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Horse Breeds of the World

Horses are the reason we travel the way we do — and every destination in our collection introduces you to breeds shaped by their landscape, their history, and the people who raised them. This is our growing index of the horses you’ll meet on the world’s great rides, organised by region. Detailed breed histories are on their way.

  • The Florida Cracker Horse
  • The American Mustang
  • The Appaloosa
  • The Chincoteague Pony
  • The Tennessee Walking Horse
  • The Peruvian Paso
  • The American Quarter Horse
  • The Morgan
  • The Paso Fino – endangered
  • The Mountain Pleasure – endangered
  • The Criollo

  • The Andalusian
  • The Lipizzaner
  • The Friesian
  • The Irish Draught
  • The Camargue Horse
  • The Haflinger
  • The Hanoverian
  • The Connemara Pony
  • The Welsh Pony and Cob
  • The Henson Horse
  • The Lusitano
  • The Selle Français
  • The Shire Horse
  • The Clydesdale – endangered
  • The Exmoor Pony
  • The Norwegian Fjord
  • The Konik
  • The Percheron
  • The Belgian Draft
  • The Suffolk Punch
  • The Thoroughbred
  • The Trakehner
  • The Holsteiner
  • The Highland Pony
  • The Shetland Pony
  • The Sorraia – endangered
  • The Fell Pony – endangered
  • The Kladruber – endangered

  • The Barb
  • The Arabian
  • The Akhal-Teke
  • The Icelandic Horse
  • The Marwari – endangered
  • The Kathiawari
  • The Brumby
  • Przewalski’s Horse

Endangered & Rare Breeds

Equestrian Destinations has formed a special partnership with the Equine Legacy Conservation Project who is raising awareness for endangered or rare horse breeds. Learn more here.

All photo credits: The Equine Legacy Conservation Project unless otherwise noted

The Paso Fino

A bay Paso Fino horse standing on a beach with ocean waves behind it


The Mountain Pleasure

A palomino Mountain Pleasure Horse standing in dappled woodland light

The Fell Pony

A dark Fell Pony galloping across a green fell in the English countryside

The Kladruber

A black Kladruber horse rearing playfully in a grassy field

The Sorraia

A dun Sorraia horse galloping through dry grassland with its mane flying

The Clydesdale

A bay Clydesdale horse with white feathered legs standing on a wooded path

The Marwari

A white Marwari horse cantering through a dusty field at sunset
The hardcover coffee table book Fading Hoofprints by the Equine Legacy Project resting on a marble surface

Their coffee table book, Fading Hoofprints, and complementing documentary and podcast series, strive to educate people on some of the most extraordinary, yet vulnerable horse breeds around the world.

How to Purchase Fading Hoofprints Coffee table Book
Book spread featuring breeder Žofie Dobrovský embracing a grey Kladruber horse, with a herd of Kladruber horses running through misty light on the facing page
Book spread on the Mountain Pleasure Horse, showing a rider on a palomino horse in an arena beside a close-up of a saddled horse's back

“In creating our coffee table book Fading Hoofprints and documentary series, we have journeyed from the sheep-dotted countryside of England to the dusty plains of Rajasthan, and from the rolling hills of Kentucky to the beaches of Puerto Rico. Along the way, we have met many people—breeders, owners, ecologists, geneticists, historians, police, horse trainers and animal wranglers, and veterinarians—all deeply passionate about the unique equine breeds featured in this project.”

Find out more about the Equine Legacy Conservation Project and ways to help here.

All photo credits: The Equine Legacy Conservation Project unless otherwise noted

More to come

We’re adding a full history for each of these breeds — where they came from, what they were bred for, and where you can ride them today. Check back soon!