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Mystic rose · Jun 8, 2017 5:13 AM

Just curious to find out , what is the most popular breed of horse in your country? In Scotland, it's mostly Highland ponies/horses and at many riding schools I've been to it's Ex racers/TB's

RipshinCreekFarm · Jun 8, 2017 5:53 AM

I think in the US, quarter horses have the most registrations overall and per year, so if you go by numbers you could call them the most popular (or most overbred). If you look at particular areas different types may be more popular. In my area gaited horses are the norm with stock types a fairly close second.

ParadisePark · Jun 8, 2017 5:55 AM

Australia would be Thoroughbreds and Standardbreeds. (Well they are what most people are buying or selling on the page I'm on :) )

Mystic rose · Jun 8, 2017 6:36 AM

@Ripshin, may I ask what a gaited horse is?
@paradise, ooh very nice :x

ParadisePark · Jun 8, 2017 6:41 AM

Gated horses are usually Tennessee Walking Horses who rack (I think that's what it's called)
Paso Finos and Standardbreeds
(On a world horse chat site so see some stuff about other countries.)

ParadisePark · Jun 8, 2017 6:43 AM

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_gaited_horse_breeds
Here is a list :)

Bluesstable · Jun 8, 2017 7:14 AM

In Canada it is Appaloosas (that could be wrong though) and the American cutting horse

ParadisePark · Jun 8, 2017 7:16 AM

I want to move to the UK cause of all the cobs and gypsy vanners :x

best friend · Jun 8, 2017 8:25 AM

In my region of the United States Kentucky area it is the Tennessee Walking Horse and Saddlebreds that are the most favorite. I have 2 paint horses tobiano. 1 Shetland pony. A cross from my Shetland pony mare and my registered APHA horse. Which stands for American Paint Horse Association.

RipshinCreekFarm · Jun 8, 2017 11:41 AM

Mystic rose, gaited horses have a lateral gait - instead of a trot where diagonal legs move in unison, left legs move together and right legs move together. Gaits include pacing, ambling, shuffling, racking, running walks, the tolt, and the Paso gaits. There are probably more, but I can't remember. Breeds include Tennessee Walkers, Racking Horses, Mountain Horses, McCurdys, Foxtrotters, Standardbreds, Paso's, Mangalargas, Icelandics and probably a dozen more. Some horses can trot in addition to gait. Gaited horses exhibit their gait from birth - it is bred in them. And some breeds not traditionally thought of as gaited have lines that spit out gaited horses. I have even seen one quarter horse mare that had a true pace.

OakCreek13 · Jun 8, 2017 11:48 AM

United States, North Carolina its mostly warmblood, quarter horses, and Thoroughbred. I've been seeing lots of Oldenburgs as well

Kinetic · Jun 8, 2017 12:32 PM

Depends on the discipline too. There are loooots of Stock horses, especially Quarter Horses, here in Arkansas, since Western disciplines seem to be more popular in the south. I've also seen a lot of Grade horses, many that are Gaited, mostly used as trail and pleasure horses. But in the Hunter/Jumper, Dressage, and Eventing circles, you'll see a lot more Warmbloods and (Off-The-Track) Thoroughbreds, as well as some Appendix Quarter Horses. DraftxSport crosses also are popular here with low-level Eventers.

Bourbon · Jun 8, 2017 2:34 PM

Wales here.

Learned to ride on mainly slow podding cobs, gypsy vanners, crosses of the two and plain old grade ponies :) Got to ride a OTTB who was nearing 30 who was just the best gentleman.

Mistidog · Jun 8, 2017 3:04 PM

Florida in the US has a lot of quarter horses, and some paints. Recently though, I've been seeing a lot more thoroughbreds, probably because a lot more people are jumping

Mystic rose · Jun 8, 2017 3:16 PM

@bourbon , really? I'm going to wales soon and can't wait.

@Mistidog, we don't have paints over here, unless there is some I don't know of ! It's a shame cause it's one of my favourites :(

RedDeeFarms · Jun 8, 2017 3:18 PM

@mistidog what part of FL? I'm close to Jacksonville.

I agree though, Florida has a lot of quarter horse and paint horses. There's also a decent amount of Gypsy Vanner breeders.

ColorGoodStables · Jun 8, 2017 3:43 PM

In my area of the US (nebrska and south Dakota) quarter horses are the top breed. Usually if it isn't a quarter horse it's a "mutt"

Mistidog · Jun 8, 2017 3:48 PM

@RedDeeFarms I'm sorta by east Orlando
@Mystic Rose when I go to shows, there's always a lot of paints! A lot of my friends have paints, or paint and quarter mixes

Cheers · Jun 8, 2017 4:02 PM

@Kinetic where are you in AR? I'm originally from Little Rock

Kinetic · Jun 8, 2017 4:08 PM

@Cheers I live in Little Rock! Although I'm originally from Philadelphia - I moved to Little Rock about 18 years ago and then have also lived in Conway, Greenbrier, and Holland. I moved back to Little Rock about seven years ago. :)

Where are you living now?

ObsidianKitsune · Jun 8, 2017 4:24 PM

If you guys haven't done it yet, youtube "Paso Fino foal gaiting" and prepare to squee.

NZ here and over the years, our wild horse the Kaimanawa is gaining a lot more popularity, especially since the Stallion Challenge. They can come in almost any colour and shape, from small ponies to 17hh draft types. Their line stems from horses being released into desert road, so ponies and working horses make up a lot of their bloodline, however they also have a bit of thoroughbred and other warmblood in them as well. They're very intelligent horses. A tv show followed a set of sisters, the Wilson sisters (if you watched Road to the Horse colt starting, you would've seen one in action) breaking in their stallions for the challenge. It's called "Keeping up with the Kaimanawas." They've also trained brumbies and mustangs!

Cheers · Jun 8, 2017 4:26 PM

@Kinetic I live in Brisbane, Australia now but my family is all still in AR. I'm coming home for Christmas this year.

Kinetic · Jun 8, 2017 4:33 PM

@Cheers Oh wow, quite a distance! Do you get to come home often?

Timber · Jun 8, 2017 4:39 PM

There is a ton of horse ranches down the road I live on and apparently there's at least three riding therapy facilities in the area. I've never been able to get a good look at many of them, but I seems few of the quarter horses get curious and come to the fence to sniff the UPS driver that comes to the gate (freaked that poor guy out) or to eat the decorative shrubbery around the entrance sign.

I know a couple of the riding therapy people have come into my place of work and they say they take any horse. I think she mentioned a few foxtrotters and american cutting horses.

Cheers · Jun 8, 2017 4:57 PM

@Kinetic I try to get home every 2 years or so. My mom tries to get down to me or we try to take a trip together somewhere else on the off years, and once my baby niece grows up a bit I know my sister and her family hope to join us on those trips.

Do you ride at all now? I haven't ridden seriously in almost as long as you've been in AR but I still know some people who ride and show in the various English disciplines up there.

And to contribute to the actual thread topic, I live close to the flat racing tracks here in Brisbane and not too far away from the harness track, so I mostly see TBs and SBs around my area. I think the Aussie Stock Horse and their crosses are pretty popular, and I have friends who compete in endurance with Arabs and Arab crosses, and others who ride various warmbloods. My favorite of my friends horses is a blue eyed chestnut Paint (looks like a minimal overo pattern to my uneducated eye) x Hanoverian mare one of my vet friends owns. She's a cutie!

Bourbon · Jun 8, 2017 5:03 PM

@Mystic rose Haha, yeah there's loads of them here! My two favourite pons were grades, but pretty much everything else I've sat on has been a Cob of some sort. Only other exception was a Clydesdale and a Shire horse, but yeah, I'd say about 70% cobs.

In comparison, up in Coventry (Midlands, England) I rode mainly grade horses, sport horse things, TB x's and a couple of heavies. Not a single cob! I seriously miss riding, I wish I could afford a car to get back into it, I'd probably have to start from scratch again, but w/e. Worth it ;)

Kinetic · Jun 8, 2017 5:13 PM

@Cheers I'll send you a PM so we don't keep hijacking the thread. :)

RainTree · Jun 8, 2017 7:20 PM

I'm live in Ohio and we have a ton of QHs here :) We also have QH congress in Columbus :) it's actually coming up in October!

Mistidog · Jun 8, 2017 9:04 PM

@RainTree have you ever been to congress before? I love to look at all the videos and pictures! My trainer's daughter wants me to maybe go up with her one year and show in it!

Wildland Acres · Jun 8, 2017 9:37 PM

Where I am at in wester US, there seems to be a lot of quaterhorses, paints, and mustangs

RainTree · Jun 9, 2017 5:12 AM

I didn't get to go last year because of school but I would love to go this year. My friend goes every year and she loves it

wendolyne · Jun 11, 2017 8:12 AM

have any of you in North America noticed that the Morgan seems to be disappearing? At least in Canada. i think there are less then the Canadian horse.

JamesBayMemorial · Jun 18, 2017 5:06 PM

Ne England has a load of tbs, cobs, trotters, Welsh cobs, shetlands and if a friend of mine gets her way and manages to extend her yard we'll have a lot of higlands

fioresales · Jun 21, 2017 5:10 PM

In my area of Georgia in the Southern USA there are a lot of Hunter and Jumper stables so Warmbloods are very common in this particular area. The stable I work at in particular gets a lot of Irish Sport Horses and Belgian Warmbloods as my boss's two partners are Irish and Belgian.

NorthernStars · Jul 24, 2017 6:03 PM

Shetland ponies are the most common where I live, but then I live in Shetland.

DivineDreams · Jul 24, 2017 6:16 PM

Here in South Eastern Ontario, Canada, we have a variety of everything! Depends on the discipline.

We favor the Quarter Horses, Paints and Appys for just about anything! More specifically english disciplines such as hunter and english pleasure, and ALL western disciplines. Also alot of them re used as trail horses.

We also love our Thoroughbreds, Warmbloods and Draft Crosses. Standardbreds are making a good go now due to educating people on the potential versatility of the breed.

Ponies wise Welsh, Welsh Crosses, and Shetland crosses are favored for english disciplines but we also have a fair number Halflingers and Fjords. There is a huge Miniature horse community too!

There is a smaller community for Paso Finos and Tennessee Walkers and other gaited breeds. But they arent hard to find.

I cant forget the Arabians! They are used EVERYWHERE! Lol. But they take a special kind of person lmao.

We even have a few Andalusian and Friesen breeders!

It also seems like every breed and type is used for Pleasure Trail Riding too.

Hope this helps! :-)

TomCat · Jul 29, 2017 2:57 PM

In the US around where I live in Maryland, its OTTBs (Off Track Throughbreds) and Quarter Horses.

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