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69 - Whipping Up Support for the Rare Florida Cracker Horse
The Florida Cracker Horse is a small agile Spanish Horse with a natural herding instinct that was considered essential for working the Spanish cattle breed by the same name Both the Cracker Horse and the Cracker Cattle trace their ancestry back to the various Spanish stock that was brought to Florida in the 1500's during the Spanish explorations, starting with Ponce de Leon
63 - The Foundation Of All American Gaited Breeds - The Mountain Pleasure Horse
The Mountain Pleasure Horse is the gaited breed that existed in Kentucky over 160 years ago and from which breeders developed Tennessee Walking Horses, American Saddlebred Horses and Rocky Mountain Horses Long before these other gaited breeds, the Mountain Pleasure Horses quietly existed and were being bred on the steep hillsides in Eastern Kentucky, where they were being selected for gait and disposition with an eye towards working in the fields and for riding
The World Famous Performing White Stallions - The Lipizzan
The Lipizzan, or Lipizzaner, is a unique breed of horse which has been selectively bred since the 16th Century As a ceremonial horse, the breed has nobility, brilliance, balanced agility, and style
The Icelandic - Is It A Pony Or Is It A Horse?
Known by many names such as Islenzki Hesturinn, Icelandic Toelter Horse, Iceland Tцlter, and its own country's name, Islandpferde, the Icelandic Horse has lived in Iceland since the Nordic pioneers arrived in 865 AD
The Ancient Akhal-Teke - The Horse With The Metallic Sheen
The Akhal-Teke is a hot-blooded horse from the southern region of Turkmenistan, in northern Iran Its name identifies the Teke tribe from the Akhal oasis located in the arid plains on the Northern slopes of the Kopet-Dag Mountains
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