The Finnhorse or Finnish Horse (Finnish: suomenhevonen, pet name: suokki) belongs to general horse breeds, having both warm blood and heavier draft blood influence and characteristics. The breed is also called the Finnish Universal in English, because it is said to fulfill all needs for horses in Finland, from agricultural work to speedy harness races to riding. The Finn horse is a descendant of the northern European domestic horse and resembles such breeds as the Estonian Native, but its exact descent is unclear. The Finn horse is purebred; no outside influences have been allowed since the studbook of the breed was established in 1907. (While accidental and even intentional Finn horse crosses are born sometimes, the resulting animals tend to neither look good nor perform well.) The earliest signs of this horse are dated back to the Bronze Age, and its known history is about a thousand years old. It has played an important part in all the events of the Finnish history, being used for various purposes in the army and as a workhorse.

Nowadays approximately 75% of Finn horses are used in harness racing, with riding uses coming next. Finn horse harness races have been held in Finland since the second half of the 19th century, with the official annual Finn horse racing championships (Kuninkuusravit) starting in 1924, and they continue to be a popular spectator (and betting) sport. Many Finn horses are used for multiple purposes, starting their career in trotting races and later moving on to riding, sometimes with considerable success. Finnhorses take part in both their own competitions and open classes in dressage, show jumping and eventing and are also used in endurance riding, Western riding and – quite successfully – combined driving. There are few draft horses left, and the breed would probably not have survived had it not been used for trotting races as well as agricultural work. There are now about 20,000 Finn horses in Finland, and about 1,000 foals born every year. In the 1950s, there were 400,000 Finn horses, most of them drafts; the huge decline in their numbers (due to diminishing demand for horses for agricultural work) stopped in the 1980s, however, and the Finn horse population is now slowly increasing.