Horse breeds

There are three types of horse breeds:

• warmblood - sport horses (dressage, show jumping, eventing, combined driving). The most famous warmblood horse breeds are: Arabian horse, Thoroughbred and Friesian horse.
• cold blood - draft horses. The most famous cold blood horse breed is: Shire horse.
• ponies - 'small horses' (less then 1,47m). The most famous pony breeds are: Shetland pony and Haflinger.

Now i'll write something about this breeds:

• Arabian horse - the most popular breed, is famous for stamina and beauty (but i think they are ugly - too small heads ).The Arabian horses are bred with horses of other breeds to add speed, beauty, endurance, and strong bones.






• Thoroughbred - English breed known as a race horse. The Thoroughbreds are the fastest horses so they are generaly used in races, but sometimes they start in show jumping and combined training.

• Shire horse - the heaviest and the tallest of the breeds (more than 1,80m) the tallest horse in the world (a Shire) was 2,20m. The Shires are draught horses but in England we can see them as a ridable horses.

• Friesian horse - The Friesians are trace-horse, but often they are use in dressage. The Friesians are always black. They often have wavy mane and they are beautiful. They are very tall (more then 1,60m). The Friesians are my favourite horse breed.




• Shetland pony - very small ponies (only 0,80m - 1,07m). They are intelligent and strong. Often used as children's riding ponies and pets zoos. They have short legs and a big belly

• Haflinger - the tallest pony (1,38m - 1,50m), mountain horse used sometimes to ride. They live long and they are very gentle. I think they look great whith white manes





• Mustang - free-roaming feral horse of the North American west. The Mustangs live in small herds in North American prairies. They were brought to America from Spain in XVI century. The Mustangs are the famoust feral horses.