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There are lots of breeds of horses and they can be classified as: draft horses, ponies, light harness horses and saddle horses. If the horses are purebred you can register and record with breed and registry associations.
Appaloosa- Originated in the United States from animals from Fergan and Central Asia. This horse is either a solid color or mottled roan of foreparts with lighter color over loin and hips, containing dark round or egg-shaped spots. There may be some white spots over the entire body. The eye is encircled by white. These are used for stock, pleasure, parade and race horses.
American Albino- Developed in Nebraska. This horse has a white haircoat that is fine and silky, has brown, dark blue, light blue or hazel eyes. These are gentle, intelligent and well muscled. They are widely used in circuses and as pleasure horses.
American Paint- Developed by crossing Paint mares with Quarter Horse stallions. The colors are tobiano and overo. They are two-toned in that white is surrounded by solid colors of gray, bay, sorrel, dun or black, these are never marked alike. This horse is special because of its stamina, performance and speed.
American Quarter Horse- This is the most popular of breeds in light horses, originated in Virginia and the Carolinas. The colors will vary but won't be registered if there are one or more spots of such size or location to indicate Pinto, Albino, or Appaloosa breeding. These are usually small, fairly lowset, hardy and tough and also short-coupled, are quick, strong and can run very fast.
American Saddle Horse- Originated in Virginia, Missouri, Tennessee and Kentucky. They have colors ranging from black to gray and from golden to chestnut and are the largest breed of saddle horses. They are known for their smooth gait and style, can be harnessed and are used a lot in show rings.
Arabian- This is the oldest of breeds and is an excellent parade horse. Stars, blaze faces, snip noses, strips and one or more white feet with stockings are common. They are very gentle and also intelligent.
Morgan- Originated in America, from mating of an Arabian mare and a Thoroughbred stallion. These horses can weigh from 1,000 to 1,200 pounds. The haircoat is usually chestnut, black, bay or brown with common white markings. This horse is used as either a stock horse or a pleasure horse.
Palomino- This is used as a pleasure horse and originated from Spain. It has a gold haircoat with a silver or blond mane. These are used as parade, stock, pleasure, saddle and fine harness horses.
Pinto- Originated from Spain. This horse is spotted and the spots may be several inches across. They have glassy eyes and are popular as pleasure and parade horses but are sometimes used as stock horses. Markings are of three types: colored horse with white areas extending downward from the dorsal (back)region, colored horse with white areas extending upward from the belly and legs, or colored with white areas extending upward from the belly and the legs. These three patterns may have other white markings.
Tennessee Walking Horse- Established in Tennessee. These horses come in colors of black, chestnut, sorrel, roan, white, bay, brown, gray and gold. White on the face, legs and feet are common. This horse is known for a running walk, one of three gaits common to this breed.
Thoroughbred- Originated in England and is the top breed of racehorses. This is a very large horse, some are gray, but usually bay, black, brown, or chestnut in color with white markings on the face and legs.
Standardbred- Originated from the cross breeding of Thoroughbred, Morgan, Hackney, Arabian and various lines of pacing horses. These horses were used for carriage and buggy horses. Today they are used for trotters and pacers for harness racing. They will vary in color from chestnut to black, bay, or brown and sometimes are other colors. They are very gentle, have racing speed and endurance and love to win.
Hackney- Originated in England and were used to pull English hackney coaches. They vary in color and chestnut, brown and bay are common with some white face and leg markings. These horses are short legged and compact, have smooth coats, are graceful and stylish and are excellent show horse.
Shetland Pony- Native to Shetland Isles, north of Scotland, are the smallest of horses. There are two types, the original Shetland, lowset like a draft horse, and are bred as a road-type horse. They are varied in color and markings, know for their gentleness and for being pets for children and for being faithful.
Pony of the Americas- Developed from a crossing of Shetland pony with an Arabian, Quarter horse, and Appaloosa. When registering these horses they will need to have the markings of the Appaloosa and be from 11.2 to 13 hands high at maturity. This pony is very popular with child as it is more rugged and larger.
Welsh Pony- Originated in Wales. These can be almost any solid color, or have a mixture of white hairs. If they have white markings they cannot be registered. They will weigh less than 500 pounds.
Belgian- Imported from Belgium. These are down to a very few now and are ranked second among the draft breeds. When they reach maturity they are known to weight from 1,800 to 2,2000 pounds and stand 15.2 to 17 hands high. The colors are usually roan, chestnut or bay. These are the widest, most compact and deepest of the draft breeds.
Clydesdale- Originated from Scotland. The colors are bay and brown with white markings, but some grays, chestnuts and blacks are around. They are known for their superior style and action, and are used for farm work horses and exhibition purposes.
Percheron- Originated in France. The Belgian and Clydesdale horses are more popular than this horse. The color is usually black or gray. They can weight from 1,800 to 2,100 pounds and are 16.l to l6.3 hands in height. They are very attractive, have good action and great dispositions.
Shire- Originated in England, these are large animals weighing up to 2,000 at maturity, standing l6 to l7.2 hands high at the withers. They are not as active as the Clydesdale.
Suffolk- Originated in England. This horse is the smallest of the draft horse breeds. The color is chestnut and may vary from light to dark and may have some white markings. Weight at maturity can be from 1,700 to 1,900 pounds.
Mules- A mule is obtained from crossing a jack (male donkey) with a mare of one of the breeds of horses. These are used for riding, pack horses, driving, show and work. Sorrell is the preferred color.
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