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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.

Name Other names Notes Image
Alberta Wild Horse[1]
American Bashkir Curly[2]: 434 
  • American Curly Horse
  • North American Curly Horse
  • American Belgian Draft[2]: 434 
    American Cream Draft[2]: 434 
    American Crème Horse[2]: 434 [3]
    American Drum Horse[2]: 434 
    American Indian Horse[2]: 434 
    American Miniature Horse[2]: 434 
    American Paint Horse[2]: 435  Paint Horse
    American Quarter Horse[2]: 435  Quarter Horse[2]: 497 
    American Saddlebred[2]: 435 
    American Shetland Pony[2]: 435 
    American Sorraia Mustang[2]: 435  ofIberian origin, in the Colonial Spanish horse group; no connection to the Sorraia has been demonstrated[2]: 435 
    American Spotted[2]: 435 
    American Spotted Paso[2]: 435 
    American Thoroughbred Thoroughbred derives directly from the British Thoroughbred; some lines and some coat colors would not be eligible for registration in the General Stud Book[2]: 436 
    American Walking Pony[2]: 436 
    American Warmblood[2]: 436 
    American White Horse[2]: 436 
    Appaloosa[2]: 438 
    Baca-Chica[3]
    Banker[2]: 442 [3]
    Blazer[2]: 445  Modern breed of riding horse, bred particularly for ranch work; developed by Neil Hinck of Star, Idaho, from a single foundation stallion named Little Blaze.[2]: 445 
    Camarillo White Horse[2]: 448 
    Canadian[2]: 449 [3]
    Canadian Pacer[2]: 449 
    Canadian Pinto[2]: 449 
    Canadian Rustic Pony[2]: 449 
    Canadian Sport Horse[2]: 449 
    Canadian Warmblood[2]: 449 [1]
    Carolina Marsh Tacky[2]: 449  Marsh Tacky[3]
    Cerbat Mustang[2]: 450, 457 
    Cherokee Horse[2]: 451 
    Chickasaw[2]: 451 [4]
    Chincoteague Pony[2]: 452  Assateague Horse[2]: 452 
    Choctaw Horse[2]: 453 [3]
    Colonial Spanish[2]: 455 [3]
    Colorado Ranger[2]: 457 
    Conestoga Horse[2]: 443  extinct
    Cumberland Island Horse[2]: 459 
    Florida Cracker Horse[2]: 466 
    Galiceño[3]
    Kanata Pony[2]: 478 
    Kentucky Mountain Saddle Horse[2]: 479 
    Kiger Mustang[2]: 480 
    Lac La Croix Indian Pony[2]: 481 [1]
    • Lac La Croix Pony
  • Lac La Croix Indigenous Pony
  • Ojibwe Pony
  • Missouri Fox Trotter[2]: 486 
    Morab[2]: 487 
    Morgan [2]: 487 
    Morocco Spotted[2]: 487 
    Mountain Pleasure Horse
    Moyle[2]: 488  Ranch and endurance horse, bred in Utah by Rex Moyle from Colonial Spanish and Cleveland Bay stock[2]: 487 [5]: 183 
    Mustang[2]: 488  American Mustang[2]: 434 
    Narragansett Pacer[2]: 488  extinct
    National Show Horse[2]: 488 
    Nemaiah Valley Horse[1][failed verification]
    Newfoundland Pony[1][3]
    Nez Perce Horse[2]: 489 
    Nokota [2]: 490 
    North American Sportpony American Sport Pony[2]: 435 
    Pony of the Americas[2]: 497  Appaloosa Pony[2]: 438 
    Pryor Mountain Mustang Pryor Mountain[2]: 457 
    Puerto Rican Paso Fino[3]
    Quarab[2]: 497 
    Quarter Pony[2]: 435 
    Racking Horse[2]: 497 
    Rocky Mountain Horse[2]: 498 
    Sable Island Pony[2]: 499 
    Santa Cruz[3]
    Spanish Jennet Horse[2]: 477 
    Spanish Barb[4] The Spanish Barb Breeders Association is a registry for Colonial Spanish horses; eligible horses stand 140–150 cm and may be of any color[2]: 457 [6]
    Spanish Mustang[4]
    Spanish Norman[2]: 504 
    Spotted Saddle Horse National Spotted Saddle Horse[2]: 488 
    Standardbred[2]: 436 
    • American Standardbred
  • American Trotter
  • Sulphur[3]
    Tennessee Walking Horse[2]: 507 
    Tiger Horse[2]: 508  A gaited, leopard-spotted riding horse, bred from Appaloosa, Paso Fino and Colonial Spanish stock; height 147–152 cm
    Virginia Highlander[2]: 472 
    Walkaloosa derives from Tennessee Walking Horse and Appaloosa, displays leopard spots and ambling gait[2]: 512 
    Welara[2]: 512 
    Wilbur-Cruce[3]

    References[edit]

    1. ^ a b c d e Breed data sheet: Canada: Horse. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed February 2019.
  • ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs bt bu bv bw bx by bz Valerie Porter, Lawrence Alderson, Stephen J.G. Hall, D. Phillip Sponenberg (2016). Mason's World Encyclopedia of Livestock Breeds and Breeding (sixth edition). Wallingford: CABI. ISBN 9781780647944.
  • ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Horses: North American Breeds. Pittsboro, North Carolina: The Livestock Conservancy. Archived 2 October 2023.
  • ^ a b c Breed data sheet: United States of America: Horse. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed February 2019.
  • ^ Judith Dutson (2005). Storey's Illustrated Guide to 96 Horse Breeds of North America. North Adams, Massachusetts: Storey Publishing. ISBN 9781580176132.
  • ^ Wolf Schneider (Spring 1993). The Horses Called Spanish Barbs. El Palacio. 98: 34-49. Archived 9 May 2016.

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