Horse breeds

World of Horses - Kiso Horse - Visit the breed pages for information on this breed and other horses and ponies from around the world.

Today there are about 300 Kaimanawa Wild Horses which live in the Kaimanawa range in the north of New Zealand.

Belmont Golden Boy, a New Zealand Warmblood (NZWB) stallion. NZWB is simply a warmblood riding horse that is accepted by New Zealand Warmblood Horse Breeders Association. Most of the NZWB's have TB, Anglo-Arab, Trakehner, Hanoverian, Oldenburg or Holstein background but also other European WB's are accepted. The breeding goal is to produce good dressage horses and jumpers.

VBA Belle, a captured Brumby mare. Brumbies are the semi-feral horses of Australia. Similar story as the Mustangs': horses were imported to Australia and then either let free or they escaped. They are considered harmful to the native vegetation, soil and animals and also to the domestic animals, and thus they're hunted and captured. Brumby conformation is varied as are the colors. They're very tough and surefooted horses.

Coffin Bay pony is a semi-feral pony of Coffin Bay, on the southern tip of the Eyre Peninsula in Australia. It's not a Brumby, Coffin Bays and Brumbies are kept separated with fences. CBP originates from 60 or so Timor ponies that were imported to Coffin Bay area in 19th century. Also some European blood has been mixed to the ponies. They still look a lot like Timor ponies but there are 2 types of CBP's, light saddle type and a stronger type.

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Riwoche Horse/Pony was found in an isolated valley in Riwoqê County, Tibet in 1995 but, of course, the locals have known them forever. The horses are wild or semi-wild, some are captured for work but often released again. They are very tough and look primitive, resembling somewhat the Przewalski horse. They've lived isolated for a long time without any foreign influence. They're pony-sized (122 cm), always dun colored.

A profile of the Sumbawa horse. They called it Sumbawa because it originated from the islands of Sumbawa, East Nusa Tenggara Province. They are small in size and for a glance resembles an oversize donkey. These horses are heavily used to bring tourist from the Hindu temple, 400 meters away, to the foot of the 450-step stairs of the crater. TMY 400 FD 135mm f/3.5 Canon AE-1

Many people think that there were historically no horses in Japan, but that’s far from reality. I couldn’t find any one place with information about Japanese horse breeds, and after lots of research, decided to write an article on this topic. There is a total of eight horse

Kiger Mustang mare. Kiger is a substrain of Mustang. They were found in Oregon. Kigers are homogenous with similar color and conformation and they have been DNA-tested for close relation to the Spanish horses. They're usually dun or grulla with dun markings (zebra stripes, dorsal stripe etc) and their conformation resembles still their Spanish ancestors: compact, quite muscled, somewhat noble and smooth. They also have a tractable temperament.

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Italian breeds of horses: Catria Horse - Cavallo del Catria

The Treehugger website claims this is the only photo of a living Tarpan. Tarpan, or Eurasian Wild Horse, lived on the steppes and forests of east Europe, Poland and Russia. They were hunted and captured (then crossed to domestic horses) until late 19th century when they were extinct in the wild. Later the captured pure individuals also died and Tarpan became extinct.

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