The Norwegian Fjord is one of the world’s oldest and most distinctive horse breeds, with cave paintings showing dun-colored Fjord-type horses in Norway dating back...

The Connemara Pony is Ireland’s only native pony breed, developed over centuries on the rocky west coast of County Galway. Famous for athleticism, kind temperament,...

The Peruvian Paso (also called the Peruvian Horse) is one of the smoothest-gaited breeds in the world and the only horse with the dramatic “termino”...

The Paso Fino is a naturally gaited Latin American breed prized for the smoothest four-beat gait in the equine world. Descended from Spanish horses brought...

The Rocky Mountain Horse is one of America’s youngest official breeds, developed in eastern Kentucky in the early 1900s from a single foundation stallion known...

The Missouri Fox Trotter is one of America’s most beloved gaited breeds, developed in the Ozark Mountains of Missouri in the early 1800s as a...

The Standardbred is North America’s premier harness racing horse, developed in the 1800s as a faster, more durable trotter and pacer than the early Morgan...

The American Saddlebred is one of the United States’ original gaited breeds, developed in Kentucky in the early 1800s as a refined plantation horse and...

The Lusitano is Portugal’s iconic baroque horse, bred for over 500 years for war, classical equitation, and bullfighting (alta escola). Closely related to the Spanish...

The Akhal-Teke is one of the oldest and rarest horse breeds in the world, with a 3,000-year history rooted in the Karakum Desert of Turkmenistan....