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There are many different types of horses, each with unique characteristics, traits, and qualities. Well-known horse breeds include the Friesian, Appaloosa, Haflinger, Belgian Draft Horse, Shire, and Lipizzaner. There are light horses, such as the English Thoroughbred and dressage horses, as well as heavy horses, such as draft horses, which are often used for forestry work or for hauling heavy loads. <\/p>\n

Horse breeds differ in build, height, temperament, and specialization. Some breeds are best known for their jumping abilities, while others are better suited for dressage, trail riding, or work. Ponies are also part of the variety of horses and are often used for children or recreational riding. Horse breeds have different characteristics\u2014such as manes, tails, color, and build\u2014that determine their intended use. <\/p>\n

Overview of all horse breeds in alphabetical order<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/colgroup>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Breed<\/strong><\/td>\nBreed<\/strong><\/td>\nBreed<\/strong><\/td>\nBreed<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
AES<\/td>\nChickasaw pony, also known as the Florida Cracker horse<\/td>\nKarabaier, also known as the Karabajr<\/td>\nPintabian, also known as the pinto-Arabian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Abyssinian<\/td>\nChilean horse<\/td>\nKarakachan<\/td>\nPinzgauer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Abtenauer<\/td>\nChilote horse<\/td>\nCaspian horse<\/td>\nPleven<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Achetta, also known as the Giara horse<\/td>\nChincoteague<\/td>\nKathiawari<\/td>\nPoitevin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Aegidienberger<\/td>\nChinese Guoxia<\/td>\nKazakh<\/td>\nPolopony<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Akhal-Teke<\/td>\nCleveland Bay<\/td>\nKentucky Mountain Saddle Horse<\/td>\nPoney Fran\u00e7ais de Selle, also known as the French riding pony<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Albanian horse<\/td>\nClydesdale<\/td>\nKerry Bog<\/td>\nMousseye Pony<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Alt-Oldenburger<\/td>\nColorado Ranger horse<\/td>\nKiger Mustang<\/td>\nPony, also known as the Americas<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Altai<\/td>\nComtois<\/td>\nKinsky horse, also known as Equus kinsky<\/td>\nPolish draft horse<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Alt\u00e9r Real<\/td>\nConnemara<\/td>\nKyrgyz<\/td>\nPottok, also known as the Basque pony<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
American Bashkir Curly, also known as Curly or Curly horse<\/td>\nConnemara pony<\/td>\nKisber Felver, also known as Hungarian Half-Blood<\/td>\nPrzedswit<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
American Indian horse<\/td>\nCriollo<\/td>\nKiso<\/td>\nPrzewalski’s horse<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
American albino, also known as American cream<\/td>\nDales<\/td>\nKladruber<\/td>\nQatgani<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
American Cream Draft Horse<\/td>\nDartmoor<\/td>\nKnabstrupper<\/td>\nQuarab<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
American Saddlebred<\/td>\nDartmoor mare and foal<\/td>\nKonik<\/td>\nQuarter Horse<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
American Walking Pony<\/td>\nDanish Warmblood<\/td>\nRoyal Warmblood Horse of the Netherlands, also known as KWPN<\/td>\nRhinelander<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
American miniature horse, also known as the American miniature horse<\/td>\nDeliboz, also known as the Azerbaijani<\/td>\nCroatian cold-blooded horse, also known as Medimurje<\/td>\nRhineland draft horse<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
American trotter, also known as a Standardbred<\/td>\nDon, also known as the Russian Don<\/td>\nKundudo<\/td>\nRiwoche<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
American Shetland Pony<\/td>\nDongola<\/td>\nKustanair<\/td>\nRocky Mountain Horse<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
American Warmblood<\/td>\nDrum horse<\/td>\nLac la Croix Indian pony<\/td>\nRussian draft horse<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Anadolu<\/td>\nGerman Classic pony<\/td>\nLandais<\/td>\nRussian trotter<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Andalusian, also known as PRE<\/td>\nGerman riding pony<\/td>\nLeonharder<\/td>\nSable Island<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Andravida<\/td>\nGerman Warmblood<\/td>\nLatvian, also known as the Latvian draft horse<\/td>\nSalerno<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Anglo-Arabian<\/td>\nDutch harness horse<\/td>\nLatvian draft horse<\/td>\nSan Fratello<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Appaloosa<\/td>\nD\u00f8le Gudbrandsdal, also known as the D\u00f8la horse<\/td>\nLewitzer<\/td>\nSandelwood<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Arabian, also known as the Arabian Thoroughbred<\/td>\nD\u00f8le trotter<\/td>\nLipizzaners, also known as Lipizzaner<\/td>\nSardinian, also known as Sardinian horse, Sardinian Anglo-Arab<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Arab-Frisian<\/td>\nD\u00fclmener<\/td>\nLithuanian Draft Horse<\/td>\nBlack Forest Chestnut, also known as the Black Forest Coldblood<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ardennes<\/td>\nEnglish Thoroughbred<\/td>\nLokaj, also known as Lokai<\/td>\nSelle Fran\u00e7ais<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Arenosa<\/td>\nEquus Kinsky, also known as the Kinsky horse<\/td>\nLundy<\/td>\nSemigreu Romanesc<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ari\u00e9geois, also known as M\u00e9rens<\/td>\nEriskay<\/td>\nLusitano<\/td>\nShagya-Arabian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Arravani<\/td>\nEstonian horse<\/td>\nMalapolski<\/td>\nShales<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Asturcon<\/td>\nEuropean trotter<\/td>\nMangalarga<\/td>\nShetland pony, also known as a Shetlander<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Australian Stock Horse, also known as the Australian Stock Horse<\/td>\nExmoor ponies, also known as Exmoors<\/td>\nMangalarga Marchador<\/td>\nShire<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Australian pony<\/td>\nFalabella<\/td>\nManipuri<\/td>\nSindhi horse<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Auxois<\/td>\nFell Pony<\/td>\nMaremmana<\/td>\nSkyros<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Avelignese<\/td>\nFinnish horse<\/td>\nMarwari<\/td>\nSlaska<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Azerbaijan, also known as Deliboz<\/td>\nFjord horse, also known as Fjord<\/td>\nMecklenburg<\/td>\nSleeswijk draft horse<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Azores<\/td>\nFleuve<\/td>\nMenorquin, also known as PRM, Menorca<\/td>\nSokolsky<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Azteca<\/td>\nFlorida Cracker Horse, also known as the Chickasaw pony<\/td>\nMessara<\/td>\nSorraia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Baise<\/td>\nFouta, also known as Foutank\u00e9<\/td>\nMini-Appaloosa<\/td>\nSoviet draft horse, also known as the Russian draft horse<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Balearic<\/td>\nFrench trotter, also known as the Anglo-Norman trotter<\/td>\nMini-Shetland<\/td>\nSpiti<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bali<\/td>\nFrench riding pony, also known as poney fran\u00e7ais de selle<\/td>\nMiniature horse, also known as the Dutch miniature horse or NMPS<\/td>\nSpotted Saddle Horse<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Balikun<\/td>\nFrederiksborger<\/td>\nMisaki pony<\/td>\nSuffolk Punch<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Baluchi<\/td>\nFreiberger<\/td>\nMissouri Fox Trotter<\/td>\nSumba, also known as Sumbawa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ban’ei<\/td>\nFrisian horse, also known as Frisian<\/td>\nMongolian horse<\/td>\nSyrian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Banker<\/td>\nFurioso<\/td>\nMonterufoli<\/td>\nTawleed<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bardigiano<\/td>\nGaleco<\/td>\nMorab<\/td>\nTennessee Walking Horse<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Barock Pinto<\/td>\nGaliceno<\/td>\nMorgan<\/td>\nTibetan pony<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bashkir<\/td>\nGalician horse<\/td>\nMountain pleasure horse<\/td>\nTiger horse<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Basque pony, also known as the Pottok<\/td>\nGarrano<\/td>\nMoyle horse<\/td>\nTimor pony<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Basuto<\/td>\nGelderlander, also known as the Gelderland horse<\/td>\nMurak\u00f6zi<\/td>\nTinker, also known as the Irish cob<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Batak<\/td>\nGiara horse<\/td>\nMurgese<\/td>\nTinker, mare with foal<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bavarian Warmblood<\/td>\nGiarab<\/td>\nMustang<\/td>\nToric<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Belgian draft horse, also known as a Brabander<\/td>\nGidran Arabian<\/td>\nM\u00e9rens, also known as the Ari\u00e9geois<\/td>\nTrait du Nord<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Belgian Riding Pony, also known as BRP<\/td>\nGotland pony, also known as a skogruss<\/td>\nNRPS<\/td>\nTrakehner<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Belgian Warmblood, also known as BWP<\/td>\nGroninger<\/td>\nNamib Desert horse<\/td>\nTres Sangres<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Belarusian<\/td>\nBelarusian<\/td>\nNational Show Horse<\/td>\nCzechoslovakian Warmblood<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Berber<\/td>\nHackney pony<\/td>\nDutch draft horse, also known as the Zeeland draft horse<\/td>\nChernomor<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bergmann miniature horse<\/td>\nHaflinger<\/td>\nNew Forest pony<\/td>\nCherkess<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bhirum pony<\/td>\nHaflingers<\/td>\nNewfoundland pony<\/td>\nUzunyayla<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bhutia<\/td>\nHaflo-Arabian<\/td>\nNez Perce horse<\/td>\nVyatka<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Boedjonny, also known as Budjonny<\/td>\nHanoverian<\/td>\nNigerian<\/td>\nFlemish horse<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Farm Horse<\/td>\nHeck horse<\/td>\nNokota horse<\/td>\nFlemish horse<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bosniak<\/td>\nHenson<\/td>\nNonius<\/td>\nVladimir<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Boulonnais<\/td>\nHighland pony<\/td>\nNooitgedachter<\/td>\nWarlander<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Brandenburger<\/td>\nHispano, also known as the Spanish Anglo-Arab<\/td>\nNorthern Swedish horse, also known as Nordsvensk<\/td>\nWelara<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Brazilian sport horse, also known as the Brasileiro de Hipismo<\/td>\nHokkaido, also known as dosanko<\/td>\nNoriker<\/td>\nWelsh cob<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Breton<\/td>\nHolsteiner<\/td>\nNorman Cob<\/td>\nWelsh Mountain Pony<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Brumby<\/td>\nHungarian Warmblood<\/td>\nNorrlander<\/td>\nWelsh pony<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Brumbies<\/td>\nHuzule<\/td>\nNovokyrgyz<\/td>\nWestphalian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Buohai<\/td>\nIcelandic<\/td>\nUkrainian riding horse<\/td>\nWestphalian (warmblood)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Burguete<\/td>\nIrish hunter, also known as the Irish sport horse<\/td>\nOldenburg<\/td>\nWielkopolski<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Burmese pony<\/td>\nIndian Country Bred, also known as Bhutia or Spiti<\/td>\nEast Bulgarian<\/td>\nWindsor gray<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Buryak<\/td>\nIndian half-breed<\/td>\nEast Frisian horse<\/td>\nVoronezh<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Buryat<\/td>\nIomud<\/td>\nAustro-Hungarian Warmblood<\/td>\nW\u00fcrttemberg<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Belarusian Harness<\/td>\nIrish Cob, also known as a Tinker<\/td>\nOrlov-Rostopchin, also known as the Russian riding horse<\/td>\nYabu<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Calabrese<\/td>\nIrish Draught, also known as the Irish draft horse<\/td>\nOrlov Trotter<\/td>\nYakut<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Camargue<\/td>\nItalian heavy draft horse<\/td>\nPadang<\/td>\nYili<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Camarillo White Horse<\/td>\nJaca, Navarre<\/td>\nPaint<\/td>\nZangersheide<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Campeiro<\/td>\nYakut, also known as Yakut<\/td>\nPaso Ibero-Americano<\/td>\nZaniskari<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Campolina<\/td>\nJava Pony<\/td>\nPaso Fino<\/td>\nZeeland Draft Horse, also known as the Dutch Draft Horse<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Canadian horse<\/td>\nJinzhou<\/td>\nPeruvian Paso, also known as the Peruvian Paso<\/td>\nZemaituka<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Canadian Cutting Horse<\/td>\nJutlander<\/td>\nPeneia<\/td>\nSouth German Coldblood<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Carolina Marsh Tacky<\/td>\nKabardin<\/td>\nPercheron<\/td>\nSwedish Coldblood, also known as the Swedish Ardennes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cartujano, also known as Carthusian, Carthusian<\/td>\nKagoshima<\/td>\nPersano<\/td>\nSwedish Warmblood<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Catria<\/td>\nKarabakh<\/td>\nPindos<\/td>\nSwiss Warmblood, also known as the Einsiedler<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

From real horse breeds to hobby horses<\/h2>\n

In hobby horsing<\/a>, the type of horse doesn\u2019t matter when it comes to the physical performance, but it does play a role in the creation of the hobby horse. Hobby horsers often choose a design based on their favorite horse breed. For example, you\u2019ll see hobby horses inspired by Haflingers, Friesians, or Appaloosas. This adds extra fun and creativity to the sport and <\/a>connects the world of real horses with hobby horsing. <\/p>\n

Diversity in Hobby Horses<\/h2>\n

Just like with real horses, there is a lot of variety when it comes to hobby horses. There are hobby horses featuring different animal species<\/a>, styles, colors, reins, saddles, and accessories<\/a>. This diversity makes hobby horsing unique and accessible to everyone. You can personalize your own hobby horse, turning it into more than just a sport\u2014it becomes an expression of passion, character, and creativity. Hobby horsing offers a way to practice various disciplines, such as dressage and show jumping, inspired by the rich world of horse breeds. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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