The world is filled with interesting horse breeds, and we’re here to help you learn everything about them! We’ve answered all your top horse breed questions and have included links to more extensive breed posts below.

Table of Contents

List of Horse Breeds (A to Z)
List of Pony Breeds (A to Z)
Rare Horse Breeds
Exctinct Horse Breeds
Canadian Horse Breeds
American Horse Breeds
Horse Breed Registries and Associations
Types of Horses & Ponies
Horse Breeds Q&A
Horse Breed Profiles

List of Horse Breeds (A to Z)

To find horse breeds by country, search in the Domestic Animal Diversity Information System.

Abtenauer
Aegidienberger
Akhal-Teke
Albanian horse
Altai horse
Altèr Real
American Belgian Draft
American Cream Draft
American Indian Horse
American Paint Horse
American Quarter Horse
American Saddlebred
American Warmblood
Andalusian horse
Andravida horse
Anglo-Arabian
Anglo-Kabarda
Appaloosa
Arabian horse
Ardennes horse
Arenberg-Nordkirchen
Argentine Criollo
Asturcón
Augeron horse
Asian wild horse
Australian Brumby
Australian Draught Horse
Australian Stock Horse
Austrian Warmblood
Auvergne horse
Auxois
Azerbaijan horse
Azteca horse
Baise horse
Balearic horse
Balikun horse
Baluchi horse
Banker horse
Barb horse
Bardigiano
Bashkir horse
Basque Mountain Horse
Bavarian Warmblood
Belgian Draught
Belgian Sport Horse
Belgian Trotter
Belgian Warmblood
Bhutia Horse
Black Forest Horse
Blazer horse
Boerperd
Bosnian Mountain Horse
Boulonnais horse
Belgian Draught
Brandenburger
Brazilian Sport Horse
Breton horse
Brumby
Budyonny horse
Burguete horse
Burmese Horse
Byelorussian Harness Horse
Calabrese horse
Camargue horse
Camarillo White Horse
Campeiro
Campolina
Canadian horse
Canadian Pacer
Carolina Marsh Tacky
Carthusian
Caspian horse
CastilianCastillonnais
Catria horse
Cavallo Romano della Maremma Laziale
Cerbat Mustang
Chickasaw Horse
Chilean horse
Choctaw horse
Cleveland Bay
Clydesdale horse
Colorado Ranger
Coldblood trotter
Comtois horse
Corsican horse
Costa Rican Saddle Horse
Criollo horseCroatian Coldblood
Cuban Criollo
Cumberland Island horse
Curly Horse
Czech Warmblood
Daliboz
Danish Warmblood
Danube Delta horse
Dole Gudbrandsdal
Don
Dongola horse
Draft Trotter
Dutch Harness Horse
Dutch Heavy Draft
Dutch Warmblood
Dzungarian horse
East Bulgarian
East Friesian horse
Estonian Draft
Estonian Native
Ethiopian horses
Falabella
Finnhorse
Flemish Horse
Fleuve
Fjord horse
Florida Cracker Horse
Foutanké
Frederiksborger
Freiberger
French Trotter
Friesian cross
Friesian horse
Friesian Sporthorse
Furioso-North Star
Galiceno
Galician Pony
Gelderland horse
Georgian Grande Horse
German Warmblood
Giara Horse
Gidran
Groningen Horse
Gypsy horse
Hackney horse
Haflinger
Hanoverian horse
Heck horse
Heihe horse
Henson horse
Hequ horse
Hirzai
Hispano-Bretón
Hispano-Árabe
Holsteiner
Horro
Hungarian Warmblood
Icelandic horse
Indian Country-bred
Iomud
Irish Draught
Irish Sport Horse
Italian Heavy Draft
Italian Trotter
Jaca Navarra
Jeju horse
Jutland horse
Kabarda horse
Kafa
Kaimanawa horses
Kalmyk horse
Karabair
Karabakh horse
Karossier
Karachai horse
Kathiawari horse
Kazakh Horse
Kentucky Mountain Saddle Horse
Kiger Mustang
Kinsky horse
Konik
Kyrgyz Horse
Kisber Felver
Kiso Horse
Kladruber
Knabstrupper
Kundudo
Kustanair
Latvian horse
Lipizzan
Lithuanian Heavy Draught
Ljutomer Trotter
Lokai
Losino horse
Lusitano
Luxembourg Warmblood
Lyngshest
M’Bayar
M’Par
Malopolski
Mallorquín
Mangalarga
Mangalarga Marchador
Maremmano
Marismeño
Marsh Tacky
Marwari horse
Mecklenburger
Međimurje horse
Menorquín horse
Mérens horse
Messara horse
Mezőhegyesi sport-horse
Metis Trotter
Miniature horse
Misaki horse
Missouri Fox Trotter
Monchino
Mongolian Horse
Mongolian Wild Horse
Monterufolino
Morab
Morgan horse
Mountain Pleasure Horse
Moyle horse
Muraközi
Murgese
Mustang
Namib Desert Horse
Nangchen horse
National Show Horse
Nez Perce Horse
Nivernais horse
Nokota horse
Noma horse
Nonius horse
Nooitgedachter
Nordlandshest/ Lyngshest
Noriker horse
Norman Cob
Norsk Kaldblodstraver
North American Single-footing Horse
North Swedish Horse
Norwegian Fjord
Novoolexandrian Draught
Novokirghiz
Oberlander Horse
Ogaden
Oldenburger
Orlov Trotter
Ostfriesen and Alt-Oldenburger
Paint
Pampa horse
Paso Fino
Pentro horse
Percheron
Persano horse
Peruvian Paso
Pintabian
Pleven horse
Poitevin horse
Posavac
Pottok
Priob
Pryor Mountain Mustang
Przewalski’s horse
Pura Raza Española
Purosangue Orientale
Qatgani
Quarab
Quarter Horse
Racking horse
Retuerta horse
Rhenish German Coldblood
Rhinelander horse
Riwoche horse
Rocky Mountain Horse
Romanian Sporthorse
Rottaler
Russian Don
Russian Heavy Draft
Russian Trotter
Saddlebred
Salernitano
Samolaco horse
Sanfratellano
Santa Cruz Island horse
Sarcidano horse
Sardinian Anglo-Arab
Schleswig Coldblood
Schwarzwälder Kaltblut
Selale
Sella Italiano
Selle Français
Senner
Shagya Arabian
Shan Horse
Shire horse
Siciliano indigeno
Silesian horse
Sindhi horse
Slovenian Cold-blood
Sorraia
Sokolski horse
South German Coldblood
Soviet Heavy Draft
Spanish Barb
Spanish Jennet Horse
Spanish Mustang
Spanish-Norman horse
Spanish Tarpan
Spanish Trotter
Spiti Horse
Spotted Saddle Horse
Standardbred
Suffolk Punch
Svensk Kallblodstravare
Swedish Ardennes
Swedish Warmblood
Swiss Warmblood
Taishū horse
Takhi
Tawleed
Tchernomor
Tennessee Walking Horse
Tersk horse
Thoroughbred
Tinker horse
Tiger Horse
Tokara horse
Tolfetano
Tori horse
Trait Du Nord
Trakehner
Tsushima
Tuigpaard
Ukrainian Riding Horse
Unmol Horse
Uzunyayla
Ventasso horse
Virginia highlander
Vlaamperd
Vladimir Heavy Draft
Vyatka horse
Waler
Walkaloosa
Warmblood
Warlander
Welsh Cob
Westphalian horse
Wielkopolski
Württemberger
Xilingol horse
Yakutian horse
Yili horse
Yonaguni horse
Zangersheide
Zaniskari
Zweibrücker
Žemaitukas

List of Pony Breeds (A to Z)

American Shetland Pony
American Walking Pony
Anadolu pony
Assateague Pony
Australian Pony
Australian Riding Pony
Bali Pony
Basuto pony
Batak Pony
Bosnian Pony
British Riding Pony
British Spotted Pony
Burmese Pony
Camargue horse
Canadian rustic pony
Carpathian Pony
Caspian horse
Chincoteague Pony
Chinese Guoxia
Coffin Bay Pony
Connemara pony
Czechoslovakian Small Riding Pony
Dales Pony
Danish Sport Pony
Dartmoor pony
Deli pony
Deutsches Reitpony
Dülmen Pony
Eriskay pony
Esperia Pony
Exmoor pony
Falabella
Faroe pony
Fell Pony
Fjord horse
Flores pony
French Saddle Pony
Galician Pony
Garrano
Gayoe
German Riding Pony
German Classic Pony
Gotland Pony
Guizhou pony
Guangxi
Gǔo-xìa pony
Hackney pony
Haflinger
Highland Pony
Hokkaido Pony
Hucul Pony
Hunter Pony
Icelandic horse
Java Pony
Kerry bog pony
Lac La Croix Indian Pony
Landais Pony
Lijiang pony
Lundy Pony
Manipuri Pony
Merens Pony
Miniature horse
Miyako Pony
Namaqua Pony
Narym Pony
New Forest pony
Newfoundland pony
Peneia Pony
Petiso Argentino
Pindos Pony
Poney Mousseye
Pony of the Americas
Quarter pony
Sable Island Pony
Sandalwood Pony
Shetland pony
Skogsruss
Skyros Pony
Sumba and Sumbawa Pony
Tibetan Pony
Timor Pony
Welara
Welsh Pony
Western Sudan pony

Rare Horse Breeds

We’ve put together a list of top 35 Rare Horse Breeds with declining populations. Check out the full post, or click on the breed profiles below:

Extinct Horse Breeds

Abaco Barb
Anglo-Norman
Angevin
Berrichon
Bidet
Cape Horse
Chapman horse
Charentais
Charolais
Cheval du Morvan
Ferghana horse
Galloway
Karacabey
Irish Hobby
Jennet
Mazury
Narragansett Pacer
Navarrin
Neapolitan
Nisean horse
Norfolk Trotter
Öland
Old English Black
Pozan
Strelets Arab
Turkoman Horse
Yorkshire Coach Horse

American Horse Breeds

This list of American Horse Breeds includes the most common horses you’ll encounter in the USA.

Canadian Horse Breeds

This list includes the rare Canadian Horse Breeds that orginated in the prairies or east coast of Canada.

Types of Horses & Ponies

Breeds are often categorized by Horse Types to group those with a similar appearance or use. Check out the profiles below:

Horse Breed Registries & Associations

Registries are made to record breeding and show records or simply to connect breed owners across the country.

Horse Breeds Q&A

What is the number 1 horse breed?

More than 6 million horses have been registered by American Quarter Horse Association, making the Quarter Horse the world’s most popular horse breed.

What are the top 5 biggest horse breeds?

Some of the biggest horse breeds are the Shire, Clydesdale, Belgium, Percheron, and Dutch Draft. To learn more check out our post about the World’s Tallest Horses.

What is the gentlest horse breed?

While most horse breeds can be gentle, surprisingly the largest drafts are known for being gentle giants. For riding horse types, quarter horses, morgans and appaloosas often have a quiet, gentle nature.

What is the smallest horse breed?

There are many small horse breeds, but the Falabella wins in this category! Check out 7 Smallest Horse & Pony Breeds or Einstein Horse – World’s Smallest Horse to find out more.

What is the craziest horse breed?

The Marwari horse is at the top of the list for unique and usual. They have long ears that curve inward so much that the tips touch each other.

What is the wildest horse?

There are many breeds (and crossbreeds) that are feral throughout the world. The mustang in the United States and the Brumby in Australia are good examples. There are also wild horses in Bosnia, Croatia, Canada, New Zealand, Portugal, and Scotland.

What is the strongest horse breed?

Draft breeds are the strongest type, with Belgiums, Shires, and Percherons at the top of the list. A pair of Belgium horses can pull up to 17,000 pounds!

What is the fastest horse breed?

That depends! While many horses are built for speed, some excel at short sprints and others at long rides. Check out the Fastest Horse in the World to learn more.

What is the easiest horse breed to ride?

There’s not a particular breed that guarantees an easy ride, but rather age and experience. However, beginner riders are often drawn to quieter breeds such as quarter horses or draft crosses.

What are the easiest horse breeds to take care of?

Horses defined as “cold-blooded”, like draft breeds, are usually very hardy. Despite their large size, they are able to maintain their weight much easier than most “hot-blooded” breeds. Ponies can also be easy to care for but are more prone to founder and soundness issues due to overeating.