I will tell you about diffent types of horses. There are so
many types I will give you some of them and I will give you a link or
two!
Here are some of the A's:
Abaco Barb: The rare Abaco Barb, which
is in great danger
of extinction, is believed to have descended from Spanish horses that
were in route aboard ships with early explorers to the New World. Many
of these ships never reached their destination, and instead were
shipwrecked or pirated in the Caribbean.
Akhal-Teke: With its unusual,
gazelle-like appearance, the
Akhal-Teke (Ah-cull Tek-y) is an incredibly distinctive breed. Experts
say the Akhal-Teke breed is at least 3,000 years old. The Akhal-Teke
may be the last remaining strain of the Turkmene (a horse that has
existed since 2400 B.C.).
American Cream Draft: Nearly 98 percent
of all American
Cream Draft horses have the blood of an Iowan cream colored draft-type
mare called Old Granny, who was born at the turn of the 20th century.
Her beauty and unique coat coloring prompted breeders in the area to
try to create a breed of cream-colored draft horses.
American Paint Horse: In 1519, the
explorer Hernando Cortes
carried two horses described as having pinto markings on his voyage.
This is the first known description of such horses in America. By the
early 1800s, horses with Paint coloring were well-populated throughout
the West.
American Quarter Horse: The American
Quarter Horse traces its
roots to early America, where settlers crossed English horses to those
of Spanish ancestry, producing a compact and muscular horse.
American Saddlebred: The American
Quarter Horse traces its
roots to early America, where settlers crossed English horses to those
of Spanish ancestry, producing a compact and muscular horse.
Andalusian: Hailing from the Iberian
Peninsula, the
Andalusian takes its name from the Province of Andalucia, where it was
most famous. This living antiquity is purported to be an ancient breed;
20,000-year-old cave drawings show a similar type of horse and Homer
mentions the horses in the Illiad (1,100 B.C.).
Appaloosa Horse : The Spanish introduced
horses to Mexico
in the 1500s, and spotted horses have been depicted in images as far
back as prehistoric cave paintings. However, it wasn't until the 1700s
when horses first reached Northwest America that horses with Appaloosa
coloring gained recognition in the United States.
Appendix Quarter Horse: Until the 1940s
the American
Quarter Horse existed as a type rather than a breed, but in 1940 a
group of breeders discussed the idea of forming an association.
However, there was disagreement about what constituted a Quarter Horse.
Arabian: Theorized to be the oldest
breed in the world,
Arabians were constant companions of the first documented breeders of
the Arabian horse, the Bedouin people--nomadic tribesmen of Arabia who
relied on the horse for survival.
Barb: The Barb is an ancient breed that
was established in
the Fertile Crescent of Middle Asia. The fast and agile Barb was a
favored mount for the Berbers. In fact, the animal draws its name from
this group of "barbarous" people
Belgian: The Belgian draft horse was
developed in the
fertile pastures of Belgium. It was also there that the forefather of
all draft horses was first bred-a heavy black horse used as knights'
mounts called the Flemish.
Budenny: The Russian Budenny
(bood-yo-nee) was created to
replace the mass equine casualties of World War I and the Russian
Revolution, and to breed a horse that a Soviet officer would be proud
to ride. The top cavalry riders were the Cossacks who rode the native
Don.
Camargue: The Camargue originated in the
marshy plains of the Rhone delta in the South of France. It has existed
since prehistoric times.
Caspian: In 1965, Louise Firouz, an
American living in Tehran, Iran, discovered a small Arabian-like horse
in the Elborz Mountains that she named Caspian.
Chincoteague/Assateague: The
Chincoteague pony was made famous in Marguerite Henry’s book Misty of
Chincoteague. The ponies live on the barrier island of Assateague in
Maryland and Virginia.
Cleveland Bay: The Cleveland Bay
developed in the Cleveland area of Northern Yorkshire in northeast
England. In medieval times, the Cleveland Bay was valued as a packhorse
for the church, carrying goods to and from various monasteries and
convents.
Clydesdale: The Clydesdale originated in
the Clyde Valley, Scotland, and is the youngest of all the United
Kingdom heavy breeds, finding its full development in the last 150
years.
Connemara Pony: The Connemara Pony is
Ireland’s only native breed. It comes from and is named for an area on
the west coast of Ireland bordered by the Atlantic Ocean and Galway
Bay; a wilderness of bogs and rugged moorland.
Curly Horse: The majority of the Curly
Horses, also known as the American Bashkir Curly Horse, descend from a
herd of three horses found by the Damele family in 1898 roaming the
mountain ranges of Nevada. How they came to be on the continent remains
a mystery.
Dales Pony: The Dales Pony originated in
the dales of northeast England. The Dales Pony was the ultimate
farmer’s horse, pulling a plow, a cart, or working under saddle helping
to herd sheep. The Dales Pony was valued as a pack pony working in the
lead mines carrying the ore to cargo ships.
Danish Warmblood: The Danish Warmblood
is the youngest of all the European warmblood breeds, beginning in
1962. There were two Danish saddle horse breed associations—the Danish
Sport Horse Society and the Danish Light Horse Association.
Dartmoor Pony: Any visitor traveling
from the south toward Stonehenge in the southwest of England will most
likely drive through Dartmoor, home to Sherlock Holmes’ “Hound of the
Baskervilles” and the Dartmoor Pony.
Dutch Warmblood: After World War II,
Dutch farms were becoming mechanized and horses were no longer needed
to work the land, but two lighter farm horses, the Gelderlander and the
Groningen were used to help establish a new breed.
