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Less than 2000 purebreds in the world; Marco Polo said foundation sire was Alexander the Great's horse, Bucephalus |
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High-strung temperament; does well in dressage; carries Andalusia breeding |
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Descendants of Norwegian Dun and Spanish Sorraia |
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Oldest of American breeds; most versatile horse in the world; largest equine registry in the world; natural cow sense |
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Formerly Kentucky saddler, amiable; can perform several gaits; very showy |
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Relatively new breed; common crosses are Thoroughbred/draft or Thoroughbred/warmblood |
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Developed as trotter/pacer; direct line can be traced to one male, Messanger |
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Color breed; not true albino |
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Displays action, popular in big hitches, much feathering on the foot, regularly exported frm britian to wherever horses are needed for over 100 years (see Figure 1-16) |
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Very hardy, good for children, used as workhorse |
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Used for pack ponies in the mines of England , good for childeren |
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Mix of Groningen and Gelderland breeds, willing temperment |
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Very Hardy, all-purpose horse |
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Descended from Anglo-Norman studs, developed as a competitiment |
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Used by knights of old, have heavily feathered legs, breed lightened for carriage and sport horse, tail and mane my touch ground |
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One of the oldest breeds, excellent youth horse, jumper, trotter |
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Trotting horse, good carriage horse |
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Flamboyant pacers, usually used in shows and harness, distinctive trotting action |
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All of today's Haflingers are traced back to foundation sire, 249 Folic, family horse |
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Oldest and purest breed after the Arabian, found 710 A.D. Almost extinct in 1830s. They were used for mounted bullfighters. No arab blood. |
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Bred by Nez Perce. third largest breed. popular in USA. and Ausrailia. |
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Large nostrils, long eyelashes, for desert conditiotns. They have one less vertebre than other breeds. These infulenced all other light horse breeds. Dished faces. Oldest purebreed. |
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Used to strengthen other breeds,forrunner of thoroughbred. |
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Long curly coat, milking ability. |
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Desendant of medieval great horses, powerful. |
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Developed by Native Americans of Tennesse, North Carolina and Oaklahoma. Cow ponies. |
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Versatile, hardy, easy keepers. |
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Gentle, Primitive looking horse; Hardy, still used as farm ponies |
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Tallest and heaviest German warmblood |
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All paints must be siredby a quarter horse,registeredpaint,or Thoroughbred. |
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Not possible to breed true color, first color registry |
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Show the narural lateral 4-beat gaits |
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Slight Arab featuresin the face, most popular carthorse in world |
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Can carry a rider a long distance,not easily tired,has unique gait |
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Associated with native americans |
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Pony of the Americas (POA) |
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Cross between Appaloosa and Shetland;good for young riders, one of the newest breeds |
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Gentle, very hardy, popular wiht children |
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Three strains recognized: buckshot and scare face |
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All around horse good posture |
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Made as a workhorse,smaller than a draft horse |
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Good saddle horse;competes well in dressage |
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Bred for confit while riding;good beginning horse |
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Bred for racing must be handled carefully |
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Considered best looking of all German warmbloods; does well in sports |
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Hardy; good jumper, influenced good trotter |
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Works on small mountain farms |
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Docile; can be around children,tallest horse;popular as a team |
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Dominate in international competition; stable and willing temperament. |
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Very versatile; sturdy, sure-footed. |
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One of the oldest warmbloods from great horse types; competes well; good carriage horse. |
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Famous horses from Spanish riding school of Vienna, performing haute ecole riding; great athletic ability, performing "airs above the ground" |
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Bred from Andalusian stock; used for bullfighting. |
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Natural ability for specialized gate; comfortable ride. |
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Cross of Morgan and Arabian breeds only. |
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One common foundation sire, Justin Morgan of Massachusetts; works very well under harness or saddle. |
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Original cow pony; feral horses of America West; small but tuff; Native Americans used extensively. |
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Very hardy; good family pony; allowed to run wild most of the year; easy to train. |
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