This is an informal survey that was done in February, 2006, by HorseFlicks.
"Below please find the results of our survey, asking you to quickly name five breeds that come to mind first when you think about horses. We received well over 1,000 mentions, with a total of 70 breeds named. Some were well known, others less known. In order of their ranking by mentions, here are the following breeds that were top of mind among horse people we queried. Thanks to everyone who submitted their answers. The numbers reflect the number of mentions by percentage among all respondents. The Quarter Horse was identified or mentioned 13.3% out of all mentions. Number of mentions for the Tiger Horse was 0.09% of all mentions." Quarter Horse 13.3 Arabian 11.3 Thoroughbred 9.4 Friesian 6.1 Paints 4.1 Tennessee Walking Horse 3.9 Morgan 3.9 Clydesdale 3.9 Andalusian 3.9 Appaloosa 3.5 Percheron 3.1 Akhal-Teke 2.6 Gypsy Horse 2.5 Shire 2.5 Paso Fino 1.9 Peruvian Paso 1.9 Welsh Pony 1.9 Dutch Warmblood 1.8 Irish Draught 1.8 Saddlebred 1.8 Belgian 1.6 Mustang 1.3 Lusitano 1.2 Missouri Fox Trotter 0.9 Standardbred 0.8 Lippizaners 0.78 Haflinger 0.77 Hanovarian 0.58 Trakaner 0.58 Norwegian Fjord Horse 0.48 Shetland Pony 0.48 Rocky Mountain 0.39 Azteca 0.29 Connemara 0.29 Pinto 0.29 Alter-Real 0.19 Bashkir Curly 0.19 Dales Pony 0.19 Hackney 0.19 Holsteiner 0.19 Icelandics 0.19 Minis 0.19 Mule 0.19 POA 0.19 Spotted Draft 0.19 Breton 0.09 Budjonny 0.09 Caspian 0.09 Chincoteague Pony 0.09 Cleveland Bay 0.09 Dartmoor Pony 0.09 English Thoroughbred 0.09 Exmoor 0.09 Fell Pony 0.09 Hackney Pony 0.09 Kathiawari 0.09 Kiger Mustang 0.09 Knabstrup 0.09 Morab 0.09 New Forest Ponies 0.09 Noriker 0.09 Oldenburg 0.09 Single Footer 0.09 Spanish Jennet 0.09 Sorraia 0.09 Spotted Saddle Horse 0.09 Suffolk 0.09 Swedish Warmblood 0.09 Tersk 0.09 Tiger Horse 0.09 ____________________________ Judy http://icehorses.net http://clickryder.com
