Category: Horse Types & Breeds

This black beauty is a popular sight in dressage classes, stallion halter classes, and in breeding facilities. Did you know that this breed was actually originally meant as a carriage horse? This...

Appaloosas have bee a favorite breed of mine for a long time due to their remarkable coat coloring. These horses, sometimes called Appys, are known for being kind of temperamental and sometimes...

Cold blooded horses are not horses that do things in cold blood. These horses instead have the reputation of being true gentle giants and being very mellow in temperament. So why are they called...

All horses are warmbloods, right? Yes, all horses and mammals are warmblooded, but when looking at types of horses, the term warmblooded has a different meaning. What makes a horse a warmblood, what...

What is a hotblooded horse? Does that mean that their blood is hot? What breeds are considered hotblooded? I have been hearing and thinking these questions for a while now, and wanted to see for...

These two breeds of horses are very common and are popularly used as riding horses in many disciplines for both English and Western riding styles. But what is the difference? How can you identify one...