Week 3

 Origin: Germany  Use: Olympic games and English riding events (originally a carriage horse)  Color: Chestnut, bay, black, and gray  Height: 16-16.2 hands  Weight: 1000-1400 lbs

 Lifespan: 25+  Interesting Fact: If buckskin, palomino, or cremello – cannot be registered  Famous: “For Pleasure” – Won World Cup in 1995

• • • • • • Origin: East Prussia Average Life Span: 25 years + Height: 15.3 to 17 hands Weight: 1,500 Use: Pleasure, track, show, ranchwork Color: Can be any color with bay, chestnut, grey, black(most common) some roan and pinto

Abdullah • • Windfall 2: Competed internationally Abdullah: Won many international titles in the sport of show jumping • • **Used in Olympics **Related to the Akhal-Teke WindFall 2

 Origin: Schleswig-Holstein region of Northern Germany  Use: Show jumping  Color: Grey and Bay  Height: 16-17 hands

 Weight: 1000-1400 lbs  Lifespan: 25+  Interesting Fact: Make 6% of European horses, but majority percentage of show jumpers

 Origin: US  Use: Sport Horse  Color: All colors; solid colors are more accepted  Height: 16-17 hands  Weight: Light Horse

 Lifespan: 25+  Interesting Fact: More of a “type” than a “breed”  Famous: Influenced by European Warmbloods (Arabian and Thoroughbred) and Draft breeds

 Developed in Ireland  Life span: 20-30 years  Height:15.3-16.3 hands  Weight: 2400-2600 pounds  Color: Any solid color with white leg markings

 Very intelligent and gentle nature  Cost: $10,000 or more  Uses: Farm work, pulling carts, and riding  Famous: Maximus in the movie Tangled