June 3, 2012
Use today: Due to their initial use and breeding, the Colorado Ranger excels at ranch work and other western riding. Color: They come in a broad spectrum of colors and even include blanket and tri-colored leopard patterns. Height: 14.2 to 16 hands.Profile: In 1879, General Ulysses S. Grant was given two stallions by a Turkish Sultan, one was an Arabian (Leopard) and the other a Barb (Linden Tree). The horses were brought to America, and in 1894 they were bred with native cowhorse mares in Nebraska. Their descendents were named Colorado Rangers in 1934 after several horses were exhibited by pioneer breeder Mike Ruby at the Denver Stock Show. A breed association was later set up and all horses today must include the two Colorado Ranger foundation stallions in their pedigree: Max #2 and Patches #1. Due to their initial use and breeding, the Colorado Ranger excels at ranch work and other western riding. Characteristics: Because of its Arabian and Barb ancestry, the Colorado Ranger is more refined than the usual western breeds. They come in a broad spectrum of colors and even include blanket and tri-colored leopard patterns. The Colorado Ranger is not an Appaloosa or Paint cross-breed nor is it a color breed. The color is actually an ancestral trait; in fact, some Appaloosas are said to have Ranger connections. Horses stand from 14.2 to 16 hands high. For more information: The Colorado Ranger Horse Association |
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Posted by Charlotte Knight. Posted In : Breeds
June 3, 2012
Use today: The Racking Horse is used and shown in pleasure and performance classes in both English and western, as well as competitive trail riding.
Color: The Racking Horse is found in many colors including palomino, buckskin, roan and spotted.
Height: Average height is 15.2 hands.
Profile: The Racking Horse developed on Southern plantations before the Civil War and shares its parentage with the Tennessee Walking Horse. The Racking Horse’s comfortable gait made it easy for plantation owners ... |
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Posted by Charlotte Knight. Posted In : Breeds
June 2, 2012
Country of Origin: North AmericaUse today: The American Quarter Horse can be seen in virtually every riding discipline and still races a quarter mile at tracks throughout the United States.Color: Colors include sorrel, bay, black, brown, buckskin, chestnut, dun, red dun, gray, grullo, palomino, red roan, blue roan, bay roan, perlino and cremello.Height: 14 to over 16 hands.Profile: The American Quarter Horse traces its roots to early America, where settlers crossed English horses to those of ... Continue reading...
Posted by Charlotte Knight. Posted In : Breeds
June 2, 2012
Color: The Przewalski is mostly dun with black points, a cream stomach and a dorsal stripe. Height: 12 to 14 hands.Profile: The three primitive horses considered to be the foundation of all domestic horses, the Forest Horse, the Tarpan and the Asiatic wild horse, were considered extinct until Russian cartographer Colonel Nikolai Przewalski saw a herd of dun colored horses while in southwest Mongolia in 1879. Zoologists hypothesized that these “Przewalski” horses were Asiatic wild horses. ... |
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June 2, 2012
Use today: POAs compete in western, English and gymkhana.Color: Most common are blanket patterns, though some are leopard or roan. Height: 46 and 56 inches.Profile: The first Pony of the Americas (POA) was born in the spring of 1954 after an Arabian/Appaloosa mare accidentally bred to a Shetland stallion. The owner offered to sell the pregnant mare to a neighbor, lawyer and Shetland pony breeder Les Boomhower. Skeptical of this strange union, Boomhower waited until the foal was born before ag... Continue reading...
Posted by Charlotte Knight. Posted In : Breeds
June 2, 2012
Use today: Since the Pinto is a color breed, popular uses include all disciplines depending on the horse type.Color: Tobiano (a white horse with large patches of color over the entire body); and overo (a colored horse with uneven white markings on its sides).Height: All sizes.Profile: Although spotted horses seem to have originated with American Indian horses, the distinctive two-toned coat pattern probably came to North America through Arabian and Spanish stock that accompanied early explore... Continue reading...
Posted by Charlotte Knight. Posted In : Breeds
June 2, 2012
Use today: The horses are prized pleasure riding mounts and are also found in traditional ranch work.Color: The Peruvian Horse is found in all solid colors including buckskin, roan and palomino.Height: 14.1 to 15.2 hands.Profile: Although the Peruvian Horse, sometimes referred to as the Peruvian Paso, and the Paso Fino share the same earlier parentage (Andalusian, Barb and Spanish Jennet), and are both gaited, they are not the same breed. The Peruvian Horse’s ancestors were brought to Peru ... |
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Posted by Charlotte Knight. Posted In : Breeds
June 2, 2012
Use today: Although work is what the heavy horses do best, they are valued riding horses and are beginning to make their mark in dressage. Color: French Percherons are born black and turn gray by age 3. American and British Percherons are gray or black. Height: 15 to 19 hands.Profile: The Percheron developed in the Le Perche region in Normandy in 732 A.D. when Barb horses were left by marauding Moors after their defeat in the Battle of Tours. Massive Flemish horses were crossed with the Barbs... Continue reading...
Posted by Charlotte Knight. Posted In : Breeds
June 2, 2012
Country of Origin: South AmericaUse today: Today, the Paso Fino is shown in its traditional tack and is renowned as a competitive trail horse, possessing both speed and stamina.Color: All colors and markings are found, including pinto and palomino.Height: 13.2 to 15.2 hands.Profile: The Paso Fino’s earliest ancestry includes the Barb, Andalusian and the gaited Spanish Jennet, which came to Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) with Christopher Columbus to be used as conquistadors’ mounts thr... Continue reading...
Posted by Charlotte Knight. Posted In : Breeds
June 2, 2012
Country of Origin: North AmericaUse today: The American Paint Horse is extremely popular in traditional stock-horse western events as well as a variety of other riding disciplines.Color: American Paint Horses sport a combination of white and any other color of the equine spectrumHeight: 14.2 to 16.2 hands.Profile: In 1519, the explorer Hernando Cortes carried two horses described as having pinto markings on his voyage. This is the first known description of such horses in America. By the earl... |
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