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The following list of horse and pony breeds includes standardized breeds, some strains within breeds that are considered distinct populations, types of horses with common characteristics that are not necessarily standardized breeds but are sometimes described as such, and terms that describe groupings of several breeds with similar characteristics.
One of the first places were the Konik horse was introduced was the Oostvaardersplassen reserve, where the biggest herd of free-ranging feral Konik horses lives in the world. In 1983, 20 Konik horses were introduced in the reserve, but due to the fact that the horses have no natural predator in the reserve, the population increased rapidly and ...
The Icelandic horse (Icelandic: íslenski hesturinn [ˈistlɛnscɪ ˈhɛstʏrɪn]), or Icelandic, is a breed of horse developed in Iceland. Although the horses are smaller (at times pony-sized) than other breeds, most registries for the Icelandic refer to it as a horse. The breed is long-lived and hardy
The Ojibwe Horse breed developed in the Great Lakes transboundary region of southern Canada and the northern United States. [8] The original pony was a multi-purpose working animal, of particular importance to the Ojibwe people in the winter. The breed was ridden along trap lines, pulled loads of ice and wood, and hauled sleighs.
Infobox images: The infobox for horse breeds provides for two images. The first image should be a good-quality photo of the breed, or a drawing if there are no good photos. For extinct breeds, a painting or drawing will work. An good image would show the full body of a good-quality horse; a perfect image would be a color photo of a beautifully ...
In 2024 the total number of the horses was some 121 000 –126 000 head, substantially lower than in 2002, when it was almost 330 000. The registered breeding stock consisted of approximately 8000 brood-mares and 2000 stallions. [2] In 2024 the conservation status of the breed was "not at risk". [2]
1848 French image of a "Turkmene" horse. The ancestors of the breed may date back to animals living 3,000 years ago, known by a number of names. [8] The precise ancestry is difficult to trace, however, because prior to about 1600 AD, horse breeds in the modern sense did not exist; rather, horses were identified by local strain or type.
The Anadolu Pony is descended from crosses of Turkoman, Arabian, Persian, Karabakh, Akhal-Teke, Karbada, Deliboz, Mongolian and the ancient Anatolia horse. Some books refer to this small pony as the Native Turkish Pony, or Turk, but Professors Salahattin Batu and M. Nurettin Aral made a distinction in types between the horses in Anatolia as Anadolu and East and Southeast Anadolu.