| For centuries, horses have been one of the most | | | | classifications. If you are unfamiliar with horse |
| popular domesticated animals. While today, people | | | | breeds, this is a good starting place.From this |
| enjoy riding and racing them, in the past they | | | | point, some people like to further classify horses |
| were domesticated because they were the | | | | into the subcategories such as draft horses, |
| primary mode of transportation for many.People | | | | gaited horses, and warmbloods. So these are |
| from almost every corner of the globe have | | | | terms that you might hear when people talk of |
| owned horses for one reason or another, and it is | | | | horse breeds. But for all intents and purposes, we |
| for this reason that there are now so many | | | | will stick with the three main categories for this |
| different breeds. However, all horses fall into one | | | | article. |
| of three main categories: pony, light, and heavy | | | | |