List of Italian horse breeds

This is a list of some of the breeds of horse considered in Italy to be wholly or partly of Italian origin. Some may have complex or obscure histories, so inclusion here does not necessarily imply that a breed is predominantly or exclusively Italian.

{{Ill|Horse breeding in Italy|fr|Élevage du cheval }} is overseen by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty and Forests. There is a long {{Ill|History of the horse in Italy|lt=history of the horse in Italy|fr|Histoire du cheval en Italie}}.

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Anglo-Arabo Sardo	Sardinian Anglo-Arab	180px
{{ubl\|Avelignese\|Avelignese Tradizionale}}		style="height: 80px;" \|
Calabrese		style="height: 80px;" \|
Cavallino della Giara	Giara	180px
{{ubl\|Cavallino di Monterufolo\|Monterufolino}}		180px
{{ubl\|Cavallo Agricolo Italiano da Tiro Pesante Rapido\|TPR}}	Italian Heavy Draft	180px
{{ubl\|Cavallo Appenninico\|Appenninico}}		180px
{{ubl\|Cavallo Bardigiano\|Bardigiano}}		180px
Cavallo del Delta		180px
{{ubl\|Cavallo del Ventasso\|Ventasso}}		style="height: 80px;" \|
Cavallo di Catria	Catria	style="height: 80px;" \|
{{ubl\|Cavallo Maremmano\|Maremmano}}		180px
{{ubl\|Cavallo Pentro\|Pentro}}		style="height: 80px;" \|
Cavallo Romano della Maremma Laziale		180px
{{ubl\|Cavallo Siciliano\|Siciliano Indigeno}}		style="height: 80px;" \|
{{ubl\|Pony di Esperia\|Cavallino di Esperia}}	Esperia Pony	180px
Haflinger		180px
Lipizzano{{r\|bigi\|p=119\|aia}}	Lipizzaner	180px
Murgese		180px
Napoletano		180px
{{ubl\|Norico\|Noriker}}		180px
Persano		180px
Purosangue Orientale		style="height: 80px;" \|
Salernitano		180px
Samolaco		style="height: 80px;" \|
Sanfratellano		180px
Sarcidano		style="height: 80px;" \|
Sella Italiano		180px
Tolfetano		180px
Trottatore Italiano	Italian Trotter	180px

References

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[http://www.agraria.org/equini.htm Atlante delle razze di cavalli] (in Italian). agraria.org. Accessed September 2013.

[http://www.aia.it/cmscontent/libro%20genealogico%20lipizzano.pdf Lipizzano] (in Italian). Roma: Associazione Italiana Allevatori, Ufficio Centrale del Libro Genealogico. Accessed May 2022

Daniele Bigi, Alessio Zanon (2008). Atlante delle razze autoctone: Bovini, equini, ovicaprini, suini allevati in Italia (in Italian). Milan: Edagricole. {{ISBN|9788850652594}}.

[http://dad.fao.org/ Breed data sheet: Italy, Horse]. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed September 2013.

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