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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".
The Riwoche horse / ˈ r iː w oʊ tʃ eɪ / [1] is a dun-colored, pony-sized horse indigenous to northeastern Tibet.It came to international attention in 1995, at which time its primitive appearance and small size led to speculation that it might be an evolutionary link between the prehistoric wild horse and the modern domestic horse.
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.
The breed averages 140 centimetres (13.3 hands) in stallions and 136 cm (13.2 h) in mares, [5] [2]: 340 and shares certain outward characteristics with other northern breeds like the Shetland pony, Fjord horse and Icelandic horse, including sturdy stature, thick mane and heavy hair coat, [4] their coat ranging from 8 to 15 centimeters. [6]
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 ]
They are mostly kept as light draft animals, as well as for pack and riding work. The Nangchen horse is used as a race horse and for handling livestock. Most Tibetan ponies have a pronounced jaw line, straight profile, and small ears and eyes. The neck is a muscular and a bit short, the chest is deep, the shoulder is straight.
Kundudo horses are one of eight horse breeds identified in Ethiopia. [20] And, along with the Borana (the Ethiopian breed from which it diverges the most [21]) Kundudo horses are most distant genetically from the other Ethiopian horse breeds. [12] [22] This study attributes one gene cluster to Kundudo alone. [22]