The famous perlino
The metallic-looking coat is the most distinctive feature of a Golden Akhal-Teke. In the eyes of many horse enthusiasts, the Golden Akhal Teke is the most beautiful horse breed. This horse is native to Turkmenistan. It earns the name Golden horse due to its shining yellowish-gold coat.
The Akhal-Teke horse is considered to be one of the most beautiful horse breeds in the world due to it's metallic-like shine to it's fur, giving this breed the appearance of golden and bronze statues almost. In Turkmenistan, this breed is the national horse breed and there is even known as 'the golden horse'.
Khadi is a Perlino horse, an usual breed defined by their cream coats and pink skin and their blue or glass eyes. Because of this, they are sometimes called pseudo-albino horses. The cream colour can vary from a very pale off white to a pale coffee colour, but shines through pink under their short summer coats.
Fusaichi Pegasus – $70 million Fusaichi Pegasus is the most expensive horse ever costing $70 million. Living up to the mythical, this Thoroughbred racehorse won the Kentucky Derby in 2000. He has career earnings of almost $2 million and sired of over 75 stakes winners worldwide.
Perhaps the most famous horse in racing history, the record-breaking Secretariat was foaled in 1970. Secretariat had a powerful stretch-running ability, giving him an edge over his competitor. It meant he could gain strength and speed as the race wore on.
Przewalski's horses once ranged throughout Europe and Asia. Competition with man and livestock, as well as changes in the environment, led to the horse moving east to Asia, and eventually becoming extinct in the wild. Today they can only be found in reintroduction sites in Mongolia, China, and Kazakhstan.
The Belgian draft is the strongest horse in the world. Taller than many of the strongest horses in the world, the Belgian Draft stands at up to 18 hands and an impressive 2000 pounds.
The horse breeds commonly considered the most beautiful are the Friesian, Arabian, Andalusian, Clydesdale, and Lipizzaner. Many of the most beautiful horse breeds such as the Arabian have been selectively bred in recent centuries to look unique for local horse shows.
If you've seen a picture of a shiny, exotic-looking golden horse, you were probably looking at an Akhal-Teke. These horses are stunning. This is a rare horse breed, with only around 6,000 in existence. While they are bred worldwide, they are primarily concentrated in their country of origin, Turkmenistan.
Breed origin: This rare breed of horse developed in the early 20th century and can be traced to a single foundation sire named Sultan. Known as a 'Stallion of a dream', Sultan was of Spanish descent and bright white with brown eyes.
The Curly is a very special type of horse. Not only is it a very pretty equine, but it is widely famous for its fur, which gave it its name. The fur of a Curly is - you guessed it - curly! The history of this horse goes as far back as the 1600's and it's believed that the Curly might have sprung from wild mustangs.
What is this? The cheapest horse breeds tend to be Quarter Horses, Arabians, Thoroughbreds and wild Mustangs. Although you can usually find cheaper horses within each of these breeds, you will need to keep a few things in mind.
They are not specifically identified there but subsequent commentary often identifies them as personifications of Death, Famine, War, and Conquest. Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, an 1887 painting by Viktor Vasnetsov. From left to right are Death, Famine, War, and Conquest; the Lamb is at the top.
Considered a wild subspecies because its ancestors were never domesticated, Przewalski's horse was driven to extinction in the wild since the 1960's primarily through interbreeding with other domesticated horses.
Equus giganteus, the largest known species of fossil horse. Standing up to 2 m tall at the shoulder and weighing 1200-1500 kg, this species was as large as or larger than most draft horses.
The horse was among the most popular attractions at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair. Beautiful Jim Key was supposedly intelligent enough that he could calculate mathematical problems, possibly even trigonometry.
In Hinduism, Uchchaihshravas (Sanskrit: उच्चैःश्रवस्, romanized: Uccaiḥśravas or उच्चैःश्रवा, Uccaiḥśravā, "long-ears" or "neighing aloud") is a seven-headed flying horse, created during the churning of the milk ocean. It is considered the best of horses, the prototype and the king of the horses.
By 55 million years ago, the first members of the horse family, the dog-sized Hyracotherium, were scampering through the forests that covered North America.
Moorland's Totilas, more commonly known as Toto, is one of the most expensive horses in the world. The 15 million dollar dressage horse is owned by German rider Paul Schockemöhle and Dutch rider Edward Gal. Toto is a stunning black horse with a white star on his forehead and white markings on his feet.
Bay – which can range from dull red to yellow to brown – is the most prized horse color. Other desirable horse colors are chestnut, dark brown, and black.
Fairy Horses have the ability to fly, and have an excellent sense of direction. They have a body extremely similar to that of horses and have butterfly-like wings. It is stated that they are attracted to fruits.