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Calabrese Horses originated in Calabria and were derived from a group of Arabian horses imported from North Africa. During the Bourbon period, they were crossbred with Andalusian horses. In more recent times, they were bred with Saleritano horses and English Thoroughbreds, which increased their size. Every now and then, in order not to lose their original traits, they are bred with Arabian horses.

Calabrese horses are easy to tra ...

Camargue horses arre one of the oldest breeds of horses known. They are indigenous to the harsh wetlands of the Camargue region of Southern France. They have resided there as far back as prehistoric times. Researchers believe that the Camargue horse is a descendent from the ancient Solutre horse. Archeological evidence of this has been found to a considerable extent in the Burgundy region of France. Camargue horse is also closely related to ...

Camarillo White Horses are famous for their brilliant white color.

The story of Camarillo White horses start in 1921 when Adolfo Camarillo purchased a 9-year-old stallion named Sultan at the California State Fair in Sacramento. He then went on to breed Sultan with Morgan mares at his ranch in California up until his death in 1958. His daughter Carmen then continued breeding and showing the horses at parades and events until her d ...

Campeiro horses originated from Spanish and Portugese horses that were introduced into Brazil by sea Captain Alveres Nunes during his journies from Santa Catarina to Paraguay. Their first expedition was in 1541 and Cabeza de Vaca landed with soldiers, seeds, cattle, and 46 horses. The first official records of horses in Santa Catarina were in 1728. During the 19th century the Campeiro was crossed with Thoroughbred and Arabian blood to refin ...

Campolina horses originated in Brazil in 1870 when a farmer named Cassiano Campolina bred a Brazilian mare of Barb ancestry with a pure Andalusian stallion. Later he further refined his horses with Anglo-Norman, Clydesdale, Holsteiner, American Saddle Horse, and Mangalarga Marchador horses.The result is the largest of the three gaited Brazilian breeds. Their temperament is docile, but active and proud. They are used for pleasure and trail ri ...

Canadian Horses, originally called the French Canadian Horse, was introduced to Canada in July 1665 by King Louis XIV of France. Initially, King Louis XIV sent 12 of his best horses to reward the men who had gone to settle "New France". France continued to import these horses, and by 1763, their number was close to 13,000. However, as exporting the horse continuously increased for the Boer war in Africa, plantations in the West Indies, and ...

Canadian Rustic Ponies originated in Canada, particularly the Saskatchewan and Manitoba provinces.  

They were developed by Dr. Peter Neifeld of Manitoba, Canada. They were developed by crossing Heck horses from the Atlanta Zoo in Atlanta, Georgia with Arabian horse-Welsh pony crosses.

On January 23, 1989, the Canadian Rustic Pony Association was formed, incorporated under the new Canadian federal Animal Pedigree Ac ...

The farm horse of the Canadian countryside is the base stock for the Canadian Sport Horse. After the First World War, Thoroughbred stallions from England were made available to cross with the countryside stock, producing a more refined horse. In 1926, the Canadian Hunter, Saddle and Light Horse Improvement Society was organized. In 1933, a second organization, The Canadian Hunter Society was incorporated and a Stud Book was maintained. The t ...

Cape horses were extremely popular through the Boer Wars, but very little is known about the status of the Cape Horse breed today. They originated in South Africa and greatly resembles Basuto Horses, however they are larger.

Horses first arrived in South African when they were imported by the Dutch East India Trading Company in 1653. The first breeds were believed to be Barb and Arabian descendants shipped from the Island of Java, ...

Carolina Marsh Tackys are working horses. They have an uncanny ability to work inside water and even deep, swampy conditions along the shoreline. They are relatively small horses (13 to 15 hands), they are ideal for carrying around children and also for riding practices as well. They are generally put to work on farmlands to herd cattle.  

Carolina Marsh Tacky history goes back hundreds of years. Coming from a Spanish breed of ...

Carthusian (also known as Carthusian-Andalusian, and Carthujano) horses originated in Spain. They were created when the Zamora brothers purchased a stallion by the name of El Soldado and bred him to two mares. A colt and a filly were produced, and the colt (a dark gray) was named Esclavo and went on to become the foundation sire of the Carthusian breed. Esclavo went on to produce many offspring, which were sold to breeders in Jerez, Spain. ...

Caspian horses are small originally from Iran. Although generally no more than 12 hands (1.22 metres) high, they are nevertheless considered to be a horse rather than a pony.

They are a similar build to Arabian horses, and they are extremely hardy, with very dense bone and hard feet that rarely need shoeing. They can take long strides and are able to keep up with normal-sized horses while walking, trotting, or cantering, despite t ...

Castillonais (also known as Cheval Ariegeois de Castillon, cheval du Biros, or Saint-Gironnais) horses are an ancient breed of small riding horse from the Ariege departement of southwestern France.

Castillonnais horses originally were bred for cavalry, agriculture, and driving. They declined in population during the 20th century, and almost became extinct. In 1980, a group of supporters began to work to save the breed, and a bree ...

Catria Horses are from Monte Catria, Italy, and neighbouring areas (Central Appennines), spread over the provinces of Pesaro, Ancona and Perugia.

Continuous contacts with the people of Maremma in Tuscany, chiefly with those involved in charcoal-burning, explain the introduction and the influence of the local equine population of Maremagno. In the post-war years the herds of horses diminished considerable, but the original populat ...

Cavallo Romano della Maremma Laziale (or "Roman horse of the part of the Maremma that is in Lazio") are native to the Lazio region of Italy. They are an ancient breed, but they were officially recognised only in 2010. They are now one of the fifteen indigenous horse breeds of limited distribution listed by the AIA, the Italian breeders' association. The Lazio region has assigned it the conservation status of “at risk of erosion”. Their popu ...

The Cayuse pony, named for the Cayuse people of the Pacific Northwest, isn't your typical pony. Despite its name, it's a distinct breed known for its unique characteristics and historical significance.

Standing around 14 hands tall, these compact horses boast a stocky build with high withers and long cannon bones. This build gives them a distinctive uneven stride due to their sloped pasterns. However, don't underestimate their agility; ...

Cerbat Mustangs are beautiful and strong horses that are used for riding or as an event horse in competitions. They have excellent endurance and are very strong. They are smaller in size than some breeds, but still remain durable and willing to please. They well known for their unique ability to easily reproduce at very late ages. The Cerbat mares can still reproduce well into their twenties, which is a great strength considering some horse ...

Chahou Post Ponies are from Tibetan Autonomous County of Tianzhu, Yongding, and Gulang County, Ganshu Province, China. They are highly resistant to disease and incredibly hardy due to their extreme habitat.

They are of moderate size (average height of 12.1 – 12.8 hands). Their back is of medium length, and they have a short girth. They are found in black, chestnut, grey, bay, and dun.

They are known to be dependable, wil ...

Chaidamu Ponies are from the Qinghai Province of China. Their numbers are very low and there is very little information available about them.

They are moderately-sized ponies (average height 12.6 – 12.8 hands). Their Head is wide and short. Their bodies are stong and round with short legs. They come in black, chestnut, and grey. They are known to be easy going, sociable, and kind. They are used for riding, sports, and as draught ...

Chakouyi horses are a very little-known and ancient breed of light horse (technically a pony) that comes from the Silk Road area of China.

On average they are 12.2 – 13 hands high. Their face is medium sized with a straight profile and large eyes. Their next is medium length; their loin is short with well-rounded abdominal area. Their croup is sloped and well muscled. And their legs are short with well developed joints and little ...

Cheju Ponies are from Cheju Island, off the southern coast of South Korea. They are used for riding and light draft. Horses were among the most important animals used for agriculture and military purposes from the period of tribal states (before the first century B.C.) through the Choson dynasty (fourteenth and nineteenth centuries).  

The Cheju native pony may have existed since prehistoric times, although no clear record conf ...

Chilean Corralero horses are related to Spanish horses that brought to Peru by the Spanish conqueror Pedro de Valdivia in 1541. In 1557 Garcia Hurtado de Mendoza, the new governor, arrived in Chile with 42 horses of the famous caste of the Guzmanes and Valenzuelas, marking the beginning of the Chilean horse breed. A pure Chilean breed appeared by the beginning of the 19th century, and the Chilean Corralero appeared by the end of the 19th cen ...

Chincoteague horses comernfrom the Eastern coast of the United States, the islands of Chincoteague andrnAssateague off the coast of Virginia and Maryland. They are well known forrntheir hardiness and willing to succeed. Additionally, they are raised forrnriding and harness work (they are good at carry burden long distances).

It's not clear how thernChincoteague horses evolved, but most believe that they are related to 17rnArabian horses th ...

Choctaw horses are the direct descendants of horses that traveled with the Choctaw Indians on the "Trail of Tears" in the 1830s from the southeast U.S. to the reservations in Oklahoma.

The Trail of Tears was a series of forced removals of Native American nations from their ancestral homelands in the Southeastern US to an area west of the Mississippi River that had been designated as Indian Territory. The forced relocations were c ...

Cleveland Bay horses originated in England during the 17th century, named after its coloring and the Cleveland district of Yorkshire. They are the oldest established horse breed in England, and the only non-draught horse developed in Great Britain.  

Cleveland Bay horses are well-muscled, with legs that are strong but short in relation to the body. They are always bay in colored, although a few light hairs in the mane and tail ...

Clydesdales are large draught horses derived from farm horses of Clydesdale, Scotland. They were developed by the farmers of Lanarkshire, through which the River Clyde flows. The old name for Lanarkshire is Clydesdale. They were originally used for agriculture and hauling, and they still are used for draught purposes today. They have also been used to create and improve other draught breeds.

They were bred to meet not only the agr ...

Colonial Spanish horses were at one point very popular and were prized by Spanish explorers in the fifteenth century. They were brought to America by explorers, and were allowed to roam. Later they became popular in the western states and were cross bred to create a larger animal. However; by the mid-nineteen hundreds, they were thought to be extinct. A man named Robert E. Brislawn developed the Spanish Mustang Registry and the entire breed ...

Colorado Ranger horses are from the Colorado High Plains in the United States. They are descended from two stallions imported from Turkey to Virginia, US, in the late 1800s. These stallions were then bred to ranch horses in Nebraska and Colorado, and in the early 1900s the two stallions who every registered Colorado Ranger traces to, Patches #1 and Max #2, were foaled. The breed was championed by rancher Mike Ruby, who founded the Colorado R ...

Comtois horses are draft horse that originated in the Jura Mountains on the border between France and Switzerland. It is believed to they descended from horses brought by the Burgundians of northern Germany to France during the fourth century. In the Middle Ages they were used as war horses. In the 19th century, other draft horses such as the Norman, Boulonnais, and Percheron horses were bred with Comtois horses, and more recently Ardennes ...

Connemara Ponies are Ireland’s native pony originally from Galway. Their popularity is extensive worldwide. They are a historic breed that is considered to be “sure footed and hardy”. Connemara ponies have a calm temperament, staying power, intelligence, soundness, and athleticism. They are considered to be a wonderful modern riding mount for children and adults alike.

The exact origins of Connemara Ponies are difficult to decipher ...

Corsican (also known as U Cavallu Corsu or u paganacciu or Cheval corse) horses are small horses indigenous to the Mediterranean island of Corsica, off the coast of south-eastern France.
 

There are no equines in the fossil record of Corsica, and for that reason it is believed that humans brought the first horses to the island, along with a number of other animals. The Haras Nationaux set up a remount depot on the island in 1861 for th ...

Since 1850 breeders of the Costa Rican horse have paid morernattention to the selection of breeding stock. Because the horse population wasrnsmall and inbreeding became a concern, a few stallions were imported from Spainrnand Peru. The result is the Costa Rican saddle horse.

rnrnThe breed was founded by Janitzio, foaled inrn1955, a loudly marked sabino stallion. In 1972 a breed club (ASCACOPA) wasrnestablished, and in 1974 the breed regist ...

Criollo horses are native of Uruguay, Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay. They may have the best endurance of any horse breed in the world next to Arabian horses. In fact, due to a low basal metabolism, they may be a better long-distance horse than Arabians in prolonged races over a week in duration with no supplemental feed. Because of their hardiness and stamina they are very popular in its home countries.  

The word criollo ori ...

Croatian Coldblood (Croatian: Hrvatski hladnokrvnjak, German: Kroatisches Kaltblut) horses are medium-heavy draught horses developed in Croatia.

The history of the breed dates back to the first half of the 19th century, when it was begun to crossbreed local warmblood mares in central Croatia with imported quality stallions of Noriker breed. Some other breeds were involved later, like Ardennes, Brabant, and Percheron. At the beginn ...

Cuban Paso (or Cubano de Paso) horses originated from Spanish horses brought to the new world by conquistadors. They are best known for their elegant and comfortable pace. They are a strong but elegant horse used for transportation in Cuba.  

Their head is proportional to their body with a straight profile which at times can be slightly convex or concave. Their forehead is wide, their ears are medium sized and mobile. They hav ...

Cuban Pintos (or Pinto Cubano) horses originated from Spanish horses brought to the South America by conquistadors. After the Cuban revolution in 1959 a herd of pinto mares was gathered in the area around Manicaragua, in the Cuban province of Santa Clara, for their genetic improvement. Afterwards on the ranch La Guabina, located in the province Pinar del Rio, their muscular development was improved interbreeding them with Quarter horses and ...

Cumberland Island (a barrier island off the state of Georgia’s, US, southeast coast )is one of a handful of places on the East Coast that are home to bands of feral horses. The horses on Cumberland Island may have similar ancestors to the Chincoteague/Assateague ponies, which are thought to have been either shipwrecked or abandoned there by Spanish explorers in the 1500s.  

Plantation owners, various military activities, and in ...

Forget straight and sleek, the Curly horse flaunts a unique coat of ringlets that cascade down their body like a living sculpture. This captivating breed, hailing from North America, isn't just admired for its distinctive curls, but also for its hardy spirit, calm temperament, and adaptability.

Imagine a medium-sized horse, sturdy and strong, with a coat that ranges from tight curls resembling crushed velvet to gentle waves. They come ...

Czech Warmblood (Czech: Cesky Teplokrevnik) horses are warmblooded sport horse from the Czech Republic. They were in existence by the time of the Austro-Hungarian Empire (1876-1918). In the 19th century they were influenced by Spanish and Italian horses, and later by breeds such as Furioso, Gidran, Nonius, and Przedswit horses.  

Czech Warmblood horses are robust, powerful horses with strong bones. They have a strong neck on an ...