Here is a table of the major breeds we accept, their heights, and a bit of info regarding standard coloring. This will help you when you go to join that new character, or just aren't sure what genes your character may pass on!
| BREED OF HORSE |
AVERAGE
HEIGHT |
COMMON COAT COLORS |
| Akhal-Teke |
14.3-16.3hh |
Bay, black, chestnut, palomino, buckskin, cremello, perlino and grey (metallic). NOTE: Does not carry roan or dun gene |
| American Cream Draft |
15-17hh |
Champagne only. |
| American Paint Horse |
14.3-16.2 |
COMMON: white with black, bay, brown, and chestnut or sorrel. LESS COMMON: white with palomino, buckskin, cremello, perlino, champagne, roan, dun, grullo. MAY ALSO BE SOLID. (overo [includes frame, splash and sabino], tobiano and tovero) |
| American Quarter Horse |
14-16hh |
Chestnut, bay, black, brown, buckskin, palomino, gray, dun, red dun, grullo, red roan, blue roan, bay roan, perlino, and cremello |
| American Saddlebred |
15-16hh |
COMMON: black, bay, chestnut, or brown. LESS COMMON: gray, buckskin, palomino, pinto and roan |
| Andalusian |
15.2-16.2hh |
COMMON: gray. LESS COMMON: bay, black, dun or palomino or chestnut. RARE: buckskin, pearl, cremello. |
| Anglo-Arabian (TB x ARAB) |
15.2-16.3 |
Chestnut, bay, black, or gray |
| Appaloosa |
15-16hh |
Bay, black, chestnut, palomino, buckskin, dun, grullo base coat with blanket, leopard, snowflake, frost or varnish roan spotting. |
| Arabian |
14.1-15.1 |
Bay, gray, chestnut, black. |
| AraAppaloosa (ARAB x APPALOOSA) |
14-15hh |
SEE PARENT'S BREED COLORING |
| Australian Stock Horse |
14-16hh |
All Colors |
| Austrian Warmblood |
16-16.2hh |
Black, brown, bay, chestnut, and grey |
| Azteca (QH x IBERIAN TYPE> |
14.3-15.2hh |
Any Solid Color |
| Barb (horse) |
13.3-14.1hh |
Gray, black, bay, chestnut |
| Baskir Curly |
14-16hh |
Chestnut, bay, black, grey, buckskin, roan, grulla, cremello with appaloosa markings or pinto markings. |
| Belgian Draft |
16-17.3hh |
Chestnut with flaxen mane and tail |
| Belgian Warmblood |
15.3-17hh |
Chestnut, bay, black, grey |
| Brumby |
15-16hh |
All Colors |
| Canadian Horse |
14-16hh |
COMMON: Black. LESS COMMON: brown, bay, chestnut. RARE: Cream |
| Cleveland Bay |
16-16.2hh |
Always bay |
| Clydesdale |
16-17hh |
Bay, chestnut or black with white markings. NOTE: carries sabino gene |
| Danish Warmblood |
16.2-17hh |
Any solid color |
| Dutch Harness |
16-16.2hh |
COMMON: black, brown, bay, chestnut. LESS COMMON: grey, roan, creme. RARE: tobiano. NOTE: carries sabino/rabicano |
| Dutch Warmblood |
15.3-17.2hh |
COMMON: black, brown, bay, chestnut, gray. RARE: tobiano, roan |
| Falabella (horse) |
<32" |
COMMON: bay, black. LESS COMMON: pinto, palomino, black or red leopard spotting |
| Fjord |
13.1-15hh |
Dun only (brown, red, grey, white or yellow acceptable) |
| Frederiksborg |
16-16.2hh |
COMMON: flaxen chestnut. LESS COMMON: bay, gray, buckskin, palomino. NOTE: carries sabino/rabicano, white markings common |
| Friesian Horse |
15.3-16.2hh |
COMMON: black. RARE: chestnut |
| Gelderland |
15.2-16hh |
Chestnut, black, bay or gray. NOTE: carries tobiano/sabino |
| Gidran |
15.3-16.2hh |
COMMON: chestnut. RARE: gray, bay, black |
| Hackney |
14.2-16.2hh |
Bay, brown, black, chestnut. NOTE: carries sabino |
| Haflinger |
13.2-15hh |
Flaxen chestnut only |
| Hanoverian |
15.3-17hh |
Chestnut, bay, black, brown, gray. NOTE: no palomino, cremello, buckskin or excessive white markings |
| Holsteiner |
16-17hh |
Black, bay, brown, chestnut, gray |
| Hungarian Warmblood |
16-17hh |
Any solid color |
| Icelandic Horse |
13-14hh |
Chestnut, dun, bay, black, gray, palomino, pinto, roan |
| Irish Draught |
15.3-16.3hh |
Any solid color |
| Irish Sport Horse (IRISH DRAUGHT x TB) |
15-17hh |
Any solid color |
| Jutland |
15-16.1hh |
COMMON: flaxen chestnut. LESS COMMON: bay, gray, roan |
| Kuntucky Mountain Saddle Horse |
>11hh |
Any color, including spotted patterns |
| Kiger Mustang |
14-15hh |
Dun, grulla, buckskin |
| Knabstrup |
15.2-16hh |
Bay, black, or chestnut base coat with blanket, leopard, snowflake, frost or varnish roan spotting |
| Lipizzan |
14.2-15.2hh |
COMMON: gray. RARE: bay or black |
| Lusitano |
15.2-15.3hh |
COMMON: gray, bay, chestnut. LESS COMMON: black, dun, palomino |
| Marwari |
15-16hh |
Bay, gray, chestnut, palomino, piebald/skewbald |
| Miniature |
34-38" |
ANY |
| Missouri Fox Trotter |
14.2-16.2hh |
ANY. NOTE: no appaloosa patterning |
| Morab (MORGAN x ARAB) |
14.2-15.2 |
Any solid color |
| Morgan Horse |
14.1-15.2hh |
COMMON: bay, black, chestnut. LESS COMMON: gray, palomino, roan, cremello, perlino, dun, buckskin, silver dapple |
| Mustang |
14-15hh |
ANY |
| Nonius |
15.1-16.1hh |
Black, dark bay, brown |
| Oldenburg |
16-17.2hh |
Black, brown, bay, chestnut, gray, tobiano possible |
| Orlov Trotter |
15.2-16hh |
COMMON: gray. LESS COMMON: black, bay, chestnut |
| Paso Fino |
15-16hh |
Bay, chestnut or brown |
| Percheron |
16.2-17.3hh |
COMMON: gray, black. LESS COMMON: roan, bay, chestnut |
| Peruvian Paso |
14.1-15.2hh |
Chestnut, black, bay, brown, buckskin, palomino, gray, roan, dun |
| Quarab (QH x ARAB) |
14-16hh |
SEE PARENT's BREED COLORING |
| Rocky Mountain Horse |
14.2-16hh |
COMMON: flaxen chocolate (silver dapple manifestation) RARE: any solid color |
| Russian Don |
15.1-15.3hh |
Bay, black, chestnut, gray |
| Selle Français |
16-16.2hh |
COMMON: bay, chestnut. LESS COMMON: any other solid color |
| Shagya Arabian |
14.1-15.1hh |
Any solid color |
| Shire |
16.2-18hh |
Black, bay, gray. NOTE: no excessive white markings or roan coloring |
| Standardbred |
14.1-17hh |
COMMON: bay, chestnut, black, gray, roan. RARE: tobiano |
| Suffolk Punch |
16.1-17.2hh |
Chestnut only |
| Swedish Warmblood |
16-17hh |
Any solid color. NOTE: true blacks are rare |
| Swiss Warmblood |
15.1-16hh |
Any color except pinto and appaloosa |
| Tennessee Walking Horse (TWH) |
15-17hh |
Black, chestnut, bay, champagne, roan, pinto. NOTE: carries sabino |
| Thoroughbred (TB) |
15.2-17hh |
COMMON: bay, seal brown, chestnut, black, gray. LESS COMMON: dillute creme manifestations NOTE: carries sabino/rabicano gene |
| Trakehner |
15-17.2hh |
Bay, gray, chestnut, black. RARE: roan, tobiano |
| Waler |
15-16hh |
Any solid color excepting gray |
| Walkaloosa (TWH x APPALOOSA) |
14-15.2hh |
Bay, black, chestnut, palomino, buckskin, dun, grullo base coat with blanket, leopard, snowflake, frost or varnish roan spotting. |
| Welsh Cob (Sec. D) |
> 13.2hh |
Any solid color. NOTE: gray is rare. |
| Westphalian |
15.2-17.2 |
Black, bay, chestnut, gray |
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