Which horse breed usually has the "best" temperament?

Question

Or the most laid back.

Or do temperaments never depend on the breed?

Answer 1

Drafts and cobs... are usually laid back.... Temperaments don't really depend on breeds it depends on each individual horse, since they are social group animals they have to have varying degrees of temperaments in order to work together well.

My Warmblood  is bomb-proof and the most laid back thing on 4 legs. She wears hats and lets the goat butt heads with her. A tree branch fell right next to her while chewing on hay and she looked at it like" whatever" and went back to eating, whilst my 3 quarter mixes flew off like lightning and thought they were dying to boot. Took an hour to calm em down. They were all abused to some degree before I got them but My Sweetheart is just the best.

Answer 2

Breed dose not matter it is the way a horse is feed and handle plues if the horse is keept in a yard all the time they can be hard to control. people blame the breed but the problems are always man made.

Answer 3

I personally dont agree with the answer you got abou drafts....I own a draft, a Belgian. He thinks he is a little Arabian......so not always true that drafts are lazier and more laid back.

Answer 4

its the way the horse is trained. you can get a wild mustang  that has never had human contact and he can become the most laid back horse in the world. and visa versa. you can have a horse that has be in human hands all his life and he just wont settle down if he has been handle wrong

Answer 5

iv noticed q/h are useally the most laid back out of all the horses iv owned iv only owned one horse thats not a q/h and shes a real hard head shes a belgian paso fino i made the big mistach of buying a horse becouse of there looks

     she can be a real job somtimes but shes really pretty though shes a chocalate palomino with blond hair

Answer 6

i reckon clydesdales.... every single one i know is just a big puppy dog who will stand there being patted all day if they could

i love them!!

Answer 7

Hello,

Well my input:

I like Quarter Horses and Paints....

BUT we ride western....

AND it really VARIES horse to horse!  I can NOT stereo all quarters and paints quiet and with a good temperament.  JUST depends on the horse!  THAT is where you can be picky choosing one!

BLOODLINES do play into temperament too.....

EDIT****  I agree with Belinda C, horses can be hotheaded hard to control, because of the lack of being out in a pasture and being fed grain and hot foods too....  GREAT point!

Simply keeping a horse turned out 24/7 can REALLY make a difference!  And changing the type of feed too.

Answer 8

they depend on the horse itself, but some breeds at noted as laid back. Especially belgians, holsteiners, some qh's. most draft horses

Answer 9

anything coldblooded tend to be more laid back but it does depend on the horse.

Answer 10

usually cold blood breeds i.e. most drafts, cobs etc. the hot bloods are like tbs and arabians, a warmblood is in the middle, i.e. a cross between a hotblood and a coldblood e.g. a tb x shire.

Answer 11

Clydesdales but at the other end of the scale (height wise) Caspian ponies are great especially for kids.

Answer 12

Morgans are good. Just like any horse, you have to be a responsible owner.

Standardbreds are laidback and seemingly emotionless.

Tennassee Walking horses' have the BEST temperment.

Answer 13

warmbloods--they spook a little easier but they are more laid back and better for hunters. i had a hanavarian westphalian mix and he was amazing a wonderful jumper but a baby at heart :) he spooked a lot but never bucker or reared. a real sweet heart! miss him every day

Answer 14

There are 3 different kinds of horses. hot blooded, cold blooded, and warm blooded.

Hot blooded horses would be thoroughbreds, arabians and such. they are friskier and usually harder to break and sometimes smaller.

Warm blooded horses are quarter horses, paint and breeds of that nature. They have a mild temprament and can be either frisky or calm depending on the trainer.

Cold blooded horses are larger such as draft breeds I would suggest a cold/warm cross, maybe Percheron or belgian crossed with a quarter horse or a paint maybe.

All horses solely depend on the trainer so if you are calm with it and break it well it will be a great horse.

good luck

Horsezrmything

Answer 15

usually draft horses. my Icelandic is the nicest thing!! i dont even thing he knows what a buck is. and he is always willing to learn

Answer 16

Draft horses have the best temperament in horses. Paint horses also seem to have a better disposition than other horses. It has long been believed that the white in Paints came from draft horses. I don't know if that part is really true, but I raise Paints and the Paints with two Paint parents have better dispositions than my Paints that are 1/2 Quarter horse. This could just be a coincidence but as far as my experience goes, it holds true.

Answer 17

the old fashion quarters, morgans, Missouri Fox trotters, Tennessee Walkers all have good dispositions.  But keep one thing in mind.  Most breeds have general riding horses and show horses.  The high bred show horses are often high strung in all these breeds.  This is in part because of the linebreeding that is used by breeders.  Another part of that is that show horses tend to show better if they look like they are about ready to explode.  It gives the impression of spirit which is what many people think they want but in reality not ready for much of.  If you want laid back I suggest avoiding big names as well.

One thing there is a show line of Fox Trotters that are calm.  Go for the verstility horses.  They are specifically bred for calmness and judged in part on how calm they are.

Answer 18

well "best" is a matter of opinion.

any horse can be laid back, any horse can be high spirited (my trainer got bucked off a draft horse and broke her pelvis. . . so draft horses can buck.)

it really all depends on each horse. . . if your looking for a laid back bomb proof horse, go to a trainer/riding school and see if their selling any of their horses. my first horse was a schooling horse and the best at teaching people about horses. . . but trainers usually use horses that are safe to ride and sometimes they have too many horses and have to sell one or two.

my same trainer has 6 horses, and i think she just recently had a horse up for sale. . . beautiful flashy show horse. (i dont think she sold it tho, she loved the horse and found a way to keep it last i heard)