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Thoroughbred
Equus caballus
A breed of Horse, from United Kingdom
A breed of horse developed primarily in England during the 17th and 18th centuries for speed and endurance in horse racing.
- Family
- Equidae
Keeping
How it is kept
For Horse generally
No keeping details are recorded for this breed yet, so these are the species’.
Kept for
- Draught work
- Companionship
- Mature weight
- 200–1000 kg
- Lifespan
- 25–30 years
- Gestation
- 340 days
- Temperament
- Sensitive herd animals with a strong flight instinct
- Forage
- Need plenty of grass or hay, eaten little and often, and constant clean water. Hard feed only if their work or condition calls for it.
- Housing
- Safe, visible fencing without barbed wire, shelter from the weather and enough grazing for the number of horses. A dry standing area helps keep their feet healthy.
- Good to know
- Horses need company, ideally other horses. Feet need trimming every six to eight weeks and teeth need checking every year, along with regular worm control. Sudden changes of diet and rich spring grass are common causes of colic and laminitis.
The record
Breed facts
Status
- FAO risk status
- Not at riskWikidata (source, opens in a new tab)
- UK (Defra) risk status
- Not at risk in the UKDefra native breeds list, 2026 (source, opens in a new tab)
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- Name
- Thoroughbred
- Slug
- thoroughbred
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Family
- Equidae
- Genus
- Equus
- Species
- caballus
- Cultivar
- Thoroughbred
- Wikidata QID
- Q210826
- Origin country
- United Kingdom
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 52