The world's greatest cow horse was developed over the last 100 years or so on America's cattle ranches: the Quarter Horse. It had its origins in the Spanish cow pony, a descendant of the horses brought over by the Spaniards, and the short distance running horse that was developed in colonial America, which moved west when long-distance races ...

Pony Breeds, including rare breeds, wild, show and pleasure ponies with history, strength, weakness, current use and preferred types.

Polo ponies can be found from searching through large numbers of horses bred primarily for other purposes, such as handling cattle or racing, and then selecting those few that show outstanding natural aptitude for polo.

With cattle raising the main enterprise in Chile, the breed evolved in open range cattle ranching, with the cow herding skills honed with every generation. Huge yearly roundups were the rule by the 18th Century, where the Chilean Horse proved its cow sense and athletic ability.

Reined cow horses are judged equally on their reined work and their fence work, nowadays also called cow work. The reined work is basically a reining, but patterns are a little different, and the class is also judged a little different, with less emphasis on slides but more on hard, deep stops.

The wild Brumby horse of Australia. Brumbies are the equivalent of the American Mustang and breed societies are trying to save the wild Brumby.

In spite of a considerable height range, the New Forest Pony is generally regarded as a large Mountain and Moorland breed and most breeders aim to produce strong animals with plenty of bone at a height over 13hh.

Horse Breeds, including color breeds, wild horses, popular and rare breeds, Pony, Draft, English, or Western, with history, strength, weakness, current use and preferred type.

The Maremma is a native horse breed found in an Italian region in the south of the Toscana, claimed to be the only true Italian horse breed. A large part of the Maremmaare of Italy is marsh, or swamp, and the semi-wild maremma cattle are well adapted.

The small Kerry Bog Pony pony evolved because of its use as a draft animal in the bogs of Kerry, Ireland. The conformation, great strength, soundness, and the Kerry Bog Pony's disposition of kindness enable them to easily be trained to harness or …