There are over 100 different breeds in the world. All of the breed are used for different things. A lot of the breeds are used in horse shows where you can do western pleasure, horsemanship, english equation, english pleasure, trail, barrels, etc.
Rodeo is a big thing in America.
With Rodeo you can do barrels, bronco riding, bull riding, steer wrestling, calf roping, etc. The horse is used for various other sports such as Polo, three-day eventing, jumping, racing, and some horses are used in the circus. To be considered a Paint horse you have to have a white spot behind the eyes and above the knees, and it has to have pink skin under the white spot. The paint has two different spot patterns, the tobiano and overo. The paint horse is commonly known for being the Indian's horse.