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. 2013 Apr 22;8(4):e61544. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0061544

Table 1. Demographic and genealogical indicators forthe 55 horse origins.

Breed group Race and riding horses groups Origin Nr of horses (2002–2011) EqG F (%) C (%) FIS (%)
Race and riding AA Anglo-Arab 6,760 7.69 1.92 1.72 0.2
Complement Anglo-Arab 2,443 8.29 0.75 1.07 −0.33
CrossedAnglo-Arab 2,587 7.21 0.67 1.06 −0.4
AQPS AQPS (Other Than Thoroughbred) 10,454 8.65 1.08 1.41 −0.33
AR Arab 14,293 7.3 3.38 1.69 1.73
CAM Camargue 5,871 2.87 3.19 1.07 2.14
FT French Trotter 109,551 7.14 2.24 2.61 −0.38
HBA Half Bred Arab 9,251 5.17 0.24 0.56 −0.31
MER Merens 5,035 6.05 5.32 5.64 −0.34
SF Selle Français 78,747 7.29 1.34 1.66 −0.33
THB Thoroughbred 50,919 8.83 1.81 1.94 −0.13
USA Paint Horse 2,386 4.7 0.27 0.36 −0.09
Appaloosa 1,409 4.41 0.6 0.55 0.05
Quarter Horse 2,543 4.82 0.87 0.6 0.28
OTHERS Arab-Barb 841 4.04 0.67 0.79 −0.12
Barb 540 3.43 1.02 1.64 −0.63
Certified race and riding origin 22,554 4.84 0.44 0.14 0.3
Cream Horse 267 3.3 2.09 1.31 0.8
Frisian 705 5.8 4.49 5.74 −1.32
Henson 380 5.49 2.25 4.77 −2.65
Icelandic Horse 942 5.24 1.88 1.41 0.47
Lipizzan 465 5.65 2.03 3.57 −1.6
Lusitano horse 3,558 5.8 3.43 2.41 1.04
Other foreign race and riding breeds 627 5.47 1.04 0.45 0.6
Royal Dutch Sport Horse 213 4.01 0.28 0.44 −0.16
Shagya 453 5.92 1.79 3.14 −1.39
Spanish Purebred 1,909 4.52 1.23 0.62 0.61
Trakehner 237 6.08 1.28 2.19 −0.93
Zangersheide 1,201 6.8 0.63 1.12 −0.5
Pony Certified pony origin 14,404 4.31 0.31 0.18 0.13
Connemara 5,433 6.23 3.68 3.84 −0.17
Dartmoor 581 5.47 3.24 3.82 −0.61
Fjord 2,191 5.24 0.96 1.59 −0.65
French saddle pony 12,658 5.56 0.48 0.55 −0.07
Haflinger 3,379 7.82 3.72 4.22 −0.52
Highland 242 5.89 2.67 4.31 −1.72
Landais 512 3.71 3.63 4.73 −1.16
New-Forest 1,285 5.55 1.5 1.96 −0.47
Other foreign pony 35 3.74 1.62 8.25 −7.23
Pottok 3,030 2.22 0.91 0.44 0.47
Shetland 5,105 5.52 1.52 0.64 0.89
Welsh Cob 1,237 6.16 4.48 3.09 1.44
Welsh Pony 1,081 5.62 2.71 1.64 1.09
Draught horses Ardennais 7,512 3.56 0.68 0.6 0.09
Auxois 1,209 3.7 0.75 1.21 −0.47
Boulonnais 2,664 7.14 6.07 7.1 −1.11
Breton 37,563 4.18 0.85 0.87 −0.02
Certified draught horse origin 45,883 3.98 0.37 0.28 0.09
Cob Normand 4,966 3.46 0.93 1.65 −0.73
Comtois 44,394 7.19 2.48 2.37 0.12
Franches-Montagnes 300 5.46 1.33 2.48 −1.18
Other foreign draught horse 10 2.01 0.31 2.89 −2.65
Percheron 12,870 3.75 0.69 0.87 −0.18
Poitevin Mulassier 888 6.86 6.13 7.55 −1.53
Trait du Nord 1,047 3.49 0.5 1.38 −0.89

EqG = Number of equivalent generations, F = inbreeding, C = coancestry, FIS = fixation index.