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.
Name
Other names
Notes
Image
Alberta Wild Horse[1]
American Bashkir Curly[2]: 434
American Curly Horse
North American Curly Horse
American Belgian Draft[2]: 434
American Cream Draft[2]: 434
American Crème Horse[2]: 434 [3]
American Drum Horse[2]: 434
American Indian Horse[2]: 434
American Miniature Horse[2]: 434
American Paint Horse[2]: 435
Paint Horse
American Quarter Horse[2]: 435
Quarter Horse[2]: 497
American Saddlebred[2]: 435
American Shetland Pony[2]: 435
American Sorraia Mustang[2]: 435
of Iberian origin, in the Colonial Spanish horse group; no connection to the Sorraia has been demonstrated[2]: 435
American Spotted[2]: 435
American Spotted Paso[2]: 435
American Thoroughbred
Thoroughbred
derives directly from the British Thoroughbred; some lines and some coat colors would not be eligible for registration in the General Stud Book[2]: 436
American Walking Pony[2]: 436
American Warmblood[2]: 436
American White Horse[2]: 436
Appaloosa[2]: 438
Baca-Chica[3]
Banker[2]: 442 [3]
Blazer[2]: 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.[2]: 445
Camarillo White Horse[2]: 448
Canadian[2]: 449 [3]
Canadian Pacer[2]: 449
Canadian Pinto[2]: 449
Canadian Rustic Pony[2]: 449
Canadian Sport Horse[2]: 449
Canadian Warmblood[2]: 449 [1]
Carolina Marsh Tacky[2]: 449
Marsh Tacky[3]
Cerbat Mustang[2]: 450, 457
Cherokee Horse[2]: 451
Chickasaw[2]: 451 [4]
Chincoteague Pony[2]: 452
Assateague Horse[2]: 452
Choctaw Horse[2]: 453 [3]
Colonial Spanish[2]: 455 [3]
Colorado Ranger[2]: 457
Conestoga Horse[2]: 443
extinct
Cumberland Island Horse[2]: 459
Florida Cracker Horse[2]: 466
Galiceño[3]
Kanata Pony[2]: 478
Kentucky Mountain Saddle Horse[2]: 479
Kiger Mustang[2]: 480
Lac La Croix Indian Pony[2]: 481 [1]
Lac La Croix Pony
Lac La Croix Indigenous Pony
Ojibwe Pony
Missouri Fox Trotter[2]: 486
Morab[2]: 487
Morgan [2]: 487
Morocco Spotted[2]: 487
Mountain Pleasure Horse
Moyle[2]: 488
Ranch and endurance horse, bred in Utah by Rex Moyle from Colonial Spanish and Cleveland Bay stock[2]: 487 [5]: 183
Mustang[2]: 488
American Mustang[2]: 434
Narragansett Pacer[2]: 488
extinct
National Show Horse[2]: 488
Nemaiah Valley Horse[1][failed verification]
Newfoundland Pony[1][3]
Nez Perce Horse[2]: 489
Nokota [2]: 490
North American Sportpony
American Sport Pony[2]: 435
Pony of the Americas[2]: 497
Appaloosa Pony[2]: 438
Pryor Mountain Mustang
Pryor Mountain[2]: 457
Puerto Rican Paso Fino[3]
Quarab[2]: 497
Quarter Pony[2]: 435
Racking Horse[2]: 497
Rocky Mountain Horse[2]: 498
Sable Island Pony[2]: 499
Santa Cruz[3]
Spanish Jennet Horse[2]: 477
Spanish Barb[4]
The Spanish Barb Breeders Association is a registry for Colonial Spanish horses; eligible horses stand 140–150 cm and may be of any color[2]: 457 [6]
Spanish Mustang[4]
Spanish Norman[2]: 504
Spotted Saddle Horse
National Spotted Saddle Horse[2]: 488
Standardbred[2]: 436
American Standardbred
American Trotter
Sulphur[3]
Tennessee Walking Horse[2]: 507
Tiger Horse[2]: 508
A gaited, leopard-spotted riding horse, bred from Appaloosa, Paso Fino and Colonial Spanish stock; height 147–152 cm
Virginia Highlander[2]: 472
Walkaloosa
derives from Tennessee Walking Horse and Appaloosa, displays leopard spots and ambling gait[2]: 512
Welara[2]: 512
Wilbur-Cruce[3]
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