1. Week 6

2.  Origin: North America  Use: Dressage and show jumping; NOT used for racing or high trotting show  Lifespan: 25-30  Height: 14-16 hands  Weight: Light Horse

3.  Color: Curly Coat, Mane and Tail; Chestnut, Bay, Black, and Gray  Interesting Facts:  Calm, intelligent and easily trainable  Hypoallergenic  Crossbred to gaited horses and about 10% will either do the running walk, fox trot, or stepping pace (called the Curly Shuffle)

4.  Origin: Village of Haflinger in Tyrolean Mountains (Austria/Italy)  Use: Trail and endurance riding, dressage, show jumping, vault, therapeutic riding  Lifespan: 25-30 years; can live up to 40 though  Height: 13-15 hands

5.  Weight: 800-1300 lbs  Color: variation of a chestnut with a flaxen mane and tail  Interesting Facts:  Came to the US in the 1950s  Fastest growing breed in US today

6.  Origin: Kentucky  Use: Trail Riding and Working Cattle  Lifespan: 25-30 years  Height: 14.2-16 hands  Weight: Light Horse  Color: Any color, but preferred is chocolate with a flaxen mane and tail

7.  Interesting Facts:  The “chocolate” color is a rare gene (silver dapple acting on a black coat)  Has a 4-beat ambling gait known as the “single foot”  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrVsy3BdWgk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrVsy3BdWgk

8. Equus ferus

9.  Origin: Steppes in Mongolia, China, and Europe  Life Span: 20 Years in captivity  Height: 12-14 hands  Weight: 440-740 lbs  Use: Wild equine  Interesting Fact: Endangered

10.  Colors:  Coat ranges from brown to dun  Pale underbelly and muzzle  Dark tail  Dorsal stripe  Dark high stockings  Short Mohawk-like mane

12.  Origin: England  Use:  Then: Pulled brewery wagons delivering ale to customers  Today: Pulls brewery wagons, used for forestry, or leisure  Lifespan: 27.5 years  Height:  Mares (16 hands and taller)  Stallions (17 hands and taller)

13.  Weight: Draft Horse  Color: Black, Bay, or Gray with white stockings (feathering)  Interesting Facts:  Largest horse breed;  1960s breed dramatically decreased in number (well over a million to a few thousand) and almost endangered  Mares can be roan colored but NOT stallions

14.  Duke:  As heavy as a family car  19.3 Hands tall  Aka: 6’5” at the shoulder