horse breeds

Cobs

sturdy, placid horses, traditionally a draft type pony

Hacks

enjoyable, riding or driving

Appaloosa

warm blooded

athletic, agile and easy to train. have a strain of Arab breed. According to some, all breeds that are not definitely Thoroughbred, draft, or pony

hot blooded

sensitive and reactive temperaments

cold blooded

heavy, gentle giants, placid and kind, with easy-going temperaments, a type of draft horse

light horses

12 to 17.2 hands high (hh) and weigh 900 to 1,400 pounds

draft

14.2 to 17.2 hands high and weigh 1,400 pounds or more.

ponies

14.2 hands high or less and weigh 500 to 900 pounds. either draft, heavy harness, or saddle type

light horse

include riding, racing, showing, driving, all-purpose, and miniture

Gelding

castrated male

Weanling

5-12 months of age

Yearling

12-24 months of age

Two Year Old

24-36 months of age

Points

mane, tail, ear rims, and lower limbs

Buckskin

golden with black points, no dorsal stripe

dun

always has dorsal stripe. can have stripes on legs. shades of darker yellow (no black points)

palomino

yellow/gold with light points

miniature

maximum height for registration is 34 inches at the withers

roan

mixture of coat colors, white hair throughtout the body

cremello

Pink pigment skin, Blue eyes, White mane and tail

perlino

cream body with darker (reddish) mane and tail

dapples

spotted

tobiano

dark color covers one or both flanks. normally all four legs are white at least below the hocks and carpus

overo

white will not usually cross back between the withers or tail. one or often all four limbs are dark. like an egg

tovero

dark pigmentation around the ears, which may cover the forehead or eyes. one or both eyes are blue. A combination of tobiano and overo patterns. some speckling 

mule

offspring of male donkey and female horse

hinny

cross between male horse and female donkey

zorse

zebra stallion and a horse mare

miniature horse

scaled down version of a regular horse and not a dwarf

shetland pony

originated in Shetland island off the coast of Scotland

paint horses

Developed from a base of spotted horses with Quarter Horse and Thoroughbred bloodlines. introduced by the Spanish explorers, descendants of horses from North Africa and Asia Minor