The Hungarian Horse can be traced back to the original people that settled the Carpathian basin 1,000 years ago called the Magyars. They were nomadic steppe people and descendants of the Huns so they carried a strong horse culture with them.
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The oldest of the German warmbloods, the Holsteiner is well-loved for its excellence in show jumping and cross country competitions. They are perfectly suited to cover long distances at a high level of activity, with enough strength and sensibility to make them excellent partners.
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Also called Hequl, Nanfanhe and Khetsyui, the Hequ breed comes from the area where the Quinghai, Sichuan and Gansu Provinces meet. At which point there is a large zag in the Yellow River. The name Hequ has only been used for this breed since 1954 and prior to that was called the Nanfan horse.
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The Heihe or Xinihe (we think) horse comes from the boundary between China and Russia along the Heilongjiang River Basin in Heihe city. The horse is essential to the local people for both agriculture and transportation.
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The Hackney pony is purely a man made breed, they were developed using selective breeding with the goal of creating a pony type within the Hackney breed.
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England has a long history of trotting animals and the tradition is thought to go back to the Middle Ages. For many years two types of trotters came from the areas of East Anglis and the East Riding of Yorkshire, the Norfolk Trotter and the Yorkshire Hackneys.
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The Guizhou or Qian Horse is a native breed of the mountainous Guizhou Province in China where agriculture was developed as early as 770 BC. Relatively isolated geographically, these animals have had little outside influence and are an incredibly pure breed.
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Also called Guanxi, Ganzi and formerly called Sihang, the Guangxi is a small horse is found in the Sichuan provinces and the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous region of China.
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The Gronigan Horse is a heavy Dutch warmblood that has close connections to the Gelderland breed (although it is larger and more robust) like the Gelderland, the Groningan has essentially been absorbed into the Dutch Warmblood registry.
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The Giara horse native to the island of Sardinia, Italy and they are found on a large, basalt plateau in the south of the island. Recently a small number of animals have been re-introduced into other parts of Sardinia in the hopes of growing their numbers. They among the few Italian breeds that have not been influenced by English Thoroughbred.
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