagya Arabs is a breed of horse. The Shagya Arab is an independent breed largely based on thoroughbred Arabs that has more size, substance and riding horse points than its smaller and more delicate brother, the thoroughbred Arab. This breed was developed since the end of the 18th century in the countries of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy, especially in today's Hungary, Romania and Czechoslovakia. With the exclusive use of thoroughbred Arabian stallions to increase size and caliber, mares from other countries were occasionally and deliberately used, which was recorded in detail in the stud books.		Origin : countries of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy, especially in today's Hungary, Romania and Czechoslovakia Breeding area : Hungary, Germany Distribution : Hungary, Germany, Denmark, Switzerland, Austria, Poland, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Romania, USA, Venezuela Height : 150– 160 cm Colors : mostly gray, rarely black horses, foxes and browns Area of application : riding horse, sport horse, breeding
Shetland pony	The Shetland pony originally comes from the Shetland Islands. They were brought to mainland Britain during the Industrial Revolution and used as pit ponies in the underground mining industry. Today the sturdy ponies enjoy great popularity as the first riding horses for children as well as strong and persistent driving horses.		Origin : Shetland Islands Breeding area : England Distribution : Europe, USA, in Germany approx. 650 breeding stallions and approx. 3000 broodmares Height : 95–102 cm (CH: no lower limit; upper limit: 107 cm) Colors : all (in breeding are Tiger piebalds prohibited) Area of application : children's and driving pony, utility pony
Shire Horse	The Shire Horse is a cold-blooded horse and with a maximum weight of more than 1200 kg and an average height at the withers of 178 cm, the largest horse breed in the world.		Origin : Great Britain, 18th century Breeding area : England , Germany Distribution : Netherlands, Canada, USA, South Africa, Australia, Japan, England Height : stallions at least 168 cm, mares at least 163 cm Colors : bay, black horse, gray, chestnut, each with a minimal Sabino drawing. Field of application : draft, riding and show horse, agricultural work, carriage horse
Single footing horses	Single footing horses are breeding horses.
Scandinavian draft horse	The Scandinavian draft horse is a light draft horse breed that resulted from the crossing of the Dölepferde with the North Swedish horse, which is mainly used for trotting in her home country.		Origin : Norway Breeding area : Norway and Sweden Height : around 155 cm Colors : mostly brown, black horses and foxes Area of use : Trotting
Skyros pony	The Skyros pony is an ancient, autochthonous horse breed from the island of Skyros. It is Greece's smallest pony and is also called Hipparion 'little horse' by the locals .		Origin : Skyros breed area : Greece Height : 90-115 cm Color : cream-colored, brown and gray Application : pack animal, agriculture, children riding horse
Slovak warmblood	The Slovak Warmblood is a breed of horse.		Origin : Slovakia Breeding area : Slovakia Distribution : low Height : up to 180 cm Colors : mostly brown and dapple mold, rarely foxes and black horses. Area of application : sport horse
Somali pony
Sorraia	As Sorraia refers to the descendants of a small population of wild horses from Portugal, which was only discovered in the 1920s. The majority of specialist authors treat the Sorraia as a domestic horse breed, although it may be the Iberian subspecies of the Tarpan.		Origin : Iberia Breeding area : Portugal Distribution : very low stick size : around 140 cm Colors : yellow / brown falcon and gray fallow, (rare) dark brown Field of application : riding, wild
Soviet cold blood	also: Soviet pack horse
Spotted Saddle Horse
Sudan Country-Bred
Suffolk Punch	The Suffolk Punch is a small, stocky, very old horse breed that was mentioned in writing as early as the early 16th century and is known as a powerful draft horse. It is considered good-natured and easy to lead.		Origin : Great Britain Distribution : Europe, USA, Pakistan, Australia Height : 163–170 cm Colors : chestnut Field of application : heavy draft horse, agricultural work
Sumba pony	The Sumba pony is an indigenous breed of horse from the Indonesian island of Sumba, which is very similar to Mongolian and Chinese primitive ponies. It is used as a pack and draft animal in Indonesia. It can also be found in traditional dance competitions, in which it has to make little bells tied to its knees ring by practicing steps. The Sumbawa pony is almost identical to the Sumba pony, it comes from the Indonesian island of Sumbawa.		Origin : Indonesia Breeding area : Indonesia Height : around 120 cm Colors : Falben Application area : pack animals and draft animals

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Taishu pony	Japanese: 対 州 馬 , also: Tsushima pony, Japanese: 対 馬馬
Tennessee Walking Horse	The Tennessee Walking Horse is a gaited horse bred in the 19th century from Narragansett Pacer as well as American Standardbred, Morgan, Thoroughbred and American Saddlebred.		Origin : USA Breeding area : USA, especially Tennessee Distribution : mainly in the breeding area Height : 153–163 cm Colors : all Area of ​​use : Riding and show horse
Tersker	The Tersker is a Russian breed of horse.		Origin : Russia Breeding Area : Russia spread : mainly in the breeding area Height : 150-156 cm Colors : usually mold application : Turnierpferd
Thessalian horse
Tiger Horse	Origin: China / Siberia Height: 145–165 cm Colors: all (only with stripes) Occurrence: worldwide Breeding area: worldwide Use: all-rounder, gaited horse
Timor pony	The Timor pony is a primitive horse breed from the island of Timor. It is the smallest breed of horse in the Southeast Asian islands. It is still used there today as an everyday pack and mount. It is believed to have descended from Indian races imported to the island by the Portuguese and later the Dutch. There were also native ponies that became part of the breed. Timor ponies were also exported to Australia from 1803, where they played a major role in the breeding of the Australian pony.		Origin : Timor Height : 100–120 cm Colors : Often brown, black horse and fox, rarely white horse and piebald Areas of use : riding and pack animal
Tinker	Tinker , Irish Tinker , Colored Cob or Gypsy Cob is originally the name for the horse-riding tinker (Tinker) in Great Britain and Ireland, who advanced to become fashion horses in Central Europe in the 1990s. This can also be Irish Cob or Colored Irish Cob (piebald) horses . In the USA these horses are called Gypsy Vanner , in Germany they are simply called Tinker . The principle applies that every Irish cob is a tinker , but not every tinker is an Irish cob .		Origin : Great Britain and Ireland Breeding area : mainly Europe Distribution : widespread Height : 135–170 cm Colors : all Area of ​​use : draft horse and riding horse
Tokara pony	The Tokara pony (Japanese ト カ ラ 馬 , Tokara-uma ) is a Japanese horse breed that existed in this form before the European discovery of Japan. Along with the Hokkaido, Kiso, Noma, Taishu, Misaki, Miyako and Yonaguni pony, it is one of 8 endemic horse breeds still in existence in Japan.		Origin : Takarajima in Japan breed area : Takarajima distribution : Kyushu Height : 108-121 cm Color : brown, chestnut, black
Tori	The Tori horse, also Torgel's horse , is an Estonian horse breed that is based on the Estonian Klepper.		Origin : Tori / Estonia Breeding Area : Estonia dissemination : low Height : 162-168 cm Color : mainly foxes, as well as Black, Brown, Isabell application : riding horse, Agriculture
Trotters	As Trotter refers several breeds of horses used in harness racing. Modern trotters are the result of targeted horse breeding over generations. Originally, they bred particularly capable carriage horses and the first trotting races were nothing more than special breeding performance tests. Today, trotters are drawn exclusively for the trotting track. In addition to the three basic gaits of walk, trot and canter, many trotters also have a genetic predisposition to tölt and pass through the influence of American Standardbred. In the USA the horses are not only used for trotting races, but also for pass races. The horses run in front of a so-called sulky, in which the driver takes a seat.		Origin : America, France, Germany, England Breeding area : worldwide Distribution : worldwide Height : 145–175 cm Colors : mostly brown, some foxes and black horses, rarely mold Areas of application : race horse, gaited horse, leisure riding, endurance riding, trail riding
Trait you north	The Trait du Nord is a French workhorse. It is mainly derived from Dutch and Belgian draft horses and from the Ardennes. There has been a stud book since 1919.		Origin : France Distribution : France Height : 160–170 cm Colors : brown, red fox, pin-haired, fox Area of ​​use : heavy draft horse, agricultural work
Trakehner	The Trakehner is one of the most important German riding horse breeds in horse breeding. Trakehner are particularly successful in dressage and eventing, but are also used successfully in show jumping.		Origin : Main Stud Trakehnen, 13th century Breeding area : Germany, Russia, Poland Distribution : widespread, a total of approx. 280 breeding stallions and approx. 4,500 broodmares Height : 160–170 cm Colors : all Area of ​​use : sport horse, refiner
Trotteur Français	The Trotteur Français (German: French Trotter ) is a horse breed that goes back to the refinement of the Anglo-Normans, a chariot horse that was very popular at the end of the 19th century, with the English thoroughbred.		Origin : Normandy Breeding area : France Distribution : worldwide Height : up to 168 cm Colors : Bay, Black, Fox Area of ​​use : Trotting
Czech warmblood
Chernomor horse	Was used by the Kazak armies.
Turkmen

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Ukrainians
Hungarian sport horse	also: Hungarian warmblood
Urfreiberger	The original Freiberger is the last horse breed in Switzerland of the "economy type". It embodies the historical Jurassic stroke, the Freiberg draft horse in pure breeding since 1950. This breed is characterized by its versatility in practical use as well as by its good health, robustness, undemanding, its good character and easy handling in training.		Origin : Switzerland (Jura) Breeding area : Switzerland Distribution : vorw. Central Europe Height : 150–160 cm Colors : Brown and foxes Area of use : Working, riding and driving horses
Uzunyayla	The Uzunyayla is a horse breed originating from northeast Turkey. It owes its name to a plateau, a river and a town near the city of Erzurum. This breed of horse has existed since at least the 19th century.		Origin : Turkey Breeding area : Turkey spreading : northeastern Turkey Height : 143-153 cm Colors : brown and dark brown Application : riding horses, breeding horses

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Vlaamperd	The Vlaamperd (also SA Vlamperd or Vlamperd ) is a horse breed that developed in South Africa beginning in the 19th century. The main basis was Frisians imported from the Netherlands and Belgium.		Origin : South Africa Breeding area : South Africa Distribution : South Africa, rarely height : 147–157 cm Colors : black horses, mares occasionally dark brown Application area : driving horse, riding horse
Arabian thoroughb ...	The thoroughbred Arabian - also Arabian thoroughbred - is the purely drawn form of the Arabian horse, which belongs to the group of thoroughbreds. Shagya-Arabs, Anglo-Arabs, Arab half-bloods and Arabs are differentiated from pure-bred Arabian thoroughbreds, as they all have a proportion of foreign blood. A thoroughbred Arab, all of which has been proven to go back to original Arabs from the desert breeding of the Bedouins on the Arabian Peninsula, is referred to as "asil" (Arabic: "real"). In German ancestry papers, the Arabian thoroughbred is indicated by an ox after the name.		Origin : Arabian Peninsula Breeding area : Orient, USA, Great Britain, Hungary, Poland, Germany, Russia Distribution : worldwide Height : 140–156 cm Colors : Frequently mold but also foxes, browns, black horses; Piebalds are tolerated. Area of application : riding horses, endurance sports, breeding, shows, trail riding

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Waler
Belarusian draft horse	also: Belarusian pack horse
Welara
Walkaloosa	American gaited horse breed
Welsh pony	The Welsh ponies originate from the Wales region of Great Britain and are now among the most popular riding ponies in Europe. They are divided into the groups Welsh Mountain Pony - including Welsh Pony Section A - Welsh Pony Section B and C , as well as the Welsh Cob - including Welsh Pony Section D .		Origin : Wales / Great Britain Breeding area : worldwide Distribution : worldwide Height : depending on the section… up to 122 cm (Section A), up to 137 cm (Sections B and C), 145–155 cm (Section D) Colors : often mold, foxes, Bay horses, black horses and rarely also black horses. Area of application : depending on the section, as riding and driving horse
Westphalian	The Westphalian is a horse breed and, after the Hanoverian, the second largest closed German warmblood breed.		Origin : Westphalia Breeding area : Westphalia Distribution : widespread in Germany, approx. 240 breeding stallions and approx. 8,500 brood mares Height : 165–172 cm Colors : mostly bay and foxes, rarely black horses and white horses. Area of use : sport and leisure horse
Wielkopolski	The Wielkopolski or Polish Warmblood is one of the most important warmblood horse breeds in Poland. He is a close relative of the Trakehner and is often seen as the Polish equivalent of the Anglo-Arab. A Wielkopolski is a warm-blooded horse with very good aptitudes for eventing.		Origin : Poland breeding region : Poland, Poznan and Mazury distribution : Eastern Europe, mainly Poland Height : 162-168 cm Colors : All application : refiners, riding and driving horse
Vyatka
Vladimir cold blood	The Vladimir cold blood ( Russian Влади́мирский тяжелово́з / Wladimirski tjaschelowos; also Vladimir horse ) is a cold blood horse breed originating in Russia.		Origin : Russia Breeding area : Oblast Vladimir and Iwanowo Distribution : mainly in the breeding area Height : Stallions 165 cm, mares 162 cm Colors : Bay horses, foxes and black horses. Area of application : work, draft and carriage horses
Voronezh horse	also: Bitjug horse
Württemberg warmblood	The Württemberg Warmblood - also Baden-Württemberg - is a warm blood domestic horse breed, mainly bred in the main and state stud Marbach. Their original cultivated form is now called Altwürttemberger .		Origin : Main and State Stud Marbach Breeding area : Baden-Württemberg Distribution : low, approx. 100 breeding stallions and approx. 3,900 brood mares Height : 160–175 cm Colors : often foxes and browns Areas of application : Riding and driving, agricultural work

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Yonaguni pony	Japanese: 与 那 国 馬

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Zangersheid horse	The Zangersheider horse is a modern sport horse in a rectangular format, which is said to be particularly suitable for show jumping . It has been bred at the Belgian stud Zangersheide since the 1970s . Due to its young history and the open breeding policy, the Zangersheider horse is rather inconsistent in appearance and size.		Origin : Germany, 18th century Breeding area : Duchy of Palatinate Distribution : Germany and USA Height : 160–170 cm Colors : brown, black horse, fox and gray Area of use : Sport horse
Žemaitukas	The Žemaitukas (Lithuanian; plurality žemaitukas , diminutive to Žemaitis , Samogitians') - also Zhmud or Zhemaichu - is a Ponyrasse from Eastern Europe. The ponies are very robust. Their use in agriculture is declining in favor of use in tourism and equestrian sports.		Origin : Lithuania, especially Samogitia breeding area : Lithuania (state and private farms) dissemination : Lithuania Height : 128-142 cm Color : Brown, Grauf albums, Gray-brown, gray mold, Sable Application : breeding and agriculture
Zweibrücker Warmblood	The Zweibrücker Warmblood is a German horse breed.		Origin : Germany, 18th century Breeding area : Duchy of Palatinate Distribution : Germany and USA Height : 160–170 cm Colors : brown, black horse, fox and gray Area of use : Sport horse

See also

• List of breeds of pets

literature

• Jasper Nissen: Encyclopedia of Horse Breeds. ISBN 3-440-06197-3

Web links

Commons : Horse Breeds  - Album with pictures, videos and audio files

• List of European horse breeding associations ( Memento of December 24, 2007 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ^ Maria Costantino: Handbook of the horse breeds. Munich: Bassermann Verlag Munich 2005, ISBN 3-8094-1773-4
2. ^ Sue Baker: Exmoor Ponies Survival of the Fittest A natural history. Somerset Archaeological and Natural History Society, 2008.
3. ↑ Wild horses for Europe - which breed is the best? | European WILDLIFE. Retrieved January 6, 2018 (cs-CZ). 
4. ↑ Pearl Duval, “The Yakut Horse. Blood brother of the Sakha people. ” Translated from the French by Basha O'Reilly. In: The Long Riders Guild Academic Foundation, Equine Breeds and Equestrian Tribalism.
5. ↑ Internet pages of the Liebenthaler Pferdeherde eV ( Memento from August 31, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
6. ↑ Internet pages of the Liebenthaler Pferdeherde eV
7. ↑ Jörn Lehmann, Sylke Stehle: The Liebenthaler horse herd. Neuruppin: Edition Rieger, 2010, ISBN 978-3-941187-15-3
8. ↑ Wilh. von Tettau: The Kazak armies. BoD - Books on Demand, 2014, ISBN 978-3-8460-9632-1 , p. 212 ( limited preview in Google book search).