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| x Tawleed |
The Tawleed horse breed was developed in the Kartoum region of Sudan. This breed was formed by breeding native horses with an exotic breed. The Tawleed horses are used as a riding horse. There is very little known about this breed.
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| x Haflinger |
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The Haflinger, also known as the Avelignese, is a breed of horse developed in Austria and northern Italy during the late 1800s. There are several theories as to this breed's origin, but its current conformation and appearance are the result of...
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| x Barb |
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Developed on the Barbary Coast of North Africa, the Barb is a desert horse with great hardiness and stamina. Due to the amount of cross-breeding, it is difficult to find a purebred Barb today. The Barb generally possesses a fiery temperament and an...
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| x Abtenauer |
The Abtenauer is a rare draft horse breed. It is the smallest variant of the Noriker horse, but is very strong despite its small size. Bred in the isolated valley of Abtenau, south of Salzburg in Austria, it is a consolidated population in itself. ...
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| x Aegidienberger |
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The Aegidienberger is a small gaited riding horse from Germany. Like the Icelandic horse, it can naturally perform a gait known as the tölt. They were first recognized as a breed at the end of the 20th century.
The Aegidienberger is a cross between...
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| x Akhal-Teke |
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The Akhal-Teke, 'Ahalteke' in the Turkmen language, (pronounced [ahalˈtеkje]) is a breed of horse from Turkmenistan, where they are a national emblem. They are noted for their speed and for endurance on long marches. These "golden-horses" are...
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| x Alter Real |
The Alter-Real is a breed of horse that originated in Portugal. Their name comes from a combination of their home village of Alter do Chão and the Portuguese word for royal, or real. They are an Iberian breed and are considered Baroque horses. They...
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| x American Cream Draft |
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The American Cream Draft is a rare draft horse of consistently cream color and medium to heavy build, the only draft horse breed developed in the USA.
The American Cream Draft stands between 15 to 17 hands high and weighs up to one ton. Only the...
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| x American Paint Horse |
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The American Paint Horse is a breed of horse that combines both the conformational characteristics of a western stock horse with a pinto spotting pattern of white and dark coat colors. Developed from a base of spotted horses with Quarter Horse and...
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| x American Quarter Horse |
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The American Quarter Horse is an American breed of horse that excels at sprinting short distances. Its name came from its ability to outdistance other breeds of horses in races of a quarter mile or less, where some individuals have been clocked at...
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| x American Saddlebred |
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The American Saddlebred, formerly known as the American Saddle Horse, is a breed of horse that was developed in Kentucky by plantation owners. Today, in the horse show world, they are most commonly seen under saddle in Saddle seat style riding, and...
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| x American Warmblood |
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The American Warmblood is a horse of warmblood type, intended primarily for the traditional sport horse disciplines of (dressage, show jumping, eventing) and combined driving.
The American Warmblood is usually between 15 and 17 hands high and all...
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| x Andravida |
The Andravida is a light riding draft breed found in the region of Ilia in Greece. It was developed in the early 20th century by crossing Anglo-Norman stock with local breeds; Nonius stallions were used after 1920. This nearly extinct breed's...
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| x Anglo-Arabian |
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The Anglo-Arabian horse is a Thoroughbred (prefix Anglo) crossed with an Arabian horse. The cross can be made between a Thoroughbred stallion and Arabian mare, or vice-versa. It can also be a cross between a Thoroughbred and an Anglo-Arab, an...
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| x Anglo-Kabarda |
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The Anglo-Kabarda or Anglo-Kabardin (also known as the Anglo-Kabardinskaya porodnaya gruppa) is a breed of horse that is a cross between the Kabarda and the Thoroughbred. Representatives of the breed may have between 25 percent and 75 percent...
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| x Appaloosa |
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The Appaloosa is a horse breed known for its preferred leopard-spotted coat pattern and other distinctive physical characteristics. While there is evidence of leopard-spotted horses dating back to the Paleolithic era in Europe, the Nez Perce people...
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| x Arabian horse |
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The Arabian or Arab horse (arabic: فرس ) is a breed of horse that originated in the Middle East. With a distinctive head shape and high tail carriage, the Arabian is one of the most easily recognizable horse breeds in the world. It is one of the...
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| x Ardennes |
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The Ardennes or Ardennais is one of the oldest breeds of draft horse, and originates from the Ardennes area in Belgium, Luxembourg and France. They are heavy-boned with thick legs and are used for draft work. The Ardennes is found in many colors,...
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| x Asturcon |
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The Asturcon, also known as the Asturian Pony, is an ancient breed of small horse local to Asturias, Spain.
The ancient breed's ancestry is not known, although it is thought to have been from crosses between the Sorraia, Garrano, and the ancient...
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| x Brumby |
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A Brumby is a free-roaming feral horse in Australia. Although they are found in many areas around the country, the most well-known brumbies are found in the Australian Alps region in south-eastern Australia. Today, the majority of them live in the...
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| x Australian Stock Horse |
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The Australian Stock Horse (or Stockhorse), has been especially bred for Australian conditions. It is a hardy breed of horse noted for endurance, agility and a good temperament. Its ancestry dates to the arrival of the first horses in Australia,...
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| x Austrian Warmblood |
An Austrian Warmblood is a warmblood type of horse registered with the Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Warmblutzucht in Österreich (Association of Warmblood Breeding in Austria (AWÖ)). Although the studbook is made up of jumping and dressage horses from...
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| x Auxois |
Originally from the Cote d'Or and Yonne region of France, the Auxois breed is a descendant of the old Burgundian horse, dating back to the Middle Ages. There are very few left, although efforts are being made to maintain the breed, particularly...
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| x Balikun |
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The Balikun horse is a light horse breed from China, used for riding, light draft, and pack work.
The Balikun breed stands at 14 hands high or more, and is most commonly bay or chestnut. They have heavy heads with small ears; the neck is thick,...
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| x Banker Horse |
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The Banker horse is a breed of feral domestic horse (Equus ferus caballus) living on the islands of North Carolina's Outer Banks. It is small, hardy, and has a docile temperament. Descended from domesticated Spanish horses and possibly brought to...
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| x Bashkir Curly |
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A Curly is a breed of horse. Curlies, also called Bashkir Curlies, American Bashkir Curlies, and North American Curly Horses, come in all sizes, colors, and body types but all carry a gene for a unique curly coat of hair.
The Curlies are known for...
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| x Bavarian Warmblood |
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The Bavarian Warmblood is a horse breed of southern Germany that developed from an older Bavarian heavy warmblood breed called the Rottaler. Since mechanization in the mid-20th century, the Bavarian Regional Horse Breeders' Society has concentrated...
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The Belgian horse, Belgian Heavy Horse, Brabançon, or Brabant is a draft horse breed which comes from the West-Brabantian region of Belgium. They are one of the strongest of the heavy breeds.
Colors normally are a type of light chestnut sometimes...
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| x Belgian Warmblood |
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A Belgian Warmblood is a warmblood type of horse registered with the Belgisch Warmbloed Paard vzw (Belgian Warmblood Studbook (BWP)) or Studbook sBs. The traits given the greatest importance in the breeding aim of the Belgian Warmblood are...
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| x Black Forest Horse |
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The Black Forest Horse, also called the Black Forest cold blood or Schwarzwälder Kaltblut, is a draft horse breed originating in southern Germany.
Features of the Black Forest Horse include a dark chestnut coat with a flaxen mane and tail, a short...
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| x Boulonnais |
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The Boulonnais, also known as the "White Marble Horse", is a heavy draft horse breed now bred mainly by the French government due to their decreased numbers. The origins of the breed trace to a period before the Crusades, and they were at one point...
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| x Brandenburger |
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The Brandenburger is a warmblood horse breed originating in Germany.
The Brandenburger is a well-balanced horse with a lively temperament, an easy to get along with character and little tendency to nervousness.
Horse breeding was first mentioned in...
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| x Brazilian Sport Horse |
The Brazilian Sport Horse is a horse bred for the equestrian sports, especially for show jumping, dressage and eventing.
Despite the breed's youth, five Brazilian Sport Horses have competed in the Olympic Games: Aspen, Calei Joter, Cassiana Joter...
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| x Budyonny |
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The Budyonny is a breed of horse from Russia. They were developed for use as a military horse following the Russian Revolution and are currently used as an all-purpose competition horse and for driving.
The Budonny breed generally stands between 16...
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| x Byelorussian Harness |
The Byelorussian Harness horse breed was formed on the basis of the native northern forest-type horses improved by the Dole Gudbrandsdal (from Norway), Ardennes and Brabancon breeds. The Dole influence was the strongest.
It is a medium-sized horse...
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| x Camargue |
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The Camargue is an ancient breed of horses found in the Camargue area in southern France. For centuries, possibly thousands of years, these small horses have lived wild in the harsh environment of the Camargue marshes, wetlands of the Rhone delta....
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| x Camarillo White Horse |
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The Camarillo White Horse is a rare horse breed less than 100 years old known for its pure white color. It dates back to 1921, when Adolfo Camarillo, one of the last Californios, purchased a 9-year-old stallion named Sultan at the California State...
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The Campolina horse breed of Brazil is named after Cassiano Campolina, the farmer who developed the breed. Beginning in 1870, they were developed using several different breeds of horses. The Campolina is one of the larger Brazilian breeds, and may...
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The Canadian Horse is a breed of horse developed in Canada. Although previously relatively unknown due to its rarity, the Canadian Horse has influenced many other North American breeds, including the Morgan, American Saddlebred, and Standardbred....
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| x Canadian Pacer |
The Canadian Pacer is a horse breed of which only small numbers remain.
In the Canadian Provinces, French mares were crossed with Dutch and English stock. The bloodlines of the Canadian Pacer are not exactly known, but are thought to be descended...
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| x Carolina Marsh Tacky |
The Carolina Marsh Tacky or Marsh Tacky is a rare breed of horse, native to South Carolina. It is a member of the Colonial Spanish group of horse breeds, which also include the Florida Cracker Horse and the Banker horse of North Carolina. It is a...
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| x Carthusian horse |
The Carthusian horse, also known as the Carthusian-Andalusian and the Cartujano, is a type of horse that is a side breed of the Andalusian, rather than a distinctive breed in itself. It is generally considered the purest Andalusian strain and has...
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| x Castilian Horse |
The Castilian Horse, or Caballo Castellano, is a finely gaited palfrey-type horse that originated from the Kingdom of Castile (now known as Spain).
The Castilian Horse is not a large horse, the very best specimens standing no more than 14.3 hands...
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| x Chilean Horse |
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The Chilean Horse is a breed virtually unknown outside South America despite being the oldest registered native American breed, the oldest registered breed of Iberian origin, the oldest registered horse breed in South America and the oldest...
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The Cleveland Bay is a breed of horse that originated in England during the 17th century, named after its colouring and the Cleveland district of Yorkshire. It is a well-muscled horse, with legs that are strong but short in relation to the body. The...
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The Clydesdale is a breed of draft horse derived from the farm horses of Clydesdale, Scotland, and named after that region. Thought to be over 300 years old, the breed was extensively used for pulling heavy loads in rural, industrial and urban...
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| x Colonial Spanish |
The Colonial Spanish Horse is a foundation type of horse descended from the original Iberian horse stock brought from Spain to the Americas. The ancient form of the breed was once called the Jennet or Spanish Barb. The term encompasses many strains...
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| x Colorado Ranger |
The Colorado Ranger is a horse breed named for its Colorado High Plains origins in the United States of America.
The Colorado Ranger Horse Association (CRHA) registers horses that can be traced back to one of the two stallions and which also meet...
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The Comtois horse is a draft horse that originated in the Jura Mountains on the border between France and Switzerland.
The Comtois is a light draft horse, with a large head, straight neck, stocky and powerful body and deep girth. They have long,...
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| x Cretan horse |
The Cretan horse is a unique breed of horse that is close to extinction. The main characteristic of these horses is their small size and the special trot they have; Cretan horses never gallop, and are very good at walking on rocky ground and uneven...
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| x Cuban Criollo |
The Criollo horse of Cuba is a small stout breed used by the Guajiro people.
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| x Curly horse |
Curly Horses Origin of the Curly Breed The exact origin of the Curly Horse is one of the greatest mysteries of the horse world. One of the theories, and the source of their name, is that they are descended from the Russian Bashkir. However, upon...
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| x Czech warm blood |
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The Czech Warmblood (Český teplokrevník in Czech) is a horse breed from the Czech Republic.
The Czech Warmblood is a robust, powerful horse bred with strong bones. The breed has a strong neck on an elegant body, a broad, long back, and good hooves,...
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| x Danish Warmblood |
The Danish Warmblood (Dansk Varmblod) is the modern sport horse breed of Denmark. Initially established in the mid-20th century, the breed was developed by crossing native Danish mares with elite stallions from established European bloodlines.
The...
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| x Dutch Heavy Draft |
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The Dutch Heavy Draft Horse, also simply known as the Dutch Draft, is a draft horse from the Netherlands. They were developed after World War I for heavy draft and farm work.
The Dutch Heavy Draft is a relatively new breed of horse developed in...
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A Dutch Warmblood is a warmblood type of horse registered with the Koninklijk Warmbloed Paardenstamboek Nederland (Royal Warmblood Studbook of the Netherlands (KWPN), which governs the breeding of competitive dressage and show jumping horses, as...
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The Dutch Harness Horse, or Tuigpaard, is a warmblood type of fine driving horse that has been developed in the Netherlands since the end of World War II. Their studbook is kept by the Koninklijk Warmbloed Paardenstamboek Nederland (Royal Warmblood...
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| x Dølahest |
Dￃﾸlahest is a type of draught horse from eastern Norway.
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The East Bulgarian is an elegantly-built warmblood breed of horse that developed over the last 100 years. They are used mainly for under saddle and light draft work, and are well-suited for a variety of competitive sports, ranging from dressage to...
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| x East Friesian |
The East Friesian is a horse from western Germany and eastern Netherlands.
The East Friesian, found in the Federal Republic of Germany, developed along similar lines to the Oldenburg until the political division of Germany at the end of the...
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