#Horae breeds full#

The warm bloods are a mixture of hot and cold, which include many popular competition horses, apart from the race horses which are all the sleek Thoroughbreds specifically bred for speed.Īmongst the best known warm bloods are: the Hanoverian, Trakehner, Holstein, Oldenburg and the Westphalian.

#Horae breeds full#

The Darley Arabian, the Godophin Arabian and the Byerley Turk.Ĭold bloods are the heavy Draught horses, the horses that usually do all the hard work, eg: The Clysdale, English Shire and the Schleswig, which was used in the Middle ages, to lug knights around, in full combat armour. The English Thoroughbred was originally established by crossing selected English bred mares, with three Arab stallions. The Caspian minature horse, is presumed to be it's ancestor. The Arab horse is considered one of the oldest and purest of the horse breeds, and carvings of them have been discovered in Egypt and the Middle East, dating back more than 1500 BC. Hot bloods mainly originate from the Orient the Arabian, the thoroughbred, the Anglo Arab, the Barb and from Russia originates the Akhal Teke and the Karabakh. Many have their own breed societies, which keep registers or stud books listing certain horses or ponies.Ĭarefully and selectively bred for a specific purpose, these animals show clearly defined characteristics of the breed, including conformation, height, colour and action.Īs well as the established breeds, there are a number of horses and ponies known as types, eg: Hunters, cobs, hacks and riding and polo ponies. There are more than 200 recognized breeds throughout the world. Ponies do not come into this classification. The hot bloods, the cold bloods and the warm bloods.

Today's existing horse breeds are divided into three groups. My favourite one's so far, are the Arabian, Appaloosa, Kaimanawa and Shetland pony.

My dad said there are over two hundred horse breeds in the world. 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. I have a million questions to be answered about horses and my dad doesn't know all of the answers. And how come certain horses have specific markings and colors? I also want to find out how each breed originated and how they developed their individual characteristic's like conformation, action and temperament.

Why some are called hot bloods, warm bloods, or cold bloods and which ones are classified as types or pure breds. 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. Learning about horse breeds is going to be one of my life's quests.