Horse Breeds From Greece

It’s Friday and the perfect day to visit a new exotic location and learn about the fascinating horse breeds it’s given rise to. Looking at each breed in the context of their origins is an interesting ride, today a peek at the breeds from Greece.

War Horses

Greece isn’t home to a huge variety of horse breeds considering its great history and island formation. There is a strong delination between the two types of equines bred here, horses for war and ponies for agriculture. Modern horse stock is still reminiscent of ancient calvary animals carrying heavily armed knights off to battle. They are heavy of bone and thick with muscle.

Working Ponies

The foundation for many of the horse breeds were local mountain type ponies which were enlarged and refined through selective breeding and outside blood. However, ponies were necessary for a variety of tasks and widely used for agricultural purposes. These same mountain type ponies were the basis for the current pony breeds as well, shaped by local people for their specific tasks.

Greek Horse Breeds

Andravida
Arravani
Cretan Horse
Peneia Pony
Pindos Pony
Skyros Pony

Horses of the World

There is a whole worlds worth of countries to visit, so be sure to keep yourself updated. Please let me know in the comments below if I’m missing any horses of the Greece & check back next week for the breeds of Hungary.