1. Critical
Cleveland Bay (GB), Dales pony (GB), Eriskay pony (GB), Suffolk horse (GB), Caspian (Iran), Barb Horse (Central Asia), Colonial Spanish* (USA), Mountain Pleasure (USA), American Cream Draft (USA); American Mammoth Jackstock (USA); Poitou Donkey (France).
2. Endangered
Exmoor pony (GB), Hackney horse and pony (GB), Akhal-Teke (Turkmenstan), Canadian Horse (Canada), Lipizzan (Austria).
3. Vulnerable
Fell pony (GB), Dartmoor pony (GB), Clydesdale horse (GB), Welsh Mountain (Section A) Semi-Feral pony (GB), Highland (Scotland).
4. At Risk
Highland pony (GB), Shire horse (GB), Gotland (Sweden), Clydesdale (Scotland). *Colonial Spanish horses are horses whose genetic makeup shows them to be directly descended from stock introduced during the colonization of the Americas, especially North America, primarily through the Conquistadors of Spain.
Foundation stock was heavily Iberian. This genetic pool represents a time capsule of bloodlines from some 400-plus years ago.
Today’s horses include Feral, Native American and Rancher strains of Spanish Mustang, Florida Cracker, Banker Pony, and Marsh Tackie among others.
