• Show horse or Dressage horse
• Has natural grace and flow, likes an audience

• Joyful, charming, courageous, friendly
• Likes to be centre of attention
• Easy going, adapts well to stress
• Good health, good circulation
• Recovers easily after hard exercise

• Explosive behaviour, restlessness
• Poor circulation, depressed immune system
• Prone to boredom – picks up vices
• Hot tempered, hyperactive, inability to focus
• Dehydration, easily fatigues
• Circulatory disorders
• Headaches, neck and shoulder pain
• Low resistance to changes in temperature

• Family horse, riding school horse, brood mare

• Loyal, patient, reliable
• Safe, likes routine
• Well grounded, looks after others
• Good doers, good digestive system, good immune system, and good reproductive system in females

• Stubbornness, worry, lethargy
• Over protective, overreacts to change
• Selfish, greedy
• Colic, diarrhoea
• Weight loss/gain
• Irregular oestrus
• Dry mouth, bad breath
• Sugar sensitive

• Riding club horse – good all rounder

• Intelligent, safe, hard worker, likes clear boundaries
• Adapts well to change, interacts well with others
• Emotionally stable, lacks spontaneity
• Dependable, likes routine and order
• Will not be pushed that ‘extra mile’
• Lean, good coat, soft skin
• Elegant

• Emotionally withdrawn, aloof, can be defensive
• Harbours grudges – inability to let go
• Mood swings, prone to boredom
• Coughing, skin problems, poor coat
• Difficulty shifting infections
• Runny nose or eyes

This horse appreciates routine, consistency and does not like to be fussed over

• Excellent all-rounder at any level in any field it its natural tendency to fear is countered by trust and good communication with rider

• Confident, patient, intelligent
• Good stamina and excellent health as all systems are well balanced
• Ability to go with the flow, learns easily

• Fear, nervousness, spooking, unpredictable
• Does not like change, does not want to learn
• Cold backed, tight hamstrings
• Inability to go forward OR Exact opposite (tendency to go forward without thought)
• Prone to arthritic joints/bony abnormalities

• Event horse or show jumper
• Endurance horse, natural athlete

• Competitive, determined, sensible
• Knows exactly what to do and how to do it
• Good muscle tome, strong joints
• Recovers well from activity
• Needs regular work and stimulation

• Aggressiveness, irritability, stubbornness
• Indecision, depression, withdrawn
• Stiff muscles, tendon problems, hindquarter problems
• Dry brittle hooves, itchiness
• Tendency to stumble, typing up
• Overstraining, both physically and mentally

Not for the novice rider