Horse Breed Abbreviations

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

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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