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Origins<\/h3>\n
The Moyle Horse is named for their breeder, Mormon Rex Moyle of Idaho. Although the exact breeds of animals he used is unknown, except that they were imported to Idaho from overseas. The resulting animals became famous for their endurance and speed when pulling buggies. This led to them often being used as pony express mounts. <\/p>\n
Around the turn of the 20th century a law was passed in Utah that made it a felony to possess a stallion that was not a registered purebred. Moyle began breeding in the middle of the 19th century, but by 1930 he had distinguished or sold off his original bloodlines of this Mormon horse. <\/p>\n
There has been a great deal of speculation about this breed because of it’s unique horny growths, a rare deformity that is considered prized among breeders of the other two breeds that possess it. In all probability it stems from the Datong (or dragon horse) of China, that was later brought to the Iberian peninsula and introduced to animals there. It’s not hard to imagine how that blood later made its way to the new world and into today’s Moyle breed. <\/p>\n
Features<\/h3>\n
Average height 15 hands
\nForehead can have two horny growths (similar to those of a giraffe)<\/p>\n
Physique<\/h3>\n
Head is handsome
\nBack is wide and muscular
\nForelegs are positioned far forward
\nHindquarters are long and elastic
\nFeet are large and wide at the heel<\/p>\n
Traditional Colors<\/h3>\n
Generally bay<\/a>, but found in most common solid colors<\/a><\/p>\n Well mannered and tough Riding horse Intro There are two other breeds on the planet that share the unique physical characteristics of the Moyle Horse, the Datong and the Carthusian. These three breeds often display two hornlike projections on their forehead above their eyes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9113,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[5,25],"class_list":["post-883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-usa","tag-bay","tag-solid-colors"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/883","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=883"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/883\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9117,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/883\/revisions\/9117"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Temperament<\/h3>\n
\nLoyal and true<\/p>\nUse<\/h3>\n
\nCow horse
\nTransportation
\nEndurance mount<\/p>\nMore Images<\/h3>\n
![\"Moyle](\"\/images\/moyle-horse-2.webp\")
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