List of Central Asian horse breeds

This is a list of the horse breeds considered to originate wholly or partly in six Central Asian countries: Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. Some may have complex or obscure histories, so inclusion here does not necessarily imply that a breed is predominantly or exclusively from those countries.

English name	Other names	Notes	Image
Akhal-Teke[1]	Ахалтекинская Akhaltekinskaya[2]	Kazakhstan Turkmenistan
Adaev[1][3]	Adaevskaya[2]	Kazakhstan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan
Betpakdalin[4]: 479		Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan; variant of Jabe
Borta[4]: 432		Afghanistan
Buzkashi[5]		Afghanistan
Dawand[5]		Afghanistan
Don[6]	Donskaya^[1]^[2]	Kyrgyzstan
Habash[4]: 432		Afghanistan
Herati[5]		Afghanistan
Iomud[2]	Yomood, Iomudskaya	Turkmenistan
Jabe[1]		Kazakhstan
Karabair[1][3]	Karabairskaya[7]	Kazakhstan Tajikistan Uzbekistan
Kazakh[1]	Kazakhskaya	Kazakhstan
Kohband[5]		Afghanistan
Kushum[1]	Kushumskaya	Kazakhstan
Kustanai[1]	Kustanaiskaya^[2]	Kazakhstan
Kyrgyz[6]	Kirgiz	Kyrgyzstan
Lokai	Lokaiskaya[7]	Tajikistan
Mazari[5]		Afghanistan
Mugalzhar[1]		Kazakhstan
Novokirghiz[6]	Novokirgizskaya	Kyrgyzstan
Oryol	Orlov Saddle Horse Orlovskaya	Kyrgyzstan
Qatgani[5]	Qataghani	Afghanistan
Qazal[5]		Afghanistan
Russian Trotter[6]		Kyrgyzstan
Samand[5]		Afghanistan
Tadzhikskaya Verkhovaya[7]		Tajikistan
Tatar[4]: 432		Afghanistan
Tooraq[5]		Afghanistan
Waziri[5]		Afghanistan
Yabu[5]		Afghanistan
Yargha[5]		Afghanistan

References

1. Breeds reported by Kazakhstan: Horse Rome: Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed August 2017.
2. Breeds reported by Turkmenistan: Horse Rome: Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed August 2017.
3. Breeds reported by Uzbekistan: Horse Rome: Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed August 2017.
4. Valerie Porter, Lawrence Alderson, Stephen J.G. Hall, D. Phillip Sponenberg (2016). Mason's World Encyclopedia of Livestock Breeds and Breeding (sixth edition). Wallingford: CABI. ISBN 9781780647944.
5. Breeds reported by Afghanistan: Horse Rome: Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed August 2017.
6. Breeds reported by Kyrgyzstan: Horse Rome: Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed August 2017.
7. Breeds reported by Tajikistan: Horse Rome: Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed August 2017.