Appaloosa

White Skin around eyes

Blotchy coat color

Black and White vertical striping on hooves

White blanket over hip

Oldest Color Breed

HQ in Tulsa OK

Tan color, black skin, white mane and tail

Arabian

Curved Neck, dished face

From desert area of far east

Oldest Breed

Quick, runs a lot, spirited, stamina

Thoroughbred

England

Arabian background

in the KY Derby

Morgan 

Arabian Background

From New England State

All come from one stallion bred by Justin Morgan

Thoroughbred X Arabian

inbred problems 

American Saddlebred

Made for when horse was common for travel

Standardbred 

standard for speed 

Tennesse Walker

has its own special gait

Percheron

France 

No leg feathering 

Draft Horse

Clydesdale 

Draft horse

Scotland 

Feathered legs

Can be Bay or Sorrell 

Belgian

Belgium

Most Massive 

Sorrell or Roan

Shire

England 

Tallest

Black , some bay and brown

Suffolk 

England 

Chestnut no black 

draft 

Welsh

Pony 

Wales 

Bred for coal mines 

Pony of America

Iowa 

Shetland X Appaloosa 

Shetland 

Pony 

Shetland Island, Scotland 

short tempered

Minature

circus

good tempered

Paso Fino

lateral gait

Lippizzan

"airs above ground"

Gray, lightens with age 

Austrain Stud 

Shorthorn

British Breed

Scotland and Britain

horned or polled

Good Breeders 

Poor Carcasses 

Low Fertility

Hereford 

Herfordshire, England

British Breed

Low milk and metabolism

High fertility

low marbeling 

prone to pinkeye

Angus

Aberdeen, Scotland

Polled 

Good marbeling, carcuss, milking, mothering

cold tolerant

Twisted Spine

Galloway

Galloway, Scotland

Long Shaggy Coat

Does well in Winter

Black, white, Red, Belted (oreo)

Few In US

Scotch Highland

Scotch Highlands

Golden Shaggy Hair

Good in harsh weather

Red Poll

Suffolk and Norfolk

few in US

Red and Polled

Carcass is TOO FAT

Popularity declines when we discover Cholesterol 

South Devon

Devon, England

Largest British Breed

Charolais 

France

White NO black

Typically Horned

Meaty Carcass

Low milker, trouble birthing

low fertility

genetic defects

Limousin

France

"small charolais" has same problems

Golden Red Coat cross breeding led to Black Coat

Ideal Butcher animal, meaty carcass

Simmental

Simmie Valley Switzerland 

Pie Rouge

Red and white no distinct pattern

Horn or Polled

cross breeding led to black coat

Chianina 

Italy

White with Black Points

Tallest breed in the world 

Mainly used for cross breeding b.c it's too big

Maine Anjou

France

Red with White markings

very large

Poor udders

low fertility

lethargic

Pinzgauer

Germany 

Chestnut - stripes, white top and underline

Gelbvieh

Germany and Austria

Golden Color

Dual Purpose 

Belgian Blue

Belgium

Blue Gray color

3/100 are white

thickest muscled

Double Muscling 

Piedmontese

Italy

White with maybe black points

Thick muscling

Good marbling 

Braunvieh

German

Dariy Counterpart (brown swiss)

Brahman

India

Hump with meat and fat

Droopy Ears

Dewlap (neck skin)

slow reproductivity and growing 

insect resistent

heat tolerant - many sweat glands

Santa Gertrudis

King Ranch Kingsville, TX

5/8 Shorthorn, 3/8 Braham

Solid Red

Mostly Horned

Hot climate, fast growing, meat isn't tender, low uniformity

Santa Cruz

King Ranch TX

5/16 Short horn, 3/16 Braham, 1/4 Red Angus, 1/4 Gelbieh

Improved tenderness, reproductivity, variablitly 

Brangus

OK & TX

5/8 Angus 3/8 Braham

Red or Black

Polled

good with heat, insects

great quality

Bad in cold

Braford

FL

Herford and Braham cross

Red with white face and red around eyes

Beefmaster

Tom Lasater from OK

Strict Culling

Dystocia - difficult birthing

Light weaning

any color pattern

Simbrah

Simmental X Braham

Most successful temp

simmental coloring & twinning problem

not good milking

attitude issues

Brahamousin

5/8 Limousin 3/8 Braham

Sire must be registered

Chiangus 

Chinina X Angus

Black

No Braham 

Minature Cattle 

Portion Control

Angus, jeresey, hereford, zebu

Horse Breed Type

Middle Weight

Europe

Refined light saddle Horse

Improved Genetic lines 

Work/Draft Horse

Very large and strong 

Rare

pink skin

hazle eyes

Reddish Brown

mane legs tails and ears same color

can have white markings

4 beat lateral

slowest

Fastest

4 Beat Gait, all independent 

Artificial

4 beat

4 beat

bring legs up flashily 

Female donkey

measures height of horses

about 4 inches 

Jagged white spots

no white on back

at least one white leg

Oval shaped spots

smoother white on back

white legs

often white mane or tail

American Paint House

Standing Heat

can be bred with

is ovulating and cycling

Holstien

Largest

highest milk

lowest butterfat (but highest as a breed)

Largest number in the US

More of 80 percent of milk comes from this breed

there are red and whites

Jersey

Jersey Island, Great Britain

fawn colored (tan) black points

smallest and lowest total milk production

highest butterfat percentage

Cheese Production

Crossbred with Holstein

Guernsey

Guernsey Island

Larger than the Jersey

2nd in butterfat percentage

light red and white

Brown Swiss 

Switzerland

Blackish and Brown with light lips

2nd largest and 2nd milk production

intermediate butterfat

thickest muscled milk

has a beef counterpart

Ayrshire

Scotland

Mahogany and white spotted

intermediate

Milking Shorthorn

England

Roan (light and dark interspersed)

Lowest in milk and butterfat

Milking Devon

Devonshire, England

among lowest in milking and butterfat

horns