Equine Breeds - WikiNormals
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Overview
- Due to the extensive number of horse breeds worldwide, the sample below includes those found in the UK and/or Europe. A Breed Society exists for most of the breeds listed below. A list of many of these societies can be found at http://www.worldofhorses.co.uk/Breeds/Breed_Society_List.htm
- Some of the breeds noted below come in a variety of colours. Where this is the case the picture is labelled with 'Various Colours'. Where possible the size of the horse has also been indicated.
Horses
Akhal-Teke
(Various Colours)
15.1-15.2hh
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American Bashkir Curly
(Various Colours)
14.2-15.2hh
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American Cream Draught
16.2hh
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American Miniature
34" to tip of mane hair
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American Paint
(Various Patterns)
16hh
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American Saddlebred
(Various Colours)
15-17hh
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American Quarter
(Various Colours)
14.3-15.3hh
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Andalusian
(Various Colours)
15.2-16hh
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Angloarab
(Chesnut, Bay or Brown)
15.3-16.3hh
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Appaloosa
(Various Patterns)
14.2-15.2hh
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Australian Stock
(Various Colours)
15-16hh
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Azteca
(Various except Appaloosa)
14-15hh
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Barb
(Various Colours)
14-15hh
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Brumby
(Various Colours)
14-15hh
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Budenny
(Chestnut, Bay or Brown)
15.2-16hh
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Canadian
(Black, Chestnut, Bay or Brown)
14-16hh
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Cleveland Bay
15.2-16hh
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Colorado Ranger
(Any colour, often spotted)
14.2-16hh
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Criollo
(Various colours, dorsal stripe)
14-15hh
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Danish Warmblood
(Black, chestnut, bay or brown)
15-17hh
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Dutch Warmblood
(Chestnut,bay,black,grey, white often on face and legs)
approx 16.2hh
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Finnish Draught
Approx 15.2hh
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Florida Cracker
(Various Colours)
Approx 14-15hh
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Friesian
Approx 14.3-15.3hh
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Hanoverian (German)
(All solid colours)
Approx 15.3-16.2hh
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Holsteiner (German)
(Black points)
Approx 16-17hh
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Gypsy Vanner
(Piebald and Skewbald)
Approx 14-15.2hh
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Hackney Horse
(Bay,chestnut,brown or black)
Approx 14.3-15.3hh
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Haflinger
(chestnut,flaxen mane and tail)
Approx 14hh
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Hungarian
(All solid colours)
16-17hh
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Icelandic Horse
(Various Colours)
12-15hh
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Irish Draught
(Bay,brown,chestnut,grey)
15-17hh
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Kentucky Mountain Saddle
(Any solid colour)
Approx 13.1-16hh
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Kladruber
(Grey or black)
16.2-17.2hh
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Knabstrup
(brown or black spots on white)
Approx 15.2hh
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Lippizaner
15.2-16hh
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Lusitano
(Usually grey but any solid colour)
15-16hh
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Mangalarga Marchado
(Usually grey)
Approx 15hh
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Marwari
(Brown,bay,chestnut)
Up to 14.3hh
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Missouri Fox Trotting
(Various Colours)
14.2-16.2hh
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Morab
(Various Colours except spotted)
14.1-15.2hh
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Morgan
(No white above knee)
14.1-15.2hh
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Mustang
(Various Colours)
14-15hh
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Norweigan Fjord
(Silver and black mane and tail)
13-14.2hh
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Oldenburg (German)
(Brown, black and bay)
16-17hh
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Orlov
(Grey or black)
15.2-17hh
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Palamino
(Various Shades)
14-17hh
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Peruvian Paso
(Bay and Chestnut most common)
14-15.2hh
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Pinto
14.2-15.2hh
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Russian Don
(Chestnut or Brown)
15.2-16.2hh
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Russian Trotter
(Bay,Chestnut,Brown,Grey)
15.3-16hh
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Selle Français
(Mainly Chestnut)
15.2-17hh
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Spanish Norman
(Grey,Bay,Black)
15.3-17hh
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Spotted Saddle
(Two Colours Mixed)
14.3-16hh
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Standardbred
(Bay,brown,chestnut)
Approx 15.3hh
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Swedish Warmblood
(Bay,Chestnut,Brown,Grey)
Approx 16.2hh
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Tennessee Walking
(Chestnut and Black)
15-16hh
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Tersk
Approx 15hh
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Trakehner
(Any Solid Colour)
16-16.2hh
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Welsh Cobb
(Any Solid Colour)
No Upper Limit
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Westphalian
(Any Solid Colour)
15.3-16.2hh
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Horses (Cold-Blood)
Belgian Draft
(Chestnut, Sorrel or Roan)
15.3-17hh
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Boulonnais Horse
(Grey, Bay or Chestnut)
15-17hh
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Breton
(Grey, Bay or Chestnut)
14.3-16.3hh
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Clydesdale
(Bay, Brown or Black)
17.1-18hh
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Comtois
(chestnut, flaxen mane and tail)
14-15hh
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Percheron
(Usually grey or black)
15.2-17hh
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Russian Heavy Draught
(Chestnut, Strawberry roan or bay)
15.2-16.3hh
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Shire
(Bay,grey or black)
16-18hh
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Suffolk Punch
Approx 16hh
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Horses (Hot-Blood)
Arabian
(Chestnut, grey, bay and black)
14.2-15.hh
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Shagya Arabian
Approx 15hh
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Thoroughbred
(Any Solid Colour)
15-17hh
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Ponies
Avelignese
13.3-14.3hh
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Bali
(Mainly Dun)
13.3-14.3hh
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Basuto
(Chestnut, Brown, Bay, Grey)
upto 14.2hh
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Camargue
Up to 14h
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Chincoteague
upto 12hh
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Connemara
(Grey, black, brown, bay) 12-13hh
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Dales
(Black, brown, bay)
Up to 14.2hh
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Dartmoor
(Various Colours)
Up to 12.2hh
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Eriskay
(Black,bay, grey)
Up to 12-13.2hh
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Exmoor
(Bay,tan)
Up to 11.1-12.3hh
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Falabella
(Various Colours)
Under 9hh
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Fell
(Black,bay,brown,grey)
13-14hh
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Galiceño
(Any solid colour)
Up to 14hh
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Hackney
(Bay,chestnut,brown or black)
12.2-14.2hh
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Highland
(Dun,grey,brown or black and dorsal stripe)
13-14.2hh
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Hokkaido
(Solid colours, usually roan)
12.2-13hh
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Hucul
(black,bay,chestnut,dun)
12.1-13.1hh
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Kiso
(Various Colours)
Approx 13hh
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Konik
(Dun with dorsal stripe)
Up to 13hh
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New Forest
(Various Colours)
Up to 12-14.2hh
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Newfoundland
(Usually Brown)
Up to 11-14.2hh
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Noma
Approx 10.3hh
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Pony of The Americas
Up to 14.3hh
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Shetland
(Various Colours)
Up to 10.2hh
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Taishu
(Various Colours)
Up to 12hh
Tarpan
(Dun)
Approx 13hh
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Tokara
(Various Colours)
Up to 12hh
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Welsh Mountain Pony (Section A)
(Any Solid Colours)
Up to 12hh
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Welsh Pony (Section B)
(Any Solid Colours)
Up to 13.2hh
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Welsh Cob Pony (Section C)
(Any Solid Colours)
Up to 13.2hh
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Yili
(Bay,Chestnut,Black,Grey)
Approx 14hh
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Yonaguni
(Usually Chestnut)
Approx 11hh
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Other
Donkey
(Various Colours/Type)
62 Chromosomes
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Przewalski
(Usually dun)
66 Chromosomes
Up to 12-13.2hh
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Zebra
(Various Types)
44 Chromosomes
Up to 15hh
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Horse Passport
Horse Passports (England) Regulations 2004 require all owners to obtain a passport for each horse they own. This includes ponies, donkeys, and other equidae. Owners cannot sell, export, slaughter for human consumption, use for the purposes of competition or breeding, a horse which does not have a passport.^
For further information on filling out a Horse Passport, please see; http://www.horsepassportagency.co.uk
Identifying A Horse
- Principle Colours (Section A - Colours Commonly Occurring in Thoroughbreds):
Bay: Reasonably clearly defined colour between black lower part of legs and the general tan/brown colour of upper legs and body. Mane and tail are black.
Brown :
Standard Horse Colours
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References
^ Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA); http://www.defra.gov.uk/rural/horses/topics/passports.htm