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.