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[[File:AQPS Josselin.jpg|thumb|An AQPS horse]]
'''AQPS''' ("Autre Que Pur-Sang"), translated as "Other than Thoroughbred" (not "Other than Pure-Blood"), is a general term used in [[France]] to refer to horses not listed as [[Thoroughbred]]s but destined to race. [[Anglo-Arabian]]s, [[Selle Français]] (or French Riding Horse), and French Trotters plus all other crossbreds can be qualified, in theory, as AQPS. However in practical terms an AQPS is akin to a Thoroughbred but not eligible to that breed's stud-book. The designation usually means one parent is not listed in the [[Thoroughbred]] stud book and almost always applies to those horses with [[Selle Français]] breeding in the [[Horse_breeding#Terminology|dam]] line, be it very remote through repeated crosses with TB stallions. Reverse crosses are also performed by crossing a Thoroughbred mare with an AQPS-approved stallion, and this has met with success on the race-track.
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