Important Proviso - Every show is different, every country is different. This is just a generalised guide, I have used splits at my own live shows to help guide people. Please check with individual show hosts before entering.

Below is a generalised guide to help you get your horse in the right class at live shows. For each breed I have done the assignment in order, that means that you should start with the top class, if that doesn't exist move down to the next one and then the next one and so on and so forth.

​Please note when showing model horses that subtle differences in class names can cause them to mean two very different things. There is a huge difference between 'British Ponies' and 'British Native Ponies' with the first encompassing all British pony breeds and the second only the 13 official UK Native Ponies.

It is worth noting that if there is a class for that particular breed (e.g. Arabian) that is obviously where it should go. Unless these are common I haven't included them. Always check for this first, particularly at a specialised show.

This list is based on what is standard in the UK in my experience. Not everyone will agree with it and it will not be the same for every show so please take it with a pinch of salt. Always check with the show schedule and show holder prior to attending a show if you are not sure.

If there is a breed that is not added and you would like it added to the list please email catriona@chestnutridge.co.uk

A cob such as Duchess here could go in cob or partbred horse depending on the schedule

A-Z List

A

Abaco Barb

Other American
Other Light Horse
Other Purebred Horse

Akhal Teke

Other Light Horse
Other Purebred Horse

American Quarter Horse

American Quarter Horse
American Stock Horse
Stock Horse
Other American
Other Purebred Horse

American Quarter Pony

American Pony
Other Purebred Pony

American Saddlebred

American Saddlebred
USA Gaited
American Gaited
Gaited
Other American
Other Light Horse

American Shetland

American Pony
Other Purebred Pony

American Sport Horse

Sport Horse
Warmblood & Sport Horse
Other American
Partbred Horse

Amerian Standardbred

Other American
Other Light Horse
Other Purebred Horse

American Warmblood

Other Warmblood
Warmblood
Warmblood & Sport Horse
Other American
Other Light Horse
Other Purebred Horse

Andalusian

Andalusian
Spanish
Iberian
Other European Light Horse
Other Light Horse
Other Purebred Horse

Anglo Arab

Partbred Arabian
Sport Horse
Warmblood & Sport Horse
Partbred Horse

Appaloosa

Appaloosa
American Stock Horse
Stock Horse
Other American
Other Purebred Horse

Appaloosa Sport Horse

Sport Horse
Warmblood & Sport Horse
Partbred Horse

Appaloosa Warmblood

Other Warmblood
Warmblood
Warmblood & Sport Horse
Partbred Horse

Appendix Quarter Horse

Partbred Horse

Arabian

Arabian
Other Light Horse
Other Purebred Horse

Araloosa

Partbred Arabian
Partbred Horse

Australian Stock Horse

Other Light Horse
Other Purebred Horse

Azteca

Other American
Other Light Horse
Other Purebred Horse

B

Bashkir Curly

Other American
Other Light Horse
Other Purebred Horse

Belgium Draught

European Heavy Horse
Other Purebred Heavy Horse
Other Purebred Horse

Black Forest

European Heavy Horse
Other Heavy Horse

British Sport Horse

Sport Horse
Warmblood & Sport Horse
Partbred Horse

British Spotted Pony

British Pony
European Pony
Other Purebred Pony

British Warmblood

European Warmblood
Warmblood
Warmblood & Sport Horse
European Light Horse
Other Purebred Light Horse
Other Purebred Horse

C

Camargue

European Native Pony
European Pony
Purebred Pony

Campolina

South American Gaited
South American
American Gaited
Gaited
Other American
Other Light Horse
Other Purebred Horse

Canadian Horse

Partbred Horse

Chincoteague Pony

American Pony
Other Purebred Pony

Cleveland Bay

British Horse
European Light Horse
Other European
Other Light Horse
Other Purebred Horse

Clydesdale

UK Heavy Horse
European Heavy Horse
Other Purebred Heavy Horse

Cob

Partbred Horse (or pony depending on height)

Comtois

European Heavy Horse
Other Heavy Horse

Connemara

Irish Native Pony
British Native Pony
European Native Pony
European Pony
Other Purebred Pony

D

Dales

English Native Pony
British Native Pony
British Pony
European Native Pony
European Pony
Other Purebred Pony

Dartmoor

English Native Pony
British Native Pony
British Pony
European Native Pony
European Pony
Other Purebred Pony

Decorator

Decorator
Fantasy/Decorator

Donkey

Donkey
Donkey/Mule/Exotic

Dutch Warmblood

European Warmblood
Warmblood
Warmblood & Sport Horse
Other Light Horse
Other Purebred Horse

E

English Warmblood

European Warmblood
Warmblood
Warmblood & Sport Horse
Other Light Horse
Other Purebred Horse

Eriskay

Scottish Native Pony
British Native Pony
European Native Pony
British Pony
European Pony
Purebred Pony

Exmoor

English Native Pony
British Native Pony
European Native Pony
Other Purebred Pony

F

Falabella

American Pony
Other Pony
Other American

Fell

English Native Pony
British Native Pony
European Native Pony
Other Purebred Pony

Fjord

European Native Pony
European Pony
Other Purebred Pony

Friesian

Carriage
Other European Light Horse
Other European
Other Light Horse
Other Purebred Horse

G

Georgian Grande

Other American
Other Light Horse
Other Purebred Horse

Gypsy Vanner

Cob/Vanner
Partbred Horse

H

Hack

Partbred Horse

Hackney

British Pony
European Pony
Other Purebred Pony

Haflinger

European Native Pony
European Pony
Other Purebred Pony

Hanoverian

European Warmblood
Warmblood
Warmblood & Sport Horse
European Light Horse
Other European
Other Light Horse
Other Purebred Horse

Highland

Scottish Native Pony
British Native Pony
European Native Pony
British Pony
European Pony
Other Purebred Pony

Holstein

European Warmblood
Warmblood
Warmblood & Sport Horse
Other European Light Horse
Other European
Other Light Horse
Other Purebred Horse

Hunter

Hunter
Partbred Horse

Hunter Pony

Type Ponies
Partbred Pony

I

Icelandic

European Native Pony
European Pony
Other Purebred Pony

Irish Draught

British Light Horse
European Light Horse
Other European
Other Light Horse
Other Purebred Horse

Italian Heavy Draught

European Heavy Horse
Heavy Horse

K

Knabstrupper (Baroque Type)

Carriage
European Light Horse
Other Light Horse
Other Purebred Horse

Knabstrupper (Sport Type)

Sport Horse
Warmblood & Sport Horse
Other European Light Horse
Other European
Other Purebred Horse

KWPN

European Warmblood
Warmblood
Warmblood & Sport Horse
Other European Light Horse
European Horse
Other Purebred Light Horse
Other Purebred Horse

L

Lipizzaner

European Light Horse
Other European
Other Purebred Light Horse
Other Purebred Horse

Lundy

British Pony
European Pony
​Other Purebred Pony

Lusitano

Iberian
European Light Horse
Other European
Other Light Horse
Other Purebred Horse

M

Marwari

Other Light Horse
Other Purebred Horse

Mecklenburg

European Warmblood
Warmblood
Warmblood & Sport Horse
European Light Horse
Other European
Other Light Horse
Other Purebred Horse

Miniature

American Pony
Other Purebred Pony
It is not uncommon for shows to ask them to go into Other American

Morab

Partbred Arabian
Other Partbred Horse

Morgan

American Light Horse
Other American
Other Purebred Light Horse
Other Purebred Horse

Mule

Donkey/Mule/Exotic

Mustang

Mustang
Feral
Other American
Other Light Horse
Other Purebred

N

National Show Horse

Partbred Arabian
Other American
Partbred Horse

New Forest

English Native Pony
British Native Pony
European Native Pony
British Pony
European Pony
Purebred Pony

Noriker

European Heavy Horse
Other Purebred Heavy Horse

Norman Cob

European Light Horse
Other European
Other Light Horse
Other Purebred

North American Spotted Draft

American Heavy Horse
Other Heavy Horse
Other American

O

Oldenburg

European Warmblood
Warmblood
Warmblood & Sport Horse
Other European Light Horse
European Horse
Other Light Horse
Other Purebred Horse

​P

Paint

Paint
American Stock Horse
Stock Horse
Other American
Other Purebred Horse

Paso Fino

American Gaited
Gaited
South American
Other American
Other Light Horse
Other Purebred Horse

Pegasus

Fantasy
Fantasy & Decorator

Percheron

European Heavy Horse
Other Heavy Horse
Other European

Peruvian Paso

American Gaited
Gaited
South American
Other American
Other Light Horse
Other Purebred Horse

Pintabian

Partbred Arabian
Partbred Horse

Polo Pony

Type Ponies
Partbred Pony

Pony of the Americas

American Pony
Other Purebred Pony

Przwalskii Horse

Exotic
Donkey/Mule/Exotic

Q

Quagga

Exotic
Donkey/Mule/Exotic

Quarab

Partbred Arabian
Partbred Horse

R

Riding Pony

Riding Pony
Type Ponies
Partbred Pony

S

Shetland

Scottish Native Pony
British Native Pony
European Native Pony
British Pony
European Pony
Other Purebred Pony

Shire

UK Heavy Horse
European Heavy Horse
Heavy Horse

Show Pony

Show Pony
Type Pony
Partbred Pony

Spanish Mustang

Mustang/Feral
Other American

Suffolk Punch

UK Heavy Horse
European Heavy Horse
Heavy Horse

Sugarbush Draft Horse

American Heavy Horse
Other Heavy Horse

Swedish Drafter

European Heavy Horse
Other Heavy Horse

Swedish Trotter

European Light Horse
Other European
Other Light Horse
Other Purebred Horse

Swedish Warmblood

European Warmblood
Warmblood
Warmblood & Sport Horse
Other European Light Horse
European Horse
Other Light Horse
Other Purebred Horse

T

Tennessee Walking Horse

USA Gaited
American Gaited
Gaited
Other American
Other Light Horse
Other Purebred Horse

Thoroughbred

Thoroughbred
Sport Horse
Warmblood & Sport Horse
Other Light Horse
Other Purebred Horse

Trait du Nord

European Heavy Horse
Heavy Horse

Trakehner

European Warmblood
Warmblood
Warmblood & Sport Horse
European Light Horse
Other European
Other Light Horse
Other Purebred Horse

Tuigpaard Harness Horse

Carriage
Other European Light Horse
Other European Horse
Other Light Horse
Other Purebred Horse

U

Unicorn

Fantasy
Fantasy & Decorator

W

Walkaloosa

USA Gaited
American Gaited
Gaited
Other American
Other Light Horse
Other Purebred Horse

Welsh A

Welsh
British Native
European Native Pony
European Pony
Other Purebred Pony

Welsh B

Welsh
British Native
European Native Pony
European Pony
Other Purebred Pony

Welsh C

Welsh
British Native
European Native Pony
European Pony
Other Purebred Pony

Welsh D

Welsh
British Native
European Native Pony
European Pony
Other Purebred Pony

Working Hunter Pony

Hunter Pony
Type Ponies
Partbred Pony

Z

Zebra

Exotic
Donkey/Mule/Exotic

Zorse

Exotic
Donkey/Mule/Exotic