Horses in China are mainly distributed in Sichuan, Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia, Tibet, Guangxi, Heilongjiang, Yunnan, Gansu, Guizhou, Qinghai and other regions. By the end of 2017, the stock of horses in Sichuan Province was 754600, that in Xinjiang was 686100, and that in Inner Mongolia was 643700.
China is a large horse breeding country. Before 2005, the number of horses in stock ranked first in the world, up to 12million. In recent years, China's mechanical farming and transportation have gradually replaced animal power, and military horses and agricultural draught horses have largely withdrawn. By 2020, China still ranked fifth in the world, with 3.671 million, of which the proportion of competitive horses is increasing year by year. As the world's largest economic power with GDP, the United States has ranked first in the number of horses since 2005.
The number of equestrian clubs will increase, expand customer contact, provide convenience for equestrian lovers and enhance the market scale of the industry. By the end of 2020, the market scale of China's equestrian industry was 15.35 billion yuan, an increase of 1.52 billion yuan over the previous year, a year-on-year increase of 10.99%; It is estimated that the market scale of China's equestrian industry will reach 17.04 billion yuan in 2021.