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Horse breeds

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Shetland
Pony group
Very dense mane and tail
Double coat
Can handle 2x own weight
9.3-10.2 hands high
Haflinger
Pony group
Golden with flaxen mane and tail
Short cannon bones
Hardy
Draft pony
Icelandic
Pony group
13-14 hands high
Bred to carry adults long distances
Double coat in the winter
George foreman rides them
Flying pace
Miniature horse
Misc group
Cannot be taller than 34-36 inches
Small horse not a pony
Arabian and QH types
Quarter Horse
Light horse
Fastest 1/4 mile
Muscular hind quarters
Versatile
Stocky and racing types
Prone to navicular disease
Arabian
Light horse
Dishes face
High tail
Hot blooded
Dainty
17 paired ribs
Appaloosa
Light horse
Nez pierce Indians
Thin mane and tail
Stocky
Can be solid
Come in leopard or blanket
Paint
Light horse
American Indians
Stocky
Athletic
Can be solid colored
Can come in tobiano or overo
Thoroughbred
Light horse
15.2-17 hands
Hot blooded
Fastest horses in the world
Elegant arched neck
Andalusian
Light horse
Original dressage horse
15+ hands
Natural balance and agility
Grey
Missouri Fox Trotter
Light horse
Sure footed
Flat footed walk
14-16 hands
Trail horse
Willing attitude
Pointed ears
Tapered muzzle
Paso Fino
Light horse
13-15.2 hands
Sloped croup
Willing attitude
Bred in Latin American countries
Friesian
Light draft
Black
Long head
Flowing mane and tail
Feathers
Move like they are floating
Clydesdale
Draft horse
Usually bay with white flashings
Lots of feathers
Budweiser horses
Used in commercials
Percheron
Draft horse
Grey or black
Short thick necks
Little feathers
15-19 hands
Largest 21 hands
Belgian
Draft horse
Strongest of the drafts
Gentle giants
Little feathers
16.2-18 hands
Double muscling over croup
Can pull their own weight
Shire
Draft horse
Usually black
Larger than a Clydesdale
Donkey
Misc group
Long ears
No withers
Grey with dorsal stripe
Mule
Misc group
Long ears
Horse like body
Taller than a donkey
Chestnuts
Or night eyes are horny,irregular growths on the inside of the horses legs
Cowlicks
Permanent hair whorls which cannot be brushed or clipped out on forehead and neck
Dimples
permanent indentations in the muscle under the skin on the point of the shoulder or in neck muscles
Facial Markings
Star
Stripe
Snip
Blaze
Bald
Leg Markings
Heel
Coronet
Half pastern
Pastern
Sock
Half stocking
Stocking
Bay
Tan to dark brown
Black mane and tail
Black legs
Blue roan
Mix of black grey and white
Dark mane and tail
Dark legs and head
Buckskin
Yellowish to gold
Black mane and tail
Black legs
Dun
Yellowish red
Black, brown, red, yellow, or mixed mane and tail
Dorsal stripe- dark stripe down back
Gray
White hair with dark skin pigment
White grey or black mane and tail
Dappling
Grullo
Smokey/mouse colored
Black mane and tail
Black legs
Palomino
Golden body
White mane and tail
Red roan
Red and white hair
Darker red or black head and legs
Red black or flaxen mane and tail
white
White hair with pink skin pigment
Brown hazel or blue eyes
Tobiano
Defined line between colors
Generally all 4 legs are white
2 different color mane and tail
Facial markings look like a solid color horse
Overo
Patchy/irregular splashes of color
Leg markings similar to solid color hose
One color mane and tail
Bald faced
Leopard
White body with dark spots
Tattoos
Upper lip most common site
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