Horse breeds for english riding?

jumpers;

warmbloods- trakehner, hanovarian, holistiner, oldenburg, dutch, danish, swedish

Thoroughbreds-but they are not considered warmbloods

Average horses;

quarter horse (they have lots of english for AQHA)

arabian (mainly dressage)

paint

pretty much any horse can do english riding

ponys;

every pony but expecially Welsh pony who can go up to 50,000 dollars each

when you get to the higher levels mostly you see warmbloods or warmblood crosses :) have fun! presentations for 4-h are exciting! i remember when i did mine (like 5 years ago!)

Really, any horse can be ridden and used for English riding- Sure, some do better than others at it, but any horse can do it to some extent. And generally at the lowest levels you see a total mix- Appendixes, Apps, Mutts, everything. However, by the highest levels you see mostly Warmbloods (Such as the Hanoverian, Trakehner, and Oldenburg), TBs, and Anglo-Warmbloods (TB x Warmblood) . Sure, there are exceptions, but you don't see a Quarter Horse at the Olympics. Between the upper and lower levels, you see a mix of those, with the proportions shifting as you go up or down. If you go by discipline, and by those recognized by the Olympics, you mostly see various heavier Warmblood breeds in Dressage, lighter, more "Modern" type warmbloods and Anglo-Warmbloods in Show Jumping, and OTTBs, TBs, and Anglo Warmbloods in Eventing.

Honestly, what makes an English Horse a good English horse is conformation and movement, and that's why many of your best Western horses would do terribly in the English Disciplines and visa versa. The stout, downhill build and choppy movement of a Quarter horse, even a champion one, would make it a failure at anything but the lower levels of Dressage or Jumping, where having an uphill build is extremely helpful and you want floaty gaits with lots of suspension. On that note, enter a Dressage horse in a HUS class (Which is really just WP in English clothing- It's nowhere near even real Hunters) and it'll get dead last.

Well generally any horse can be used for English. I've seen Quarter Horses, to drafts doing English. There are Anglo-Arab's, Holisteiner(sp?), Hano's, Warmbloods of all sort, Irish Draughts are also quite popular, Welsh Cobs, Cleveland Bays and Morabs. Those are just a few.

Marianne- Honestly, I'm so sick of people like you spouting off "facts" about a breed when you really know nothing about that breed. I don't know what kind of shows you're going to, but AQHA's are NOT bred downhill. It is considered a conformation fault, and there is not a single breeder or trainer that I know of that actually looks for a downhill horse. In fact, if you're looking at a Quarter Horse that's uphill, you'd better bring a shotgun to defend yourself, because everyone else is going to be all over it.

And as for it being like WP, well, clearly you need to stop smoking whatever you're smoking, because it's messing with your head. The HUS classes look NOTHING like WP classes.

People like you really p!ss me off.

Warmbloods (Trakehners, Hanoverians, Oldenburgs, etc.), Thoroughbreds, Welsh ponies, Draft cross horses, Thoroughbred crosses, actually any breed can be used in any discipline. It's just how well the animal can perform it that matters.

Look up Arabians. That would make a perfect presentation for English riding. Arabians are perfect for the endurance races out through the woods. Check it out! ;)

selle francais, arabian, dutch warmblood, danish warmblood, alter real, paso fino?, hanoverian