Horse Breed Abbreviations Guide

If you’re new to the horse world, something that might catch you by surprise is the number of horse abbreviations there are. With so many horse breeds, it can be easy to get them confused with one another, so we put together this official horse breed abbreviations reference guide to help.

Here are all of the horse breed abbreviations you should be aware of: 

Abbreviations	Horse Breeds
AA	Anglo Arabian
ACD	American Cream Draft
AES	Anglo European Studbook
AHR	Arabian Horse Registry
AMHA	American Miniature Horse Registry
AMHR	American Morgan Horse Registry
APHA	American Paint Horse Association
APHC	Appaloosa Horse Club
Appy	Appaloosa
AQHA	American Quarter Horse Association
Arab	Arabian
ASB	American Saddlebred
ATA	American Trakehner Association
AWB	American Warmblood
BWB	Belgian Warmblood
CB	Cleveland Bay
CSHA	Canadian Sport Horse Association
CTHS	Canadian Trakehner Horse Society
CWB	Canadian Warmblood
CWHBA	Canadian Warmblood Horse Breeders Association
DSP	Deutsches Sportpferd (German Sport Horse)
GerWb	German Warmblood
Han	Hanoverian
Holst	Holsteiner
ISH	Irish Sport Horse
JC	Jockey Club
KMH	Kentucky Mountain Horse
Kwpn (Wpn)	Dutch Warmblood
MFT	Missouri Fox Trotter
Nfwp	Belgian Warmblood
Old	Oldenburg
OTTB	Off The Track Thoroughbred
RID	Registered Irish Draught
QH	Quarter Horse
Rhein	Rheinlander
RMH	Rocky Mountain Horse
SB	Standardbred
Sf	Selle Francais
SHB (GB)	Sport Horse Breeding of Great Britain/British Sport Horse
Sv	Swedish Warmblood
TB	Thoroughbred
Trak	Trakehner
TWH	Tennessee Walking Horse
WB	Warmblood
Westf	Westphalian
WR	Warlander
Zang	Zangersheide

 

Additional Horse Breed Information

For further reading about horse breeds, here are a few of my recent articles on the subject: 

• Fantastic Horse Breeds and Where to Find Them
• What Horse Breed Can Carry the Most Weight?
• Choosing a Horse Breed: 10 Expert Tips

 

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