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235 horse breeds organised by country

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235 breeds displayed

Africa

3 breeds

Morocco

1 breed

Barb Horse

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray
Uses: Endurance Riding, Trail Riding, Equestrian Show, Leisure, Cavalry / Military

South Africa

1 breed

Cape Horse

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray, Roan, Tobiano
Uses: Driving, Trail Riding, Cattle Work, Equestrian Show, Western Riding, Draft Work, Leisure, Cavalry / Military

Sudan

1 breed

Dongola

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Bay
Uses: Endurance Riding, Trail Riding, Horse racing, Leisure, Cavalry / Military, Pack horse / Pack animal

America

36 breeds

Argentina

4 breeds

Argentine Polo Pony

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray
Uses: Trail Riding, Cattle Work, Equestrian Show, Riding School, Leisure, Polo

Bagual

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray, Bay dun / Yellow dun, Roan, Pinto
Uses: Trail Riding, Cattle Work, Horse racing, Leisure

Criollo

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray, Bay dun / Yellow dun, Roan, Sooty buckskin
Uses: Endurance Riding, Trail Riding, Cattle Work, Equestrian Show, Leisure

Falabella

Category: Miniature Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray, Bay dun / Yellow dun, Palomino, Cremello, Pinto, Tobiano, Frame overo, Sabino, Blanket, Leopard, Snowflake, Varnish roan, Flaxen, Buckskin, Smoky black
Uses: Driving, Equestrian Show, Equine Therapy, Leisure

Brazil

3 breeds

Campeiro

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray, Bay dun / Yellow dun, Roan
Uses: Driving, Trail Riding, Cattle Work, Draft Work, Leisure

Campolina

Category: Gaited Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray, Bay dun / Yellow dun
Uses: Driving, Dressage, Equestrian Show, Leisure

Júpiter Quitumba, Brazilian national champion in 2002 - CC BY-SA 2.5 - Fábio Vidigal

Mangalarga Marchador

Category: Gaited Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray, Bay dun / Yellow dun, Cremello, Roan, Tobiano
Uses: Dressage, Show Jumping, TREC, Cattle Work, Leisure

Canada

4 breeds

Group of Canadian cowboys escorting cattle, 1947 - No restrictions - Provincial Archives of Alberta

Canadian Cutting Horse

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray, Bay dun / Yellow dun
Uses: Cattle Work, Leisure

Canadian Horse

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray, White, Palomino, Cremello
Uses: Driving, Dressage, Show Jumping, Trail Riding, Cattle Work, Draft Work, Equine Therapy, Leisure, Cavalry / Military

Canadian Rustic Pony

Category: Pony
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray, Bay dun / Yellow dun, Roan
Uses: Driving, Cattle Work, Riding School, Draft Work, Leisure

Canadian Sport Horse

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray, Bay dun / Yellow dun, Palomino, Roan
Uses: Driving, Dressage, Show Jumping, Trail Riding, Equestrian Show, Riding School, Leisure, Eventing

Chile

1 breed

Chilean

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray
Uses: Trail Riding, Cattle Work, Equestrian Show, Leisure

Colombia

2 breeds

Paso Fino

Category: Gaited Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray, Bay dun / Yellow dun, Palomino, Cremello, Roan
Uses: Endurance Riding, Trail Riding, Equestrian Show, Riding School, Equine Therapy, Leisure

Trocha Pura Colombiano

Category: Gaited Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray
Uses: Trail Riding, Cattle Work, Equestrian Show, Leisure

Paraguay

1 breed

Paraguayan Criollo – Paraguayan Horse

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray, Bay dun / Yellow dun, Roan, Sooty buckskin, Sooty, Mealy / Pangare
Uses: Endurance Riding, Trail Riding, Cattle Work, Equestrian Show, Riding School, Leisure

Peru

1 breed

Peruvian Paso

Category: Gaited Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray, Bay dun / Yellow dun
Uses: Trail Riding, Cattle Work, Equestrian Show, Leisure

United States

19 breeds

American Cream Draft

Category: Draft Horse
Colours: Cremello
Uses: Driving, Trail Riding, Riding School, Draft Work, Equine Therapy, Leisure

American Mule

Category: Mule
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray, Bay dun / Yellow dun, Palomino, Smoky black
Uses: Driving, TREC, Trail Riding, Cattle Work, Equestrian Show, Draft Work, Leisure

American Paint Horse

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Bay dun / Yellow dun, Palomino, Cremello, Pearl, Roan, Pinto, Tobiano, Frame overo, Sabino, Splashed white, Buckskin, Smoky black, Silver bay, Perlino
Uses: Vaulting, Driving, Dressage, Show Jumping, Endurance Riding, Trail Riding, Cattle Work, Equestrian Show, Western Riding, Riding School, Leisure

Chestnut Quarter Horse gelding in Texas. The highly developed hindquarters are characteristic. - CC BY-SA 4.0 - Betty Wills (Atsme)

American Quarter Horse

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray, Bay dun / Yellow dun, Palomino, Cremello, Pearl, Roan, Sooty, Flaxen, Buckskin, Smoky black, Perlino
Uses: Dressage, Show Jumping, TREC, Trail Riding, Cattle Work, Equestrian Show, Western Riding, Riding School, Equine Therapy, Horse racing, Leisure

American Saddlebred

Category: Gaited Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Bay dun / Yellow dun, Palomino, Cremello, Champagne, Silver, Roan, Tobiano, Frame overo, Sabino, Splashed white, Flaxen, Buckskin, Smoky black, Silver bay, Smoky cream, Perlino
Uses: Driving, Dressage, Trail Riding, Equestrian Show, Riding School, Equine Therapy, Leisure

American Warmblood

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray, Bay dun / Yellow dun, Palomino, Champagne, Silver, Pinto, Sabino, Splashed white
Uses: Driving, Dressage, Show Jumping, Trail Riding, Riding School, Equine Therapy, Leisure, Eventing

Appaloosa

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray, Bay dun / Yellow dun, Palomino, Roan, Leopard complex, Blanket, Leopard, Snowflake, Varnish roan
Uses: Dressage, Show Jumping, Endurance Riding, Trail Riding, Cattle Work, Equestrian Show, Western Riding, Riding School, Equine Therapy, Leisure

Colorado Ranger

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray, Bay dun / Yellow dun, Palomino, Cremello, Tobiano, Frame overo
Uses: Dressage, Show Jumping, Trail Riding, Cattle Work, Equestrian Show, Western Riding, Leisure

Cracker horse in the Paynes Prairie State Preserve - CC BY 2.0 - Geoff Gallice

Florida Cracker Horse

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray, Bay dun / Yellow dun, Pinto, Sabino, Mealy / Pangare, Buckskin
Uses: Trail Riding, Cattle Work, Western Riding, Leisure

Kentucky Mountain Saddle Horse

Category: Gaited Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray, Bay dun / Yellow dun, Palomino, Cremello, Silver, Roan, Buckskin, Smoky black, Silver bay, Smoky cream
Uses: Driving, TREC, Trail Riding, Cattle Work, Western Riding, Riding School, Equine Therapy, Leisure

Missouri Fox Trotter

Category: Gaited Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray, Bay dun / Yellow dun, Palomino, Cremello, Champagne, Roan, Tobiano, Sabino, Sooty, Flaxen, Buckskin, Silver bay, Perlino
Uses: Driving, Endurance Riding, Trail Riding, Cattle Work, Equestrian Show, Western Riding, Riding School, Equine Therapy, Leisure

Morab

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray, Palomino, Cremello, Champagne, Roan, Buckskin
Uses: Driving, Dressage, Show Jumping, Endurance Riding, Equestrian Show, Leisure

Morgan

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Bay dun / Yellow dun, Palomino, Cremello, Buckskin, Silver bay, Perlino
Uses: Driving, Dressage, Show Jumping, Trail Riding, Cattle Work, Equestrian Show, Western Riding, Riding School, Equine Therapy, Leisure, Cavalry / Military

Mustang

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray, Bay dun / Yellow dun, Palomino, Roan, Sooty buckskin, Tobiano, Frame overo, Flaxen, Buckskin
Uses: Endurance Riding, Trail Riding, Cattle Work, Equestrian Show, Western Riding, Equine Therapy, Leisure, Cavalry / Military

Nokota

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Bay dun / Yellow dun, Roan
Uses: Endurance Riding, Trail Riding, Cattle Work, Western Riding, Leisure

Curly horse in palomino dress. - CC BY-SA 2.0 - Ron Manke

North American Curly Horse

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray, Bay dun / Yellow dun, Palomino, Roan, Tobiano, Frame overo, Buckskin
Uses: Driving, Dressage, Show Jumping, Endurance Riding, TREC, Trail Riding, Equestrian Show, Riding School, Equine Therapy, Leisure

Rocky Mountain Horse

Category: Gaited Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Silver, Silver bay
Uses: Driving, Endurance Riding, TREC, Trail Riding, Western Riding, Riding School, Equine Therapy, Leisure

Standardbred

Category: Gaited Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Roan
Uses: Driving, Trail Riding, Equestrian Show, Horse racing, Leisure

Tennessee Walker horse model - CC BY 2.0 - Just chaos

Tennessee Walking Horse

Category: Gaited Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray, Bay dun / Yellow dun, Palomino, Cremello, Champagne, Roan, Tobiano, Splashed white, Perlino
Uses: Trail Riding, Cattle Work, Equestrian Show, Western Riding, Equine Therapy, Horse racing, Leisure

Uruguay

1 breed

Uruguayan Cimarrón

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray, Bay dun / Yellow dun, Roan
Uses: Trail Riding, Cattle Work, Leisure

Asia

23 breeds

Azerbaijan

1 breed

Karabakh

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Bay, Bay dun / Yellow dun, Palomino, Cremello
Uses: Dressage, Endurance Riding, Trail Riding, Equestrian Show, Horse racing, Leisure, Cavalry / Military

China

10 breeds

Baise–Guangxi

Category: Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray
Uses: Endurance Riding, Draft Work, Pack horse / Pack animal

Datong

Category: Pony
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray
Uses: Cattle Work, Draft Work, Cavalry / Military

Debao Pony

Category: Pony
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray
Uses: Cattle Work, Riding School, Leisure

Guanzhong

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay
Uses: Draft Work, Cavalry / Military

Guizhou

Category: Pony
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Mealy / Pangare
Uses: Driving, Riding School, Draft Work, Cavalry / Military, Pack horse / Pack animal

A Tibetan nomad and his Jiaoke-type Hequ horse in Gansu, China. - CC BY 2.0 - gill_penney

Hequ – Nanfan

Category: Pony
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray
Uses: Trail Riding, Equestrian Show, Draft Work, Cavalry / Military, Pack horse / Pack animal

Jianchang

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray, Bay dun / Yellow dun, Roan, Sooty buckskin, Sooty, Mealy / Pangare
Uses: Driving, TREC, Trail Riding, Cattle Work, Equestrian Show, Riding School, Equine Therapy, Leisure

Lijiang

Category: Pony
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay
Uses: Endurance Riding, Riding School, Draft Work, Pack horse / Pack animal

Ningqiang

Category: Pony
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay
Uses: Equestrian Show, Riding School, Draft Work, Pack horse / Pack animal

Yunnan

Category: Pony
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray, Bay dun / Yellow dun
Uses: Trail Riding, Equestrian Show, Riding School, Draft Work, Pack horse / Pack animal

India

1 breed

Marwari

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Bay, Gray, Bay dun / Yellow dun, Palomino, Tobiano
Uses: Driving, Dressage, Endurance Riding, Trail Riding, Equestrian Show, Western Riding, Draft Work, Leisure, Cavalry / Military, Polo

Iran

2 breeds

Grey Persian Arabian horse at a parade in Nishapur - CC0 - Sonia Sevilla

Arabe Persan - Pur-sang Arabe d’Iran

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray, White
Uses: Vaulting, Driving, Dressage, Show Jumping, Endurance Riding, Trail Riding, Equestrian Show, Polo, Leisure, Cavalry / Military

Caspian

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray
Uses: Driving, Dressage, Show Jumping, Endurance Riding, TREC, Trail Riding, Riding School, Equine Therapy, Leisure, Eventing

Japan

2 breeds

Hokkaido Washu

Category: Pony
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray
Uses: Cattle Work, Riding School, Draft Work

Kiso

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Bay
Uses: Driving, Trail Riding, Cattle Work, Riding School, Equine Therapy, Leisure, Cavalry / Military, Pack horse / Pack animal

Mongolia

2 breeds

Mongolian

Category: Primitive Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray, Bay dun / Yellow dun, Roan, Mealy / Pangare
Uses: Endurance Riding, Trail Riding, Leisure, Cavalry / Military, Pack horse / Pack animal

Przewalski's Horse

Category: Primitive Horse
Colours: Bay dun / Yellow dun, Sooty buckskin, Mealy / Pangare
Uses: Equestrian Show, Leisure

Saudi Arabia

2 breeds

Grey Arabian mare in Egypt, in front of one of the pyramids of Giza. - CC PAR 3.0 - Yana B

Arabian Horse

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray
Uses: Driving, Dressage, Endurance Riding, Trail Riding, Equestrian Show, Riding School, Equine Therapy, Horse racing, Leisure, Cavalry / Military, Eventing

Ace of Bask, a typical example of a Koheilan-lined stallion. - CC BY-SA 3.0 - Kuhailan

Koheilan - Lineage

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Gray
Uses: Dressage, Endurance Riding, Trail Riding, Equestrian Show, Leisure

Tajikistan

1 breed

Lokai

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray, Bay dun / Yellow dun, Sooty buckskin
Uses: Endurance Riding, Trail Riding, Cattle Work, Draft Work, Horse racing, Leisure, Cavalry / Military

Turkmenistan

1 breed

Akhal-Teke

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Bay dun / Yellow dun, Perlino
Uses: Dressage, Endurance Riding, Equestrian Show, Horse racing, Cavalry / Military, Eventing

Uzbekistan

1 breed

Kokpar horses in Kazakhstan - CC BY-SA 4.0 - Rustam Uzbekov

Karabaïr

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray
Uses: Driving, Endurance Riding, Trail Riding, Cattle Work, Leisure, Cavalry / Military, Pack horse / Pack animal

Europe

160 breeds

Albanian

1 breed

Illustration Standard of Breed Pony Albanais

Albanian Pony

Category: Pony
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray
Uses: Trail Riding, Draft Work, Leisure

Allemagne

1 breed

Dülmener

Category: Primitive Horse
Colours: Bay dun / Yellow dun
Uses: Driving, Endurance Riding, Trail Riding, Equine Therapy, Leisure

Austria

4 breeds

Abtenauer

Category: Draft Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Bay
Uses: Driving, Equestrian Show, Draft Work, Leisure

Austrian Warmblood

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray, Roan
Uses: Driving, Dressage, Show Jumping, Leisure

Haflinger

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Flaxen, Mealy / Pangare
Uses: Vaulting, Driving, Dressage, Endurance Riding, Trail Riding, Draft Work, Equine Therapy, Leisure

Noriker

Category: Draft Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray, Leopard complex, Blanket, Leopard, Snowflake, Varnish roan, Sooty, Flaxen, Mealy / Pangare
Uses: Driving, Trail Riding, Equestrian Show, Riding School, Draft Work, Equine Therapy, Leisure

Belarus

1 breed

Belarusian Draft

Category: Draft Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray, Roan
Uses: Driving, Draft Work, Leisure

Belgium

3 breeds

Belgian bay roan during shrimp fishing on horseback in Oostduinkerke. - CC BY 4.0 - Trougnouf (Benoit Brummer)

Belgian Draft Horse - Belgisch Trekpaard

Category: Draft Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Bay, Gray, Roan
Uses: Driving, Equestrian Show, Draft Work, Equine Therapy, Leisure

Hello Sanctos, famous sBs gelding, ridden by Scott Brash at the CHI Geneva in 2014 - CC BY-SA 3.0 - Clément Bucco-Lechat

SBS – Belgian Sport Horse

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray, Roan, Pinto
Uses: Dressage, Show Jumping, Riding School, Leisure

Zangersheide

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray, Pinto, Tobiano, Sabino, Splashed white
Uses: Driving, Dressage, Show Jumping, Trail Riding, Equestrian Show, Riding School, Leisure, Eventing

Bosnia and Herzegovina

1 breed

Bosnian mare and foal, bay with brown. - CC BY-SA 4.0 - MilanK Kralj

Bosnian Mountain Horse

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray, Bay dun / Yellow dun
Uses: Riding School, Draft Work

Bulgaria

4 breeds

Bulgarian Draft Horse

Category: Draft Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Bay, Gray
Uses: Driving, Draft Work

History of the Danube breed presented at the Kabiuk Stud Horse Museum - CC BY-SA 4.0 - Izvora

Danubian

Category: Draft Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay
Uses: Driving, Dressage, Show Jumping, Draft Work, Leisure

Karakachans in Pirin National Park - CC BY-SA 4.0 - Спасимир

Karakatchan

Category: Pony
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray, Bay dun / Yellow dun
Uses: Driving, Leisure

Pleven at Kabiuk stud, chestnut, model - CC BY 2.0 - Plamen Ivanov

Pleven (Horse of)

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Bay, Gray, Roan
Uses: Driving, Dressage, Show Jumping, Endurance Riding, Leisure

Croatia

1 breed

Croatian Coldblood

Category: Draft Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Bay dun / Yellow dun
Uses: Draft Work

Czech Republic

2 breeds

Czech Sport Pony – Český sportovní pony

Category: Pony
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray, White, Bay dun / Yellow dun, Palomino, Cremello, Roan, Pinto, Leopard complex, Sooty, Flaxen, Mealy / Pangare, Buckskin, Smoky black, Silver bay, Smoky cream
Uses: Vaulting, Driving, Dressage, Show Jumping, Endurance Riding, TREC, Trail Riding, Equestrian Show, Riding School, Equine Therapy, Leisure, Eventing

Kladruber

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Black, Gray
Uses: Driving, Dressage, Equestrian Show, Leisure, Cavalry / Military

Czechoslovakia

1 breed

Czech-Moravian Belgian (Českomoravský belgik)

Category: Draft Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Roan
Uses: Driving, Trail Riding, Equestrian Show, Draft Work, Leisure

Denmark

5 breeds

Danish warmblood, bay-brown coat, model - CC BY-SA 4.0 -Nicole Slanařová

Danish Warmblood – Dansk Varmblod

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray
Uses: Dressage, Show Jumping, Trail Riding, Riding School, Leisure

A group of Faroese ponies. - CC BY 3.0 - Maria Joensen

Faroe Islands Pony

Category: Pony
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray, Bay dun / Yellow dun, Roan, Pinto
Uses: Trail Riding, Draft Work, Leisure

Frederiksborg

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel
Uses: Driving, Dressage, Equestrian Show, Leisure, Cavalry / Military

Jutland

Category: Draft Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel
Uses: Driving, Equestrian Show, Draft Work, Leisure

Knabstrup

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Leopard complex, Leopard
Uses: Driving, Dressage, Show Jumping, Leisure

Estonia

1 breed

Estonian Native Horse

Category: Pony
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray, Bay dun / Yellow dun, Roan
Uses: Driving, Draft Work, Equine Therapy, Leisure

Finland

2 breeds

Finnish bay warmblood trotting - CC BY-SA 2.0 - Sini Merikallio

Finnish Warmblood – Suomenpuoliverinen – FWB

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray
Uses: Driving, Dressage, Show Jumping, Riding School, Leisure, Cavalry / Military

Suomenhevonen - Finnhorse

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Bay dun / Yellow dun, Palomino
Uses: Driving, Draft Work, Horse racing

France

22 breeds Discover French horse breeds

Anglo-Arab

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray, Bay dun / Yellow dun, Roan
Uses: Vaulting, Driving, Dressage, Show Jumping, Endurance Riding, TREC, Trail Riding, Equestrian Show, Riding School, Horse racing, Leisure

The black AQPS horse Vent des Dunes (2009–) during a steeplechase at the Corlay Équipôle in June 2021. – CC BY-SA 4.0 – Tsaag Valren

AQPS | French Chaser

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Bay, Gray
Uses: Horse racing

Ardennes stallion from the Fourneau Saint-Michel estate in Saint-Hubert (Belgium). - CC BY 3.0 - Marie-Claire

Ardennais (Draft)

Category: Draft Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray, Roan, Sooty buckskin, Sooty, Mealy / Pangare
Uses: Driving, Trail Riding, Cattle Work, Equestrian Show, Riding School, Draft Work, Equine Therapy, Leisure

Auvergne Horse

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Bay
Uses: Driving, TREC, Trail Riding, Riding School, Leisure

Auxois (Horse)

Category: Draft Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Bay, Roan
Uses: Driving, Draft Work, Leisure

Boulonnais

Category: Draft Horse
Colours: Gray, White
Uses: Driving, Trail Riding, Equestrian Show, Riding School, Draft Work, Leisure, Cavalry / Military

Reine de Since, chestnut Breton mare. - CC BY-SA 3.0 -Goulwena MOEL

Breton (Horse)

Category: Draft Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Roan, Mealy / Pangare
Uses: Driving, Equestrian Show, Draft Work, Leisure

Presentation of these magnificent horses, symbols of the Camargue and pride of the guardians in the marshes - CC BY-SA 4.0 - Rambouil jean

Camargue Horse

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Gray, White, Mealy / Pangare
Uses: TREC, Trail Riding, Cattle Work, Equestrian Show, Riding School, Equine Therapy, Leisure

Castillonnais (horse)

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Mealy / Pangare
Uses: Driving, Trail Riding, Draft Work, Equine Therapy

Comtois at the Col des Saisies in Savoie. - CC BY 2.5

Comtois Horse

Category: Draft Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel
Uses: Driving, Equestrian Show, Draft Work, Equine Therapy

Corsican breed mare. - CC BY-SA 3.0 - Ciriolla

Corsican Horse

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Black, Bay, Mealy / Pangare
Uses: Driving, Endurance Riding, Trail Riding, Cattle Work, Riding School, Leisure

Automne, a strawberry roan French Saddle Pony, in Brittany. - CC BY-SA 4.0 - Tsaag Valren

French Saddle Pony | PFS

Category: Pony
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray, Palomino, Pinto
Uses: Dressage, Show Jumping, Leisure, Eventing

French trotter at the Cépière racecourse. - CC BY-SA 4.0 - Clément Gruin

French Trotter – TF

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Bay, Roan
Uses: Show Jumping, Endurance Riding, TREC, Horse racing, Leisure, Cavalry / Military

Henson

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Bay, Bay dun / Yellow dun
Uses: Driving, Show Jumping, Endurance Riding, TREC, Trail Riding, Leisure, Eventing

Landais pony

Category: Pony
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay
Uses: Driving, Dressage, Show Jumping, Endurance Riding, Trail Riding, Equestrian Show, Riding School, Equine Therapy, Leisure

Nickel de Vives, a purebred Mérens gelding. - CC BY-SA 3.0 - Didier.tresse

Mérens (horse)

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Black
Uses: Driving, TREC, Trail Riding, Equestrian Show, Draft Work, Equine Therapy, Leisure

Normand cob stallion presented at the national stud farm of Saint-Lô. - CC BY-SA 3.0 - Larayevire

Norman Cob

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay
Uses: Driving, Draft Work, Leisure

Percheron

Category: Draft Horse
Colours: Black, Gray
Uses: Driving, Trail Riding, Equestrian Show, Riding School, Draft Work, Leisure

Poitevin Mulassier

Category: Draft Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray, Bay dun / Yellow dun, Roan, Mealy / Pangare
Uses: Driving, Draft Work, Leisure

Pottok

Category: Pony
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Pinto, Mealy / Pangare
Uses: Driving, Dressage, Endurance Riding, TREC, Trail Riding, Equestrian Show, Riding School, Draft Work, Equine Therapy, Leisure

Selle Français

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray
Uses: Vaulting, Driving, Dressage, Show Jumping, Endurance Riding, TREC, Trail Riding, Riding School, Leisure

Trait du Nord

Category: Draft Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Roan
Uses: Driving, Trail Riding, Equestrian Show, Riding School, Draft Work, Leisure, Cavalry / Military

Georgia

1 breed

Touching horse in Tusheti - CC BY 2.0 - Lidia Ilona

Tushetian

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray
Uses: Endurance Riding, Trail Riding, Draft Work, Leisure, Cavalry / Military, Pack horse / Pack animal

Germany

8 breeds

Marcus Ehning and Noltes Küchengirl at CHI Geneva 2013 - CC BY-SA 3.0 - Clément Bucco-Lechat

Bavarian Warmblood

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray
Uses: Driving, Dressage, Show Jumping, Leisure

Hanoverian

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray
Uses: Vaulting, Driving, Dressage, Show Jumping, Trail Riding, Equestrian Show, Riding School, Equine Therapy, Leisure

Holsteiner

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray
Uses: Driving, Dressage, Show Jumping, Equestrian Show, Riding School, Leisure

The Mecklenburg Principal 12 ridden by Martin Fuchs at the 2013 Geneva International Horse Show - CC BY-SA 3.0 - Clément Bucco-Lechat

Mecklenburger

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray
Uses: Driving, Dressage, Show Jumping, Riding School, Leisure, Eventing

Oldenburg

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray
Uses: Driving, Dressage, Show Jumping, Trail Riding, Equestrian Show, Riding School, Leisure

Rhenish Warmblood

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray
Uses: Driving, Dressage, Show Jumping, Riding School, Draft Work, Leisure

Westphalian

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray
Uses: Vaulting, Dressage, Show Jumping, Equestrian Show, Riding School, Leisure

Württembergers - Public Domain - Xocolatl

Wurttemberger

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray
Uses: Vaulting, Driving, Dressage, Show Jumping, Equine Therapy

Grèce

1 breed

Young Cretan in Georgioupoli, Grillos stables. - CC BY-SA 4.0 - Tsaag Valren

Cretan - Messará

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray
Uses: Driving, Trail Riding, Cattle Work, Equestrian Show, Draft Work, Leisure

Greece

2 breeds

Peneia Pony

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray
Uses: Trail Riding, Cattle Work, Equestrian Show, Draft Work, Leisure

Skyros bay mare and foal - CC BY-SA 2.0 - Andrew Frey-Lempicki

Skyros Pony

Category: Miniature Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Bay, Gray
Uses: Trail Riding, Cattle Work, Riding School, Draft Work, Leisure

Hungary

8 breeds

Furioso at the model, in Poland - GFDL - JoRe

Furioso-North Star

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray
Uses: Driving, Dressage, Show Jumping, Riding School, Eventing

Gidran

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel
Uses: Driving, Dressage, Show Jumping, Endurance Riding, Trail Riding, Equestrian Show, Riding School, Leisure, Cavalry / Military

Hungarian Draft Horse in Szentendre in 1969 - CC BY-SA 3.0 - FOTO:FORTEPAN / Zsanda Zsolt

Hungarian Draft Horse - Magyar hidegvérű

Category: Draft Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay
Uses: Driving, Cattle Work, Equestrian Show, Draft Work, Leisure

Hungarian Half-Blood - Félvér Magyar - CC BY-SA 4.0 - A fényképezőgépem memóriakártyájáról

Hungarian Half-bred – Magyar félvér

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray
Uses: Driving, Dressage, Show Jumping, Trail Riding, Equestrian Show, Riding School, Leisure, Cavalry / Military

A picture of Whiskey, who is a "Kisbéri félvér" gelding. - CC BY-SA 4.0 - A fényképezőgépem memóriakártyájáról

Kisber Felver

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray
Uses: Driving, Dressage, Show Jumping, Equestrian Show, Riding School, Horse racing, Leisure, Cavalry / Military

Međimurje - Muraközi ló

Category: Draft Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay
Uses: Driving, Trail Riding, Cattle Work, Equestrian Show, Draft Work, Leisure

Nonius

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Black, Bay
Uses: Driving, Dressage, Trail Riding, Equestrian Show, Riding School, Draft Work, Leisure, Cavalry / Military

Shagya

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray
Uses: Driving, Dressage, Show Jumping, Endurance Riding, Trail Riding, Riding School, Equine Therapy, Leisure, Cavalry / Military

Iceland

1 breed

Icelandic

Category: Gaited Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray, Bay dun / Yellow dun, Pinto, Blanket, Smoky black, Perlino
Uses: Driving, Dressage, Show Jumping, Trail Riding, Leisure

Ireland

4 breeds

Connemara Pony

Category: Pony
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray, Bay dun / Yellow dun, Palomino, Perlino
Uses: Driving, Dressage, Show Jumping, Trail Riding, Leisure

A model of a piebald Irish Cob with its characteristic abundant mane, at a show in Prague, Czech Republic. - CC BY-SA 3.0 - Karakal

Gypsy Cob – Irish Cob – Gypsy Vanner (Tinker)

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Gray, Bay dun / Yellow dun, Palomino, Cremello, Champagne, Silver, Roan, Pinto, Tobiano, Sabino, Splashed white, Buckskin, Smoky black, Silver bay
Uses: Vaulting, Driving, Dressage, Show Jumping, TREC, Trail Riding, Equestrian Show, Draft Work, Equine Therapy, Leisure

Irish Draft Stallion - CC BY 2.5 - Losmurfs

Irish Draught

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray
Uses: Driving, Dressage, Show Jumping, Cattle Work, Draft Work, Leisure, Cavalry / Military

Paul Estermann and Castlefield Eclipse, ISH mare - CC BY-SA 3.0 - Clément Bucco-Lechat

Irish Sport Horse - Hunter Irlandais

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray, Bay dun / Yellow dun, Palomino, Frame overo, Sabino, Splashed white
Uses: Dressage, Show Jumping, Trail Riding, Leisure, Cavalry / Military

Italy

10 breeds

Bardigiano

Category: Pony
Colours: Bay
Uses: Driving, Trail Riding, Cattle Work, Riding School, Draft Work, Equine Therapy, Leisure, Cavalry / Military

Calabrese horse

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: White, Bay dun / Yellow dun, Palomino, Cremello
Uses: Driving, Dressage, Show Jumping, Trail Riding, Equestrian Show, Leisure, Cavalry / Military

Giara horse

Category: Pony
Colours: Black, Bay, Mealy / Pangare
Uses: Driving, Trail Riding, Cattle Work, Riding School, Draft Work, Equine Therapy, Leisure

Italian Heavy Draft

Category: Draft Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Bay, Roan
Uses: Driving, Equestrian Show, Draft Work, Leisure, Cavalry / Military

Maremmien ridden by a buttero, model, side view. Equitana Show 2005. - CC BY-SA 3.0 - BS Thurner Hof

Maremmano

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray
Uses: Dressage, Show Jumping, Cattle Work, Riding School, Draft Work, Leisure, Cavalry / Military

Monterufoli pony belonging to the Corpo Forestale dello Stato, at Fieracavalli 2014. - CC BY-SA 3.0 - Justlettersandnumbers

Monterufolino Pony

Category: Pony
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay
Uses: TREC, Trail Riding, Cattle Work, Riding School, Equine Therapy, Leisure

Murgese

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Black, Gray, Mealy / Pangare
Uses: Driving, Dressage, Trail Riding, Cattle Work, Equestrian Show, Draft Work, Leisure, Cavalry / Military

Salernitano

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray
Uses: Dressage, Show Jumping, Trail Riding, Equestrian Show, Draft Work, Leisure, Cavalry / Military

Sarcidano

Category: Pony
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Bay, Gray
Uses: Endurance Riding, Trail Riding, Leisure

Italian eventing rider Luisa Palli and Lalia della Nave at the 2011 European Eventing Championship in Luhmühlen (show jumping phase). - CC BY-SA 3.0 - Steinfurth (Nordlicht8)

Sella Italiano

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray
Uses: Dressage, Show Jumping, Trail Riding, Riding School, Leisure, Cavalry / Military, Eventing

Latvia

1 breed

Latvian horse

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray
Uses: Driving, Dressage, Show Jumping, Trail Riding, Riding School, Draft Work, Leisure, Eventing

Lithuania

2 breeds

Lithuanian Heavy Draught

Category: Draft Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Roan
Uses: Driving, Cattle Work, Draft Work

Žemaitukas. Lithuania. - CC BY-SA 3.0 - Tocekas

Zemaitukas

Category: Pony
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Bay dun / Yellow dun, Mealy / Pangare
Uses: Driving, Cattle Work, Draft Work, Leisure, Cavalry / Military

Luxembourg

1 breed

Luxembourg Warmblood

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray
Uses: Driving, Dressage, Show Jumping, Leisure

Netherlands

6 breeds

Barock Pinto

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Black, Bay, Pinto, Tobiano, Sabino
Uses: Vaulting, Driving, Dressage, Show Jumping, Trail Riding, Equestrian Show, Riding School, Leisure

Dutch Draft

Category: Draft Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Bay, Gray, Roan
Uses: Driving, Cattle Work, Equestrian Show, Draft Work, Leisure

Friesian

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Black
Uses: Driving, Dressage, Equestrian Show

Pair of harnessed Gelderland - Public domain - Xocolatl

Gelderlander

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray
Uses: Driving, Dressage, Show Jumping, Equestrian Show, Leisure, Eventing

Groningen

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray
Uses: Driving, Dressage, Show Jumping, Trail Riding, Equestrian Show, Riding School, Equine Therapy, Leisure, Cavalry / Military

KWPN

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray
Uses: Driving, Dressage, Show Jumping, Equestrian Show, Riding School, Leisure

Norway

3 breeds

Norlys, Døle of Isabelle dress, grazing - CC BY 3.0 - HaXXa

Dølehest

Category: Draft Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray
Uses: Driving, Trail Riding, Cattle Work, Draft Work, Leisure

Fjord

Category: Primitive Horse
Colours: Bay dun / Yellow dun, Sooty buckskin, Sooty, Mealy / Pangare
Uses: Vaulting, Driving, Dressage, TREC, Trail Riding, Cattle Work, Equestrian Show, Western Riding, Riding School, Draft Work, Equine Therapy, Leisure

Head of a Norwegian Scandinavian Trotter - CC BY-SA 4.0 - Øyvind Holmstad

Norwegian Coldblood Trotter

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray
Uses: Driving, Trail Riding, Riding School, Horse racing, Leisure

Poland

4 breeds

Konik

Category: Pony
Colours: Gray, Bay dun / Yellow dun, Sooty buckskin, Mealy / Pangare
Uses: Driving, Draft Work, Equine Therapy, Leisure

Polish Coldblood

Category: Draft Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray, Roan
Uses: Driving, Cattle Work, Equestrian Show, Draft Work, Leisure

Silesian bay working on a lunge line - CC BY-SA 4.0 - Katrina Swinnley

Silesian Warmblood - Slaski

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray
Uses: Driving, Dressage, Show Jumping, Equestrian Show, Riding School, Draft Work, Leisure, Cavalry / Military, Eventing

Wielkopolski

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray
Uses: Driving, Dressage, Show Jumping, Trail Riding, Riding School, Equine Therapy, Leisure, Cavalry / Military, Eventing

Portugal

5 breeds

Alter Real

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray, Mealy / Pangare
Uses: Dressage, Cattle Work, Equestrian Show, Riding School, Leisure

Miranda donkey, *Equus africanus asinus*, a Portuguese domesticated subspecies of the African donkey – CC BY 3.0 – Aloisio

Burro de Miranda

Category: Donkey
Colours: Black, Mealy / Pangare
Uses: Trail Riding, Draft Work, Equine Therapy, Leisure, Pack horse / Pack animal

Garrano

Category: Primitive Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay
Uses: Trail Riding, Cattle Work, Riding School, Draft Work, Horse racing, Leisure

Lusitano horse in traditional riding. - CC BY-SA 3.0 - Lbpetersen

Lusitano (Purebred)

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray, Pearl, Perlino
Uses: Driving, Dressage, Trail Riding, Cattle Work, Equestrian Show, Leisure

Sorraia

Category: Primitive Horse
Colours: Gray, Bay dun / Yellow dun
Uses: Trail Riding, Equestrian Show, Leisure

Romania

2 breeds

Romanian Draft Horse

Category: Draft Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray, Roan
Uses: Driving, Equestrian Show, Draft Work, Leisure

Romanian Trotter

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray
Uses: Driving, Riding School, Horse racing, Leisure

Russia

12 breeds

Budyonny horse - CC BY-SA 4.0 - Fefa Koroleva

Budyonny horse - Boudionnovskaïa lochad

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Bay, Gray, Bay dun / Yellow dun
Uses: Dressage, Show Jumping, Endurance Riding, Trail Riding, Equestrian Show, Riding School, Horse racing, Leisure, Cavalry / Military, Eventing

Dagestan

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray, Bay dun / Yellow dun
Uses: Driving, Cattle Work, Riding School, Draft Work

Kabardin model - CC BY-SA 4.0 - Helgie12

Kabardian

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray
Uses: Endurance Riding, TREC, Trail Riding, Leisure, Cavalry / Military, Pack horse / Pack animal

Karachai

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray
Uses: Driving, Endurance Riding, TREC, Trail Riding, Leisure, Cavalry / Military, Pack horse / Pack animal

Nogai

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray
Uses: Driving, Draft Work, Cavalry / Military

New Gray Altai in the Chuy Steppe, Altai Mountains. - CC BY-SA 4.0 - Alexandr Frolov

Novoaltaïskaya (New Altai)

Category: Draft Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray, Roan
Uses: Driving, Trail Riding, Cattle Work, Draft Work

Orlov Trotter

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray
Uses: Driving, Equestrian Show, Riding School, Horse racing, Leisure

Chestnut Don horse with a glossy sheen. - CC BY-SA 4.0 - Fefa Koroleva

Russian Don

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Bay, Bay dun / Yellow dun
Uses: Dressage, Endurance Riding, TREC, Trail Riding, Cattle Work, Riding School, Draft Work, Equine Therapy, Leisure, Cavalry / Military

Painting of a Russian Line by Otto Eerelman in 1898 - Public Domain - Otto Eerelman

Russian Heavy Draft

Category: Draft Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray, Roan
Uses: Driving, Cattle Work, Equestrian Show, Draft Work, Leisure

Russian Trotter

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray
Uses: Driving, Trail Riding, Riding School, Horse racing, Leisure

Soviet Heavy Draft

Category: Draft Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Bay, Bay dun / Yellow dun, Roan
Uses: Driving, Endurance Riding, Draft Work

Vladimir Heavy Draft

Category: Draft Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Bay, Roan
Uses: Driving, Cattle Work, Draft Work, Leisure

Scotland

1 breed

Clydesdale

Category: Draft Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray, Roan
Uses: Driving, Equestrian Show, Draft Work, Leisure

Slovakia

1 breed

Slovak Warmblood – Slovenský teplokrevník

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Black, Bay, Gray
Uses: Driving, Dressage, Show Jumping, Trail Riding, Riding School, Leisure

Slovenia

2 breeds

Lipizzan

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Black, Bay, Gray, White
Uses: Vaulting, Driving, Dressage, Trail Riding, Equestrian Show, Riding School, Equine Therapy, Leisure

Slovenian Warmblood – Slovenski Toplokrvni Konj

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray
Uses: Driving, Dressage, Show Jumping, Trail Riding, Leisure, Cavalry / Military, Eventing

Spain

11 breeds Discover Spanish horse breeds

Ase Català

Category: Donkey
Colours: Black, Mealy / Pangare
Uses: Driving, Trail Riding, Draft Work, Equine Therapy, Leisure, Pack horse / Pack animal

Asturcón

Category: Pony
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay
Uses: Driving, Trail Riding, Leisure

Grey Chartreux at piaffe - CC BY 2.0 - Nordlicht8

Cartujano - Carthusian Spanish horse

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay
Uses: Driving, Dressage, Trail Riding, Equestrian Show, Riding School, Leisure

A pony in Majorca. - CC BY-SA 3.0 - Plàcid Pérez Bru

Galician Pony

Category: Pony
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray
Uses: Driving, Trail Riding, Cattle Work, Equestrian Show, Draft Work, Leisure

Galician bay - CC BY-SA 3.0 - HombreDHojalata

Gallega – Cabalo de pura raza Galega

Category: Pony
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray
Uses: Driving, Draft Work, Leisure

Hispano-Arabe horse mounted in Doma vaquera - CC BY-SA 2.0 - Manuel Gómez

Hispano-arabe | Aralusian

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray, Bay dun / Yellow dun, Palomino, Cremello, Roan, Sooty buckskin, Buckskin, Smoky black, Smoky cream
Uses: Dressage, Show Jumping, Endurance Riding, TREC, Trail Riding, Cattle Work, Leisure, Cavalry / Military, Eventing

Hispano-Bretón

Category: Draft Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray
Uses: Driving, Trail Riding, Leisure, Cavalry / Military, Pack horse / Pack animal

Jaca Navarra

Category: Pony
Colours: Bay
Uses: Trail Riding, Cattle Work, Pack horse / Pack animal

Majorquin

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Black
Uses: Driving, Cattle Work, Equestrian Show, Draft Work, Leisure

Minorquin

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Black
Uses: Driving, Dressage, Trail Riding, Equestrian Show, Leisure

Pura Raza Española (PRE) - Andalusian horse

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray, Pearl, Perlino
Uses: Driving, Dressage, Cattle Work, Equestrian Show, Leisure

Sweden

3 breeds

11-year-old bay Gotland mare, first prize-winning broodmare, at a Gotland Russ show in 2009, Turku. - CC BY-SA 3.0 - Sallis Lindqvist

Gotland (Pony)

Category: Pony
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray, Bay dun / Yellow dun
Uses: Driving, Equestrian Show, Riding School, Leisure

Swedish Trotter

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray, Roan
Uses: Horse racing, Leisure

Swedish Warmblood – Svenskt Varmblod

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray
Uses: Driving, Dressage, Show Jumping, Riding School, Leisure, Eventing

Switzerland

3 breeds

Einsiedler

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray
Uses: Driving, Dressage, Show Jumping, Leisure, Cavalry / Military, Eventing

Nepal, Franches-Montagnes stallion owned by the Swiss National Stud (SNS). - CC BY-SA 4.0 - Swiss National Stud (SNS)

Freiberger | Franches-Montagnes

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Mealy / Pangare
Uses: Driving, Dressage, Show Jumping, TREC, Equine Therapy, Leisure

Swiss Warmblood horse, Pénélope Leprevost and Cayman Athletic CH - CC BY-SA 3.0 - Clément Bucco-Lechat

Swiss Warmblood - Schweizer Warmblut

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray
Uses: Driving, Dressage, Show Jumping, Trail Riding, Leisure, Cavalry / Military, Eventing

Ukraine

2 breeds

Huçul bay roan in the Transcarpathia oblast. - CC BY-SA 4.0 - VargaA

Hucul (Pony)

Category: Pony
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray, Bay dun / Yellow dun
Uses: Driving, Endurance Riding, Trail Riding, Cattle Work, Draft Work, Leisure

Ukrainian Riding Horse

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray
Uses: Driving, Dressage, Show Jumping, Leisure, Eventing

United Kingdom

17 breeds

Cleveland Bay

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Bay
Uses: Driving, Dressage, Show Jumping, Trail Riding, Leisure, Cavalry / Military, Eventing

Dales Pony

Category: Pony
Colours: Black, Bay, Gray
Uses: Driving, TREC, Trail Riding, Draft Work, Equine Therapy, Leisure, Cavalry / Military

Jument Dartmoor et son poulain, en semi-liberté - CC BY 2.0 - Mike Knapp

Dartmoor pony

Category: Pony
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray
Uses: Driving, Equestrian Show, Riding School, Equine Therapy, Leisure

Picture from the traditional Hubertusjagt horse race in Jægersborg Dyrehave north of Copenhagen, Denmark. - CC BY-SA 2.5 - Henrik Jessen

English Hunter - Horse Type

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray
Uses: Show Jumping, Endurance Riding, Equestrian Show, Leisure

Eriskay

Category: Pony
Colours: Black, Bay, Gray
Uses: Driving, Trail Riding, Draft Work, Leisure

Exmoor Pony

Category: Pony
Colours: Bay
Uses: Driving, TREC, Trail Riding, Leisure

Fell Pony

Category: Pony
Colours: Black, Bay, Gray
Uses: Driving, Dressage, TREC, Trail Riding, Cattle Work, Riding School, Equine Therapy, Leisure, Eventing, Pack horse / Pack animal

Canadance, Hackney stallion - CC BY 2.5 - Panachehh

Hackney (Horse)

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay
Uses: Driving, Equestrian Show, Leisure

Hackney Pony

Category: Pony
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay
Uses: Driving, Dressage, Equestrian Show, Riding School, Leisure

Highland

Category: Pony
Colours: Black, Bay, Gray, Bay dun / Yellow dun, Mealy / Pangare
Uses: Driving, TREC, Trail Riding, Equestrian Show, Riding School, Draft Work, Equine Therapy, Leisure, Pack horse / Pack animal

New Forest

Category: Pony
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray, Bay dun / Yellow dun, Palomino, Roan
Uses: Driving, Dressage, Show Jumping, Trail Riding, Riding School

Shetland Pony

Category: Pony
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray, Bay dun / Yellow dun, Palomino, Cremello, Roan, Smoky black
Uses: Driving, Trail Riding, Equestrian Show, Riding School

Shire

Category: Draft Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray
Uses: Driving, Draft Work, Cavalry / Military

Suffolk Punch

Category: Draft Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel
Uses: Driving, Draft Work, Leisure

Thoroughbred

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray
Uses: Dressage, Show Jumping, Trail Riding, Equestrian Show, Riding School, Horse racing, Polo, Leisure

Welsh Cob

Category: Pony
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray, Bay dun / Yellow dun, Roan
Uses: Driving, Dressage, Show Jumping, Equestrian Show, Equine Therapy, Leisure

Welsh B in CSO - CC BY-SA 4.0 - Elevage de maika

Welsh Pony Section B

Category: Pony
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray, Bay dun / Yellow dun, Palomino, Roan
Uses: Driving, Dressage, Show Jumping, TREC, Equestrian Show

Oceania

6 breeds

Australia

4 breeds

Australian Riding Pony

Category: Pony
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray, White, Bay dun / Yellow dun, Palomino, Champagne, Roan, Tobiano
Uses: Vaulting, Driving, Dressage, Show Jumping, Equestrian Show, Riding School, Equine Therapy, Leisure

Australian Stock Horse

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray, Bay dun / Yellow dun, Champagne
Uses: Dressage, Show Jumping, Endurance Riding, Equestrian Show, Polo, Leisure

Australian Waler

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray, Palomino
Uses: Driving, TREC, Trail Riding, Cattle Work, Leisure, Cavalry / Military

Brumby

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray, Palomino, Cremello, Roan, Leopard complex, Buckskin
Uses: Driving, TREC, Trail Riding, Cattle Work, Riding School

French Polynesia

1 breed

Marquesas Horse in Hiva Oa. - CC BY-SA 3.0 - Remi Jouan

Marquesan Horse

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray, Bay dun / Yellow dun
Uses: Driving, Trail Riding, Cattle Work, Equestrian Show, Draft Work, Leisure

New Zealand

1 breed

Wild horses at Spirits Bay, North Island. - CC BY 2.0 - Natalia Volna itravelNZ@ travel app

Kaimanawa (Horse)

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray, Bay dun / Yellow dun, Roan, Pinto
Uses: Driving, Show Jumping, Endurance Riding, Cattle Work, Riding School, Leisure

Unknown

7 breeds

Unknown

1 breed

Andravida – Eleia

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray
Uses: Driving, Cattle Work, Equestrian Show, Draft Work, Leisure, Cavalry / Military

Bulgaria

1 breed

East Bulgarian

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray
Uses: Driving, Dressage, Show Jumping, Trail Riding, Equestrian Show, Draft Work, Equine Therapy, Leisure, Cavalry / Military

Germany

1 breed

Trakehner

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray
Uses: Vaulting, Driving, Dressage, Show Jumping, Riding School, Leisure, Cavalry / Military

Greece

1 breed

Pindos Pony

Category: Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray
Uses: Cattle Work, Equestrian Show, Draft Work, Leisure

Ireland

1 breed

Kerry Bog

Category: Pony
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray
Uses: Driving, Riding School, Draft Work, Leisure

Russia

1 breed

Orlov-Rostopchin

Category: Riding Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray
Uses: Dressage, Show Jumping, Equestrian Show, Riding School, Leisure, Cavalry / Military, Eventing

United States

1 breed

American Miniature

Category: Miniature Horse
Colours: Chestnut / Sorrel, Black, Bay, Gray, White, Bay dun / Yellow dun, Palomino, Cremello, Champagne, Silver, Roan, Pinto, Leopard complex, Tobiano, Frame overo, Sabino, Splashed white, Blanket, Leopard, Snowflake, Varnish roan, Sooty, Flaxen, Buckskin, Smoky black, Silver bay, Smoky cream, Perlino
Uses: Driving, Equestrian Show, Riding School, Equine Therapy, Leisure

List of horse breeds

Barb Horse

Cape Horse

Dongola

Argentine Polo Pony

Bagual

Criollo

Falabella

Campeiro

Campolina

Mangalarga Marchador

Canadian Cutting Horse

Canadian Horse

Canadian Rustic Pony

Canadian Sport Horse

Chilean

Paso Fino

Trocha Pura Colombiano

Paraguayan Criollo – Paraguayan Horse

Peruvian Paso

American Cream Draft

American Mule

American Paint Horse

American Quarter Horse

American Saddlebred

American Warmblood

Appaloosa

Colorado Ranger

Florida Cracker Horse

Kentucky Mountain Saddle Horse

Missouri Fox Trotter

Morab

Morgan

Mustang

Nokota

North American Curly Horse

Rocky Mountain Horse

Standardbred

Tennessee Walking Horse

Uruguayan Cimarrón

Karabakh

Baise–Guangxi

Datong

Debao Pony

Guanzhong

Guizhou

Hequ – Nanfan

Jianchang

Lijiang

Ningqiang

Yunnan

Marwari

Arabe Persan - Pur-sang Arabe d’Iran

Caspian

Hokkaido Washu

Kiso

Mongolian

Przewalski's Horse

Arabian Horse

Koheilan - Lineage

Lokai

Akhal-Teke

Karabaïr

Albanian Pony

Dülmener

Abtenauer

Austrian Warmblood

Haflinger

Noriker

Belarusian Draft

Belgian Draft Horse - Belgisch Trekpaard

SBS – Belgian Sport Horse

Zangersheide

Bosnian Mountain Horse

Bulgarian Draft Horse

Danubian

Karakatchan

Pleven (Horse of)

Croatian Coldblood

Czech Sport Pony – Český sportovní pony