This is a list of some of the breeds of horse considered in Germany to be wholly or partly of German origin. In 2014 there were 151 horse breeds reported to DAD-IS by Germany, many of them imported from other parts of the world. Only those breeds with some history of development within present-day Germany are listed below. Inclusion here does not necessarily imply that a breed is predominantly or exclusively German.
| German name | English name if used | Image | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arenberg-Nordkirchner | |||
| Bayerisches Warmblut | |||
| Brandenburger Warmblut | |||
| Deutsches Reitpferd | |||
| Deutsches Classic Pony | |||
| Deutsches Part-Bred Shetland Pony | |||
| Deutsches Pinto Barockpferd | |||
| Deutsches Polopferd | |||
| Deutsches Reitpony | |||
| Deutsches Sportpferd | |||
| German-bred Haflingers with 1.56% to 25% Arab blood | |||
| Hannoveraner Halbblut | |||
| Hannoveraner Warmblut | |||
| Since 2012 a sub-population of the Schleswig Coldblood | |||
| Hessisches Warmblut | Merged with Hanoverian in 2009 | ||
| Holsteiner Warmblut | |||
| Internationales Oldenburger Springpferd | |||
| Kleines Deutsches Pony | |||
| Mecklenburger Warmblut | |||
| Oldenburger Warmblut | |||
| Ostpreußisches Warmblut Trakehner Abstammung | Breeding at the Trakehnen stud ended in October 1944; the present German-language name means roughly "East Prussian Warmblood of Trakehner origin" | ||
| Rheinisch Deutsches Kaltblut | |||
| Rheinisches Warmblut | |||
| Sachsen-Anhaltiner Warmblut | |||
| Sächsisches Warmblut | see Sächsisch-Thüringisches Schweres Warmblut | ||
| Schleswiger Kaltblut | |||
| Schwarzwälder Kaltblut | |||
| Schweres Warmblut | |||
| Schweres Warmblut / Ostfriesisch-Altoldenburgisch | |||
| Süddeutsches Kaltblut | |||
| Tarpan | Was created at Berlin Zoo; it is not reported to DAD-IS, nor listed as endangered by the Gesellschaft zur Erhaltung alter und gefährdeter Haustierrassen | ||
| Thüringer Warmblut | see Sächsisch-Thüringisches Schweres Warmblut | ||
| Traber | Trotter | ||
| Warmblut des Zuchtverbandes für deutsche Pferde | |||
| Warmblutschecken | |||
| Westfälisches Warmblut | |||
| Württemberger Warmblut | |||
| Zweibrücker Warmblut | |||