Here, I will give you information on nine of the most common breeds of horses.  There are over a hundred different types of horses, but I can't fit them in my web page.  

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Breed

Environment

 Uses Colors Height Requirement
Quarter Horse Cool Temperature Saddle All Solid 15 1/2 hands
Arabian Desert Saddle All Solid 14 1/2 hands
Thoroughbred Cool Temperature Saddle All Solid About 16 hands
Mustang Desert/Savanna Feral All Between 13.2 and 15 hands

Palomino

 Hot Temperature Saddle Palomino

Any height
Pinto or Paint Horse Savanna Saddle Part Between 15 and 16 hands
Welsh Cob Cool Temperature Harness, Saddle All Solid

Between 15.2 and 16.2 hands
Standard bred Cool Temperature Saddle All Solid 15.2 Hands
Missouri Fox Trotter Cool Temperature Saddle All, Primarily Chestnut Between 16 and 17 hands

 

Quarter Horse

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Palomino

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pinto or Paint