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This is a list of horse breeds usually considered to originate or have developed in Canada and the United States. Some may have complex or obscure histories, so inclusion here does not necessarily imply that a breed is predominantly or exclusively from those countries.

Name Other names Notes Image
Alberta Wild Horse
American Bashkir Curly
  • American Curly Horse
  • North American Curly Horse
American Belgian Draft
American Cream Draft
American Crème Horse
American Drum Horse
American Indian Horse
American Miniature Horse
American Paint Horse Paint Horse
American Quarter Horse Quarter Horse
American Saddlebred
American Shetland Pony
American Sorraia Mustang of Iberian origin, in the Colonial Spanish horse group; no connection to the Sorraia has been demonstrated
American Spotted
American Spotted Paso
American Thoroughbred Thoroughbred derives directly from the British Thoroughbred; some lines and some coat colors would not be eligible for registration in the General Stud Book
American Walking Pony
American Warmblood
American White Horse
Appaloosa
Baca-Chica
Banker
Blazer Modern breed of riding horse, bred particularly for ranch work; developed by Neil Hinck of Star, Idaho, from a single foundation stallion named Little Blaze.
Camarillo White Horse
Canadian
Canadian Pacer
Canadian Pinto
Canadian Rustic Pony
Canadian Sport Horse
Canadian Warmblood
Carolina Marsh Tacky Marsh Tacky
Cerbat Mustang
Cherokee Horse
Chickasaw
Chincoteague Pony Assateague Horse
Choctaw Horse
Colonial Spanish
Colorado Ranger
Conestoga Horse extinct
Cumberland Island Horse
Florida Cracker Horse
Galiceño
Kanata Pony
Kentucky Mountain Saddle Horse
Kiger Mustang
Lac La Croix Indian Pony
  • Lac La Croix Pony
  • Lac La Croix Indigenous Pony
  • Ojibwe Pony
Missouri Fox Trotter
Morab
Morgan
Morocco Spotted
Mountain Pleasure Horse
Moyle Ranch and endurance horse, bred in Utah by Rex Moyle from Colonial Spanish and Cleveland Bay stock
Mustang American Mustang
Narragansett Pacer extinct
National Show Horse
Nemaiah Valley Horse
Newfoundland Pony
Nez Perce Horse
Nokota
North American Sportpony American Sport Pony
Pony of the Americas Appaloosa Pony
Pryor Mountain Mustang Pryor Mountain
Puerto Rican Paso Fino
Quarab
Quarter Pony
Racking Horse
Rocky Mountain Horse
Sable Island Pony
Santa Cruz
Spanish Jennet Horse
Spanish Barb The Spanish Barb Breeders Association is a registry for Colonial Spanish horses; eligible horses stand 140–150 cm and may be of any color
Spanish Mustang
Spanish Norman
Spotted Saddle Horse National Spotted Saddle Horse
Standardbred
  • American Standardbred
  • American Trotter
Sulphur
Tennessee Walking Horse
Tiger Horse A gaited, leopard-spotted riding horse, bred from Appaloosa, Paso Fino and Colonial Spanish stock; height 147–152 cm
Virginia Highlander
Walkaloosa derives from Tennessee Walking Horse and Appaloosa, displays leopard spots and ambling gait
Welara
Wilbur-Cruce

References

  1. ^ Breed data sheet: Canada: Horse. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed February 2019.
  2. ^ Valerie Porter, Lawrence Alderson, Stephen J.G. Hall, D. Phillip Sponenberg (2016). Mason's World Encyclopedia of Livestock Breeds and Breeding (sixth edition). Wallingford: CABI. ISBN 9781780647944.
  3. ^ Horses: North American Breeds. Pittsboro, North Carolina: The Livestock Conservancy. Archived 2 October 2023.
  4. ^ Breed data sheet: United States of America: Horse. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed February 2019.
  5. Judith Dutson (2005). Storey's Illustrated Guide to 96 Horse Breeds of North America. North Adams, Massachusetts: Storey Publishing. ISBN 9781580176132.
  6. Wolf Schneider (Spring 1993). The Horses Called Spanish Barbs. El Palacio. 98: 34-49. Archived 9 May 2016.
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