Equine Breeds

Equine Breeds

Mr. Dieckhoff

Equine Science

Terminology

ColorPatterns

•Bay – brown with black mane& tail

•Chestnut – dark brown withbrown mane & tail

•Sorrel – light brown with brownmane & tail

•Grey

•Black

•White

•Palomino – brown with whitemane & tail

•Buckskin – yellow with blackmane & tail

•Dun – yellow with dorsal stripe

•Roan – mix of red/white orblue/white

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Gaits

1.Walk – slowest, 4 beats

2.Trot – 2 beats, legs are diagonal pairs

3.Pace – 2 beats, legs are in side pairs

4.Canter – 3 beats

5.Gallop – 4 beats, fastest

6.Rack – walking behind and trotting infront

Practice Gaits

Light Horses

Appaloosa

Cleveland Bay

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Paso Fino

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Andalusian

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Arabian

Lipazzan

Morgan

Mustang

Paint

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American Quarter Horse

Saddlebred

Standardbred

Hanoverian

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Breeds of Light Horses

Palomino

Tennessee Walking Horse

Missouri Fox Trotter

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Thoroughbred

Connemara Pony

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Shetland Pony

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Haflinger

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Pony of Americas

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Draft Horse Breeds

American Cream Draft

Belgian

Clydesdale

Friesian

Percheron

Shire

Hackney Horse

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