List of Indian horse breeds

This is a list of some of the breeds and types of horse considered in India to be wholly or partly of Indian origin.^[1] Some may have complex or obscure histories, so inclusion here does not necessarily imply that a breed is predominantly or exclusively Indian.

Breeds

Indian horse breeds

• Bhutia^[1][2]
• Chummarti^[1][2]
• Deccani^[1][2]
• Kathiawari^[1][2][3]
• Manipuri Pony^[1][2][3]
• Marwari^[1][2][3]
• Sikang^[1][2]
• Sindhi^[2]
• Spiti^[1][2][3]
• Zaniskari^[1][2][3]
• Bhimthadi

Types

• Indian Country-bred^[4]: 200
• Indian Half-bred^[4]: 164

References

1. Breeds reported by India: Horse. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed June 2015.
2. Equines in India: Horses. Indian Council of Agricultural Research: National Research Centre on Equines. Archived 5 August 2017.
3. "About Indian Horses". Indigenous Horse Society of India. Archived from the original on 1 May 2020. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
4. Elwyn Hartley Edwards (1994). The Encyclopedia of the Horse. London; New York; Stuttgart; Moscow: Dorling Kindersley. ISBN 0751301159.