How many categories of horses are there?

Answer 1

There are 10 major classifications of horses. Some fall into more than one category:

Stock- used to work cattle and for rodeos- includes quarter horse, apaloosa, and Arabian

English- used for pleasure riding- includes saddlebred Morgan and Arabian

Hunter- used for cross-country and jumping- thoroughbreds or thoroughbred crosses

Ponies- horses less than 14.2 hh- POA Welsh Shetland

Sporthorses/warmbloods- dressage jumping- holsteiner trakehner hanoverian

Gaited- horses with unique gaits- paso fino, peruvian paso, Tennessee walking horse

Registered- purebred horses with a definite pedigree

Crossbred- horse that combines the charicteristics of 2 or more breeds

Color breeds- horses bred for markings or color- pintos palominos buckskins

Draft- 16hh+ and 1600 lbs + - percherons, belgians, shires