1. By Cassidy Catrett Sources: The Stockman’s Handbook and Google Images
Horse Breeds
By Cassidy Catrett
Sources: The Stockman’s Handbook and Google Images

2. American Mustang Originated along the Barberry coast of North Africa.
Any color
Used for pleasure riding, show, trail riding, and jumping.

3. American Saddle Horse Originated in Kentucky
Colors include bay, brown, chestnut, black, or golden.
Long neck
Smooth gait

4. American Walking Pony Originated near Macon, GA
Colors may be sorrel, chestnut, roan, black, white, bay, gray, or golden.
Used mainly for children to ride.

5. Appaloosa Originated in Oregon, Washington, and Idaho.
Color is usually white over the hips with dark colored spots.
Primarily used as stock and race horses

6. Arabian Originated in Arabia
Colors are bay, gray, chestnut, black, or white.
Docile
Show, stock, and race horses

7. Buckskin Originated in the USA Colors are buckskin or red
Show and stock horses

8. Lipizzaner Originated in Yugoslavia Color is white
Used for dressage and jumping

9. Morgan Originated in New England
Colors are bay, brown, black, and chestnut
Saddle and stock horses
Docile and easy keeping

10. National Appaloosa Pony
Originated in Indiana
Colors are leopard, blanket-type, snowflake, or roan
Working and show ponies

11. Paint Originated in the USA White and any other color
Stock, show, and race horses

12. Quarter Horse Originated in the USA
Colors are chestnut, sorrel, bay, and dun
Stock and race horses

13. Shetland Pony Originated on the Shetland Isles
May be any color, broken or solid
Small
Mainly used for children to ride and some racing

14. Tennessee Walking Horse
Originated in the middle basin of Tennessee
Colors include sorrel, chestnut, black, roan, brown, gray, or golden
Plantation Walking Horses

15. Thoroughbred Originated in England
Colors include bay, brown, chestnut, and black
Used for Polo mounts, racing and stock horses

16. Welsh Pony Originated in Wales
May be any color, however white markings are frowned upon
Used for children and hunting

17. Belgian Originated in Belgium Colors include bay, chestnut, and roan
Used for farm work and exhibition
Largest breed of draft horses

18. Clydesdale Originated in Scotland Bay and brown with white markings
Used for farm work and exhibition

19. Percheron Originated in France Mostly black or gray
Used for farm work and exhibition

20. American Jack Originated in Europe Black with a white nose
Used for the production of mules

21. Donkeys Originated in Europe Black with a white nose
Used for driving, riding, and working

22. Mules Cross between a horse and a donkey Sorrel is the preferred color
Used for driving, riding, pack-horses, and working