Intro
The Conestoga Horse was developed in the US during the 18th & early 19th centuries for pulling the famous Conestoga wagons that were produced in Lancaster County, PA.
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The Conestoga Horse was developed in the US during the 18th & early 19th centuries for pulling the famous Conestoga wagons that were produced in Lancaster County, PA.
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Also called the Rangerbred Horse, the Colorado Ranger Horse registry is unlike most color breed registries in that they only accept animals that are directly descendant from one of two foundation stallions.
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Also called Horse of the Americas the Colonial Spanish Horse is a foundation horse of Iberian type that came from Spain to the Americas. Today they exist primarily in North America under a unified registry open to Original Native horses including Barbs, Spanish Barbs & Spanish Mustangs.
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Also called Caballo Cimarron & Cimarrones Caballo, the Cimarron Horse is not a specific horse breed, the term cimarron can refer to any domesticated animal that has escaped and become naturalized or feral.
These animals are always introduced to an area by humans and they always have domestic animals in their ancestory.
Technically any of the animals brought over during the Spanish conquest of the Americas that made their way into the wild are Cimarron animals. That means that the American Mustang is a Cimarron Horse.
As with any native pony breeds, these animals are descendant from the tough Spanish mounts brought over to the Americas during the 16th century. The Choctaw Horse is named for the Chocktaw tribe that bred them and these animals are highly regarded within their culture.
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An early descendant of Spanish horses brought to the Americas in the 16th century. They were given their name because they were brought north from Florida by the Chickasaw Indians.
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The Champagne horse is a colored breed and is registered based upon their color genetics rather than their breed genetics. The champagne gene is common in several breeds and seems to be most apparent in gaited animals.
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The Cerbat Mustang comes from the Cerbat Mountain area of northwestern Arizona & their numbers are dangerously low (like less than 50).
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Not as well known as horses from the other tribes, the Cayuse pony is a distinct breed from the northwest and originated in the 19th century.
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Although the word tacky is often thought of as cheap, it was used to describe the Marsh Tacky simply because they were so common the the swampy areas of South Carolina & Georgia.
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