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The Knabstrupper or Knabstrup is a Danish breed of warmblood horse. It is principally a riding horse , but is also used as a harness horse and as a circus animal . [ 6 ] : 64 It is broadly similar to the Frederiksborger , but often has a spotted coat.
The split between Przewalski's horse and E. ferus caballus is estimated to have occurred 120,000– 240,000 years ago, long before domestication. [1] The Mongolian horse is theorized to be the founding stock for many other horse breeds in Asia, including the Tuvinian, Akhaltekin, Yunan, Japanese and Cheju. [2]
The following list of horse and pony breeds includes standardized breeds, some strains within breeds that are considered distinct populations, types of horses with common characteristics that are not necessarily standardized breeds but are sometimes described as such, and terms that describe groupings of several breeds with similar characteristics.
Pinto colors can come in a number of genetically distinct patterns, which have different visual characteristics and tend to make white or leave colored different areas of the horse. These include tobiano, sabino, splashed white, frame, and manchado. A pinto horse may also have a combination of these patterns, such as tovero. [2]
This print from 1898 depicts a sturdy, versatile Hanoverian. In 1735, George II, the King of England and Elector of Hanover, founded the State Stud at Celle.He purchased stallions suitable for all-purpose work in agriculture and in harness, as well as for breeding cavalry mounts.
Trakehner (/ t r ə ˈ k eɪ n ər /) is a light warmblood breed of horse, originally developed at the East Prussian state stud farm in the town of Trakehnen from which the breed takes its name.
The leopard complex, related to the Leopard (LP) gene, characterizes the Appaloosa and Knabstrupper breeds with their spotted coats. Leopard is genetically quite distinct from all other white and white-spotting patterns. The fewspot leopard pattern, however, can resemble white.
One of many patterns for which the leopard complex is responsible. The leopard complex is a group of genetically related coat patterns in horses.These patterns range from progressive increases in interspersed white hair similar to graying or roan to distinctive, Dalmatian-like leopard spots on a white coat.