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:List of North American horse breeds

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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.

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Alberta Wild Horse{{r|dad2}}style="width: 400px;" |200px
American Bashkir Curly{{r|cabi|page=434}}{{ubl|American Curly Horse|North American Curly Horse}}200px
American Belgian Draft{{r|cabi|page=434}}200px
American Cream Draft{{r|cabi|page=434}}200px
American Crème Horse{{r|cabi|page=434|tlc}}style="height: 60px;" |
American Drum Horse{{r|cabi|page=434}}style="height: 60px;" |
American Indian Horse{{r|cabi|page=434}}200px
American Miniature Horse{{r|cabi|page=434}}200px
American Paint Horse{{r|cabi|page=435}}Paint Horse200px
American Quarter Horse{{r|cabi|page=435}}Quarter Horse{{r|cabi|page=497}}200px
American Saddlebred{{r|cabi|page=435}}200px
American Shetland Pony{{r|cabi|page=435}}200px
American Sorraia Mustang{{r|cabi|page=435}}of Iberian origin, in the Colonial Spanish horse group; no connection to the Sorraia has been demonstrated{{r|cabi|page=435}}200px
American Spotted{{r|cabi|page=435}}style="height: 60px;" |
American Spotted Paso{{r|cabi|page=435}}style="height: 60px;" |
American ThoroughbredThoroughbredderives directly from the British Thoroughbred; some lines and some coat colors would not be eligible for registration in the General Stud Book{{r|cabi|page=436}}200px
American Walking Pony{{r|cabi|page=436}}style="height: 60px;" |
American Warmblood{{r|cabi|page=436}}200px
American White Horse{{r|cabi|page=436}}style="height: 60px;" |
Appaloosa{{r|cabi|page=438}}200px
Baca-Chica{{r|tlc}}style="height: 60px;" |
Banker{{r|cabi|page=442|tlc}}style="height: 60px;" |
{{Anchor|Blazer}}Blazer{{r|cabi|page=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.{{r|cabi|page=445}}style="height: 60px;" |
Camarillo White Horse{{r|cabi|page=448}}style="height: 60px;" |
Canadian{{r|cabi|page=449|tlc}}style="height: 60px;" |
Canadian Pacer{{r|cabi|page=449}}style="height: 60px;" |
Canadian Pinto{{r|cabi|page=449}}style="height: 60px;" |
Canadian Rustic Pony{{r|cabi|page=449}}style="height: 60px;" |
Canadian Sport Horse{{r|cabi|page=449}}style="height: 60px;" |
Canadian Warmblood{{r|cabi|page=449|dad2}}style="height: 60px;" |
Carolina Marsh Tacky{{r|cabi|page=449}}Marsh Tacky{{r|tlc}}style="height: 60px;" |
Cerbat Mustang{{r|cabi|page=450, 457}}style="height: 60px;" |
Cherokee Horse{{r|cabi|page=451}}style="height: 60px;" |
Chickasaw{{r|cabi|page=451|dad}}style="height: 60px;" |
Chincoteague Pony{{r|cabi|page=452}}Assateague Horse{{r|cabi|page=452}}style="height: 60px;" |
Choctaw Horse{{r|cabi|page=453|tlc}}style="height: 60px;" |
Colonial Spanish{{r|cabi|page=455|tlc}}style="height: 60px;" |
Colorado Ranger{{r|cabi|page=457}}style="height: 60px;" |
Conestoga Horse{{r|cabi|page=443}}extinctstyle="height: 60px;" |
Cumberland Island Horse{{r|cabi|page=459}}style="height: 60px;" |
Florida Cracker Horse{{r|cabi|page=466}}style="height: 60px;" |
Galiceño{{r|tlc}}style="height: 60px;" |
Kanata Pony{{r|cabi|page=478}}style="height: 60px;" |
{{nobreak|Kentucky Mountain Saddle Horse{{r|cabi|page=479}}}}style="height: 60px;" |
Kiger Mustang{{r|cabi|page=480}}style="height: 60px;" |
Lac La Croix Indian Pony{{r|cabi|page=481|dad2}}{{ubl|Lac La Croix Pony|Lac La Croix Indigenous Pony|Ojibwe Pony}}| style="height: 60px;" |
Missouri Fox Trotter{{r|cabi|page=486}}style="height: 60px;" |
Morab{{r|cabi|page=487}}style="height: 60px;" |
Morgan {{r|cabi|page=487}}style="height: 60px;" |
Morocco Spotted{{r|cabi|page=487}}style="height: 60px;" |
Mountain Pleasure Horsestyle="height: 60px;" |
Moyle{{r|cabi|page=488}}Ranch and endurance horse, bred in Utah by Rex Moyle from Colonial Spanish and Cleveland Bay stock{{r|cabi|page=487|dutson|p2=183}}style="height: 60px;" |
Mustang{{r|cabi|page=488}}American Mustang{{r|cabi|page=434}}style="height: 60px;" |
Narragansett Pacer{{r|cabi|page=488}}extinctstyle="height: 60px;" |
National Show Horse{{r|cabi|page=488}}style="height: 60px;" |
Nemaiah Valley Horse{{r|dad2}}{{Failed verification|date=October 2023}}style="height: 60px;" |
Newfoundland Pony{{r|dad2|tlc}}style="height: 60px;" |
Nez Perce Horse{{r|cabi|page=489}}style="height: 60px;" |
Nokota {{r|cabi|page=490}}style="height: 60px;" |
North American SportponyAmerican Sport Pony{{r|cabi|page=435}}style="height: 60px;" |
Pony of the Americas{{r|cabi|page=497}}Appaloosa Pony{{r|cabi|page=438}}style="height: 60px;" |
Pryor Mountain MustangPryor Mountain{{r|cabi|p=457}}style="height: 60px;" |
Puerto Rican Paso Fino{{r|tlc}}style="height: 60px;" |
Quarab{{r|cabi|page=497}}style="height: 60px;" |
Quarter Pony{{r|cabi|page=435}}style="height: 60px;" |
Racking Horse{{r|cabi|page=497}}style="height: 60px;" |
Rocky Mountain Horse{{r|cabi|page=498}}style="height: 60px;" |
Sable Island Pony{{r|cabi|page=499}}style="height: 60px;" |
Santa Cruz{{r|tlc}}style="height: 60px;" |
Spanish Jennet Horse{{r|cabi|page=477}}style="height: 60px;" |
{{Anchor|Spanish Barb}}Spanish Barb{{r|dad}}The Spanish Barb Breeders Association is a registry for Colonial Spanish horses; eligible horses stand {{val|140
150|u=cm}} and may be of any color{{r|cabi|p=457|wolf}}200px
Spanish Mustang{{r|dad}}style="height: 60px;" |
Spanish Norman{{r|cabi|p=504}}200px
Spotted Saddle Horse{{nobreak|National Spotted Saddle Horse{{r|cabi|page=488}}}}style="height: 60px;" |
Standardbred{{r|cabi|page=436}}{{ubl|American Standardbred|American Trotter}}style="height: 60px;" |
Sulphur{{r|tlc}}style="height: 60px;" |
Tennessee Walking Horse{{r|cabi|page=507}}style="height: 60px;" |
{{Anchor|Tiger}}Tiger Horse{{r|cabi|page=508}}A gaited, leopard-spotted riding horse, bred from Appaloosa, Paso Fino and Colonial Spanish stock; height {{val|147
152|u=cm}}style="height: 60px;" |
Virginia Highlander{{r|cabi|page=472}}style="height: 60px;" |
{{Anchor|Walkaloosa}}Walkaloosaderives from Tennessee Walking Horse and Appaloosa, displays leopard spots and ambling gait{{r|cabi|page=512}}style="height: 60px;" |
Welara{{r|cabi|page=512}}style="height: 60px;" |
Wilbur-Cruce{{r|tlc}}style="height: 60px;" |

References

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Valerie Porter, Lawrence Alderson, Stephen J.G. Hall, D. Phillip Sponenberg (2016). [https://books.google.com/books?id=2UEJDAAAQBAJ Mason's World Encyclopedia of Livestock Breeds and Breeding] (sixth edition). Wallingford: CABI. {{ISBN|9781780647944}}.

[http://www.fao.org/dad-is/browse-by-country-and-species/en/ 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.

[http://www.fao.org/dad-is/browse-by-country-and-species/en/ Breed data sheet: Canada: Horse]. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed February 2019.

Judith Dutson (2005). Storey's Illustrated Guide to 96 Horse Breeds of North America. North Adams, Massachusetts: Storey Publishing. {{isbn|9781580176132}}.

[https://web.archive.org/web/20231002234042/https://livestockconservancy.org/heritage-breeds/conservation-priority-list/ Horses: North American Breeds]. Pittsboro, North Carolina: The Livestock Conservancy. Archived 2 October 2023.

Wolf Schneider (Spring 1993). [https://web.archive.org/web/20160509113852/http://www.elpalacio.org/articles/spanishBarbs.pdf The Horses Called Spanish Barbs]. El Palacio. 98: 34-49. Archived 9 May 2016.

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