{"id":135,"date":"2010-08-08T23:10:45","date_gmt":"2010-08-08T23:10:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theequinest.com\/breeds\/?p=135"},"modified":"2025-02-18T19:31:28","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T19:31:28","slug":"appaloosa-sport-horse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/appaloosa-sport-horse","title":{"rendered":"Appaloosa Sport Horse"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Intro<\/h3>\n<p>The Appaloosa Sport Horse was created in the USA with the intention of creating a European style sport horse with the bold <a href=\"\/colors\/white-patterns\/appaloosa\">appaloosa coloring<\/a>.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Origins<\/h3>\n<p>This cross was achieved by crossing appaloosa animals with the athletic qualities of <a href=\"\/breeds\/trakehner\">Trekehners<\/a>. The result is a beautifully colored animal, larger and with finer lines than the original appaloosa.<\/p>\n<p>To register with the Appaloosa Sport Horse Association animals must possess either a recognizable appaloosa coat pattern; mottled skin and white sclera and\/or striped hooves; or proof that one parent was a characteristic appaloosa. <\/p>\n<p>The Appaloosa Sport Horse Association was dissolved in 2014 and absorbed into the American Warmblood Society &#038; Sporthorse Registry which agreed to recognize spotted sport horses. <\/p>\n<h3>Physique<\/h3>\n<p>Head is erect and attractive<br \/>\nDisplay characteristic white sclera and speckled mouth<br \/>\nNeck is long and well-arched<br \/>\nShoulder is oblique and withers high<br \/>\nBack is long with rounded croup<br \/>\nMuscular hindquarters<br \/>\nElegant and strong legs<\/p>\n<h3>Traditional Colors<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"\/colors\/white-patterns\/appaloosa\">Appaloosa color patterns<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Temperament<\/h3>\n<p>Strong and willing<br \/>\nGood team player<br \/>\nTenacious and tough<\/p>\n<h3>Use<\/h3>\n<p>Show horses<br \/>\nEventing horses<br \/>\nPleasure horses<\/p>\n<h3>Helpful Links<\/h3>\n<p><small>*All links open in a new window<\/small><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ipshr.com\/\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">International Patterned Sporthorse Registry<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/awssr.org\/calling-all-appaloosa-sport-horses\/\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">American Warmblood Society and Sport Horse Registry<\/a> <\/p>\n<h3>Video<\/h3>\n<div class=\"flex-video widescreen\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sUlXRmf7tns?si=aohvFYFI2IZJWK8G\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex-video widescreen\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aXFjGBNBVhA?si=eg8ScErkTOm51UM5\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Intro The Appaloosa Sport Horse was created in the USA with the intention of creating a European style sport horse with the bold appaloosa coloring.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6011,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[12],"class_list":["post-135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-usa","tag-appaloosa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8969,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135\/revisions\/8969"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}