Intro
The Alter Real breed comes from Alter de Chao, a small town in the Alentejo province of Portugal, where the flagship stud is still located. Real is the word for ‘royal’ in Portuguese, the Alter Real is the Royal breed of Alter.
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Bay tag
Albanian Horse
Intro
There are two types of horses native to Albania, mountain horses (Mountain) and horses of the plains (Myzequea). Both of them can be called Comune or Common. Sadly, a lack of proper breeding programs has allowed interbreeding between them to blur lines of distinction. These animals all fall under the category of Albanian Comune or Common horses.
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Abaco Barb Horse
*Update – sadly in 2015 the Abaco Barb blog posted that the last mare of the breed had died. Thankfully they have preserved her genetics and the government of the Bahamas approved a plan to restore the breed.