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Wikipedia's List of Horse Breeds
Horses are members of equus caballus that generally mature to be 14.2 hands or taller, but many breed registries do accept animals under this height and classify them as "horses," as horse characteristics include factors other than height. For the purposes of this page, if a breed registry or stud book classifies the breed as a horse, it is listed here as a horse, even if some representatives are pony-sized or have some pony characteristics... MORE
EquiWorld's List of Breeds and Types of Horse
Listed alphabetically... MORE
Horse Worldwide's List of Horse Breeds and Breed Organizations
Links to breed & discipline organizations, as well as sites devoted to these interests... MORE
Miniature Horse Breeds
Some breeders believe that the Arabian Horse is the only true breed, and that all other horse breeds were developed by mixing in Arabian horse bloodlines. For example, The Darley Arabian, the Byerly Turk and the Godolphin Arabian were the foundation sires for the Thoroughbred horse breed... MORE
Endangered Horse & Pony Breeds
Everybody knows we need to save the whales, but how many people are aware that dozens of breeds of horses are also considered endangered, some of them critically so? Links to organizations working to preserve endangered and rare breeds of equines... MORE
All About Zebra Hybrids
Zebra hybrid is an all-encompassing term for a zebra crossed on any other equine. The term Zorse is to used to describe the cross of a zebra stallion to a horse mare. Other terms seen are Zebroid, Zony (zebra x Pony) or Zeony. Zebra-donkey crosses are termed Zebroid, Zebrass, Zonkey or Ze-donk. A more romantic (but not technically accurate) term that has recently surfaced is "Golden Zebra," used for any zebra hybrid. The once popular term "Zebra mule" is no longer used either... MORE
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