Horse Breeds

The Hanoverian is the world’s most successful sport horse breed, dominating Olympic dressage, show jumping, and eventing for over a century. Bred in the Lower...

The Suffolk Punch is one of the rarest horse breeds in the world—a chestnut-only British draft with a barrel-deep body, clean legs, and a working...

The American Cream Draft is the only draft horse breed developed in the United States, and one of the rarest. Distinguished by a pale cream-colored...

The Anglo-Arabian is the cross between a Thoroughbred and an Arabian, and it sits at the high-performance end of the sport-horse market. A well-bred Anglo-Arab...

The Hackney is the high-stepping British carriage horse that built its reputation in the show ring rather than the riding arena. Bred in 18th-century England...

Gaited horses possess natural abilities to perform smooth, four-beat gaits beyond the standard walk, trot, and canter. These intermediate gaits make gaited breeds exceptionally comfortable...

Draft horses, often called the “gentle giants” of the equine world, combine massive size with remarkably docile temperaments. These powerful horses shaped human agriculture and...

The Thoroughbred is synonymous with horse racing, but these athletic horses offer much more than speed. From the racetrack to the show ring, Thoroughbreds are...

The Arabian horse has gotten complicated with all the myths and misconceptions flying around. As someone who’s ridden, owned, and fallen completely in love with...

The Quarter Horse has gotten so popular that everybody has an opinion about them, and all that noise flying around can make it hard to...