to work on a farm to help farmers or to ride to war
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Belgian horses are bred for farm work and showing
Because the horses need to be bred to suit their work or their environment
Arabian horses were first bred in the deserts of the Arabian Peninsula and in north east Africa.
No but there are champion bred horses
Now the live anywhere, but the first Arabs where bred in the desert.
They didn't! The Morgan horse was first bred in the USA.
Ancestors of horses were bred to make horses. All of the ancestors of modern horses were horses. Some equines that are not Equus ferus caballus are still around but they were not ancestors.
Horses can't be bred from zebras. Zebras have a different chromosome count than horses. Crossing them produces a sterile hybrid just as occurs when breeding horses and donkeys.
It is very difficult to pinpoint a date when the American Bulldog was first bred. It seems to have happened in the 1970's, but there is no true record of when it was done.
No..They are draft horses, bred for pulling heavy loads.
The same reason dogs look different than wolves. Over many, many years, we have selectively bred horses for specific purposes. Thouroughbreds were bred with long legs, bodies, and to have a huge lung capacity for racing, Quarter horses were selectively bred for quarter mile races and to work cattle, Draft horses (Shire, Belgian) were bred for pulling heavy loads (example: Budwiser horses)