All About Horse Breeds
Learning about horse breeds is going to be one of my life's quests...After all, it's taken millions of years since the first primitive breed of horses have evolved into the magnificent and beautiful creatures they are now...
I want to know everything about them...Why some are called hot bloods...warm bloods...or cold bloods...and which ones are classified as types or pure breds...
I also want to find out how each breed originated and how they developed their individual characteristic's...like conformation, action and temperament...And how come certain horses have specific markings and colors?...
The following video profiles many different types of horses...Is your's there?...
I have a million questions to be answered about horses...and my dad doesn't know all of the answers...He said there's too much to learn in one lifetime...and it's up to me to study what interests me in the equestrian world...on my own journey of discovery...
My dad said there are over two hundred horse breeds in the world...So I've got a lot of learning to do...My favourite one's so far, are the Arabian...Appaloosa...Welsh and Shetland pony...
Do you know about horse breeding, or other breeds?..Can you help me learn?...
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Timor Pony - NZ PPP breed
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The Timor ponies came to NZ mostly from Australia. The breed originated in the Netherlands (Holland) as a result of cross breeding Norwegian Fiord, English ...
Cold-Blood Horses
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Although cold-blood horses have the same body temperature as warm-blood horses, it is merely a reference to its typically calm, quiet and stable temperament....
Horse Breeds - Hackney Horses
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Hackney Horses are also harness trotters, of an old British breed with much the same origins as racing trotters, but their brilliant, extravagant action ...
Horse Breeds - The American Standardbred
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The American Standardbred horse breed, of Thoroughbred type but sturdier, with a longer back and shorter legs and averaging 15.2 hands, is the outstanding ...
Horse Breeds - Belgian Heavy Draft
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The Belgian Heavy Draft, the modern representative of the old Flemish horse, has been bred in a number of American states since 1866 and now provides seventy ...
Horse Breeds - Percherons
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Percherons, another heavy horse breed especially prevalent in the U.S.A. and Canada, originated in the La Perche region of France, and are valued for their ...
Horse Breeds - The British Shire
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The British Shire, as befits his ancestry, is the largest, pure-bred horse in the world.
A modern Shire can shift five tons with ease, and his enormous ...
Horse Breeds - Clydesdale
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Many horse breeds have a drop or two of Clydesdale, or of Shire or Suffolk blood in their veins, and these are some of the breeds of big powerful horses ...
Horse Breeds - Thoroughbred
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The Thoroughbred is a comparatively young horse breed that originated in England by the crossing of a few imported Arabian stallions with good Hunter mares
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Horse Breeds - The Barb - Akhal-Teke - The Turkoman
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Barb horses are fast, light, desert animals which come from Algeria and Morocco, but lack the Arabian's distinctive characteristics. There are few true ...
Horse Breeds - Arabian
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There are few breeds of horse or pony that have not at some time been improved with Arabian blood.
These lovely animals with their distinctive concave ...
Horse Breeds - Palomino
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The metallic glint of a Palomino horse has perhaps the most attractive coloring of all.
In the fifteenth century these golden horses are said to have ...
Horse Breeds - The Appaloosa
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The Appaloosa is one of the most well known of the American spotted horse breeds, and this particular coloring was developed by the Nez Perce Indians, a ...
Horse Breeds - The Quarter Horse
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A versatile American horse breed that is equally popular in Canada and Australia is the Quarter Horse, an old type used for Quarter Mile racing in the ...
Horse Breeds - The American Saddle Horse
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The American Saddle Horse, sometimes called the Kentucky Saddler, makes an excellent riding horse for most purposes, but is now bred chiefly for the show ...
Horse Breeds - Polish Breeds
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Other of the better known all purpose European Breeds are the Polish Poznan and Mazuren (originally Trakehner), and the Polish Arabs which are very carefully ...
Horse Breeds - Trakehner
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The most popular German horse breeds are the Trakehners, which have been famous for their endurance and courage ever since the horses of the well known ...
Horse Breeds - Oldenburg
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One of the horse breeds that was strengthened with Cleveland Bays is the Oldenburg, a German horse rather heavier than the Cleveland which was not available ...
Horse Breeds - Lipizzana
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Another horse breed which penetrated over Europe in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries and to which many modern horses are related to, is the Lipizzana....
About Horse Breeds
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The many different horse breeds and types of horses recognized in the world today include giants weighing more than a ton, tiny animals less than a yard ...
