# Horse breeds: weight, height and care

> Horse breeds compared by typical weight and height, with daily hay estimates and breed care notes from registries and university sources.

Canonical: https://lucernel.com/guides/horse-breeds

How big each breed usually is, what that means for feed and tack, and the care notes owners of that breed ask about most. Every number comes from a breed registry or a university source, and the weight calculator works for any horse.

- [American Paint Horse](https://lucernel.com/guides/horse-breeds/american-paint-horse): A Paint Horse stands 14.2 to 15.2 hands and weighs about what a Quarter Horse does, 1,000 to 1,300 pounds.
- [American Quarter Horse](https://lucernel.com/guides/horse-breeds/quarter-horse): Most Quarter Horses weigh 1,000 to 1,300 pounds and stand 14.2 to 15.2 hands.
- [American Saddlebred](https://lucernel.com/guides/horse-breeds/american-saddlebred): An American Saddlebred weighs 1,000 to 1,200 pounds and stands about 15 to 16.3 hands.
- [Appaloosa](https://lucernel.com/guides/horse-breeds/appaloosa): Most Appaloosas weigh 950 to 1,250 pounds and stand 14 to 16 hands.
- [Arabian](https://lucernel.com/guides/horse-breeds/arabian): An Arabian usually weighs 800 to 1,000 pounds and stands 14.2 to 15.2 hands.
- [Clydesdale](https://lucernel.com/guides/horse-breeds/clydesdale): A Clydesdale weighs 1,600 to 1,800 pounds and stands 16.2 to 18 hands, and some stallions and geldings reach 2,200 pounds.
- [Missouri Fox Trotter](https://lucernel.com/guides/horse-breeds/missouri-fox-trotter): A Missouri Fox Trotter weighs 900 to 1,200 pounds and stands 14 to 16 hands.
- [Morgan](https://lucernel.com/guides/horse-breeds/morgan): A Morgan weighs 900 to 1,100 pounds and stands 14.2 to 15.2 hands.
- [Standardbred](https://lucernel.com/guides/horse-breeds/standardbred): Most Standardbreds stand about 15.2 hands and weigh 800 to 1,000 pounds, though one extension source runs to 1,300.
- [Tennessee Walking Horse](https://lucernel.com/guides/horse-breeds/tennessee-walking-horse): A Tennessee Walking Horse weighs 900 to 1,200 pounds and stands 14.3 to 17 hands.
- [Thoroughbred](https://lucernel.com/guides/horse-breeds/thoroughbred): A typical Thoroughbred weighs about 1,000 pounds and stands about 16 hands.

## About these pages

Breed weight and height ranges come from breed registries and university extension programs, and each page names its source. A range describes typical adults of the breed; your own horse can sit outside it and still be healthy, so the page also shows how to estimate a single horse with a tape.

Daily hay figures are arithmetic from body weight, using the share of body weight that university feeding guides give for maintenance. They are a starting point to check against body condition, workload and your vet’s advice, not a ration.