All Colors tag

Dutch Mini Horse

Origins

The Nederlands Mini Paarden or the Dutch Mini Horse comes from the Netherlands and is a relatively new little breed. Their studbook was formed in 1993 & there are two different sizes, mini & oversized.
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Cukurova Horse

Intro

Only about 3,000 individuals of this breed exist, and at present there is no breed association or stud book for them.
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Cuban Paso Horse

Intro

Cuba has no indigenous horses which means that the breeds ‘native’ to the country were all brought there by Christopher Columbus & later the conquistadors.
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Crioulo Horse

Intro

The Crioulo is a variety of the Latin American creole breed, and like their cousins throughout the area are a cross between African & European breeds. This particular strain is found in southern Brazil, near the border of Uruguay.
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Criollo Horse

Intro

The term Criollo originally meant animals (or people) of purebred Spanish ancestry who were born in the Americas, but through time it has come to mean breeds native to the Americas.
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Conestoga Horse

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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Colorado Ranger Horse

Intro

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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Colonial Spanish Horse

Intro

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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Cob Horse

Origins

Cob is a type rather than a specific breed, in the UK it is often used to descrive a common riding horse and in the US it is generally used to describe the Welsh Cob. Today the Section D Welsh Cob is the typical build of a historic Cob, it is said a good show cob should have “the head of a lady & the backside of a cook.”
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Cimarron Horse

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.
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