Country of Origin: United States
Use today: Mostly trail and pleasure riding
Color: Any color is accepted, but breeding and showing are not encouraged among spotted horses.
Height: 14.2 to 16 hands.

Profile: More than 160 years ago, settlers in the region of present-day eastern Kentucky used the gaited horses thriving in the area to work among the steep hills and in the fields. These "Mountain Horses" were sure-footed, hardy and willing, and from them developed the Rocky Mountain Horse, Tennessee...
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