Horse Breed Abbreviations


Have you ever been confused by horse breed abbreviations? It seems a horse is never simply just a horse!

Horse Breed Abbreviations | Savvy Horsewoman

Here’s a quick list of common (and some not so common) horse breeds and registries:

AA = Anglo Arabian
ACD = American Cream Draft
AES = Anglo European Studbook
AHR = Arabian Horse Registry
AMHA = American Miniature Horse Registry
AMHR = American Morgan Horse Registry
APHA = American Paint Horse Association
APHC = Appaloosa Horse Club
Appy = Appaloosa
AQHA = American Quarter Horse Association
Arab = Arabian
ASB = American Saddlebred
ATA = Amercian Trakehner Association
AWB = American Warmblood
BWB = Belgium Warmblood
CB = Cleveland Bay
CSHA = Canadian Sport Horse Association
CTHS = Canadian Trakehner Horse Society
CWB = Canadian Warmblood
CWHBA = Canadian Warmblood Horse Breeders Association
DSP = Deutsches Sportpferd (German Sport Horse)
GerWb = German Warmblood
Han = Hanoverian
Holst = Holsteiner
ISH = Irish Sport Horse
JC = Jockey Club
KMH = Kentucky Mountain Horse
Kwpn (Wpn) = Dutch Warmblood
MFT = Missouri Fox Trotter
Nfwp = Belgian Warmblood
Old = Oldenburg
OTTB = Off The Track Thoroughbred
RID = Registered Irish Draught
QH = Quarter Horse
Rhein = Rheinlander
RMH = Rocky Mountain Horse
SB = Standardbred
Sf = Selle Francais
SHB (GB) = Sport Horse Breeding of Great Britain/British Sport Horse
Sv = Swedish Warmblood
TB = Thoroughbred
TIR = Traditional Irish Horse
Trak = Trakehner
TWH = Tennessee Walking Horse
WB = Warmblood
Westf = Westfalian
WR= Warlander
Zang = Zangersheide (also see Zang Horse Breed Profile)

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Check the comments below for more horse breed abbreviations!

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11 Comments

  1. Anonymous
    January 26, 2015 / 9:44 pm

    MFT – Missouri Fox Trotter ACD – American Cream Draft RMH – Rocky Mountain Horse KMH – Kentucky Mountain Horse

  2. Anonymous
    May 30, 2015 / 7:56 am

    Hi from Ireland, from 2015 some ISH (Irish Sport Horses) have also (ITH) included after their name i.e. eventer Kilronan (ISH) (TIH) it stands for Traditional Irish Horse. They have a Facebook page.

  3. Patricia Purcell
    October 18, 2015 / 12:04 am

    ive seen AES and ZANG i cant find the breed of horse for theses abbreviations.

    • Anonymous
      March 1, 2016 / 3:25 am

      I found this while trying to find out what ZANG stood for as well. It is ZANGERSHEIDE.

  4. Darcey Hamilton
    December 17, 2015 / 5:48 pm

    I am also wondering about AES and ZANG. I have also seen HESS and I'm dying to k ow what it means!

  5. Anonymous
    July 7, 2016 / 4:08 pm

    OS?

    • Emma
      June 13, 2021 / 8:51 am

      Oldenberg I think…

  6. Anonymous
    July 11, 2017 / 6:16 am

    Wurttemburg

  7. Tracy Fler
    August 3, 2017 / 11:45 pm

    Appendix

  8. Joann L.
    May 27, 2018 / 11:27 am

    What is BUDJ?

  9. wanda dalfonso
    November 4, 2019 / 11:52 am

    How about AVS?

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