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In most cases, bloodlines of horse breeds are recorded with a breed registry. The concept is somewhat flexible in horses, as open stud books are created for recording pedigrees of horse breeds that are not yet fully true-breeding. Registries are considered the authority as to whether a given breed is listed as a "horse" or a "pony".
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.
This is a list of some of the breeds of horse originating in the British Isles. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Twelve of the native breeds are considered rare and are marked with a "†" symbol. [ 4 ] [ 3 ]
The Hackney Horse breed was developed in the 14th century in Norfolk when the King of England required powerful but attractive horses with an excellent trot, to be used for general purpose riding horses. Since roads were rudimentary in those times, Hackneys were a primary riding horse, riding being the common mode of equine transportation.
Some of the original horse breeds in these early imports included the Thoroughbred, Cape of Good Hope Horse (largely descended from the Barb and Spanish horse), Arabian, Timor Pony, and Welsh Mountain pony. [2] Horses in Australia were bred for their stamina and strength, with weaker animals culled and only the strongest allowed to breed.
In Tennōji Zoo, Osaka. The Noma (野間馬,, Noma-uma) is a critically-endangered Japanese breed of small horse.It originates from the island of Shikoku, the smallest of the four principal islands of Japan, [3]: 490 and is named for the former district of Noma, the northernmost part of the former province of Iyo, now Ehime Prefecture. [4]
Burgundy is by far the main breeding area, with a few horses in the Rhône-Alpes and Auvergne regions. [4] There are no known registered Auxois living outside France and it is almost unknown outside of its home region, even within the rest of France. [13] Of the nine French draft horse breeds, the Auxois is the only one that is not exported. [43]
The Kiso is a small horse, but mid-sized in relation to other Japanese native breeds. [12] Research published in 2011 found an average height of 131.9 ± 4.4 cm, an average thoracic circumference of 167.1 ± 10.1 cm and a cannon bone circumference of 18.3 ± 1.0 cm.