List of North American horse breeds

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		of Iberian 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

1. Breed data sheet: Canada: Horse. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed February 2019.
2. 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.
3. Horses: North American Breeds. Pittsboro, North Carolina: The Livestock Conservancy. Archived 2 October 2023.
4. 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.
5. Judith Dutson (2005). Storey's Illustrated Guide to 96 Horse Breeds of North America. North Adams, Massachusetts: Storey Publishing. ISBN 9781580176132.
6. Wolf Schneider (Spring 1993). The Horses Called Spanish Barbs. El Palacio. 98: 34-49. Archived 9 May 2016.