{"id":9108,"date":"2025-02-27T15:25:29","date_gmt":"2025-02-27T15:25:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/?p=9108"},"modified":"2025-02-27T15:25:29","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T15:25:29","slug":"morocco-spotted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/morocco-spotted","title":{"rendered":"North American Spotted Draft Horse"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Intro<\/h3>\n<p>Now called Morocco Spotted Horse, the North American Spotted Draft Horse comes from one spotted mystery stallion and his son named Charlie.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Origins<\/h3>\n<p>In the 1990s one Leonard Tostenson met a man with a Spotted Moroccan stallion who would travel from Iowa to southern Minnesota to cover mares. The stud was a handsome, sturdy horse of Saddlebred type popular in the mid 20th century as parade mounts. Tostenson bred this stallion to one of his Percheron mares, producing Charlie. Not only was he handsome, but Charlie was really, really strong. According to their registry he set pulling records in Wisconsin that still stand today. <\/p>\n<p>Leonard was a farmer and bred for strong draft types with good disposition. He raised his spotted nucleus herd alongside Belgians and Percherons. Finding himself delighted by the spotted animals hard work and love of pulling he decided to formally establish the breed. With the help of Gail Clark in New Mexico who had her own spotted nucleus, they established the North American Spotted Draft Horse Association (NASDHA) registry in 1995.<\/p>\n<p>NASDHA registers two types of animals:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Premium Spotted Drafts<\/strong><br \/>\nSpotted drafts with 7\/8 or more draft blood. Does not permit any appaloosa, pony, donkey, mule, gaited horse, saddlebred, or Gypsy Vanner blood. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Regular Spotted Drafts<\/strong><br \/>\nSpotted Drafts with 1\/2 to 3\/4 draft blood.<\/p>\n<h3>Features<\/h3>\n<p>Average height 16-17 hands<\/p>\n<h3>Physique<\/h3>\n<p>Head is intelligent<br \/>\nEars are active<br \/>\nNeck is arching<br \/>\nShoulder is upright<br \/>\nChest is deep<br \/>\nBack is short and strong<br \/>\nHindquarters are long and smooth<br \/>\nTail is high set<br \/>\nLegs are short, strong and well placed<\/p>\n<h3>Traditional Colors<\/h3>\n<p>Can be any <a href=\"\/colors\/base\">base color<\/a>, but must possess a <a href=\"\/colors\/white-patterns\/pinto\/tobiano\">tobiano<\/a>, <a href=\"\/colors\/white-patterns\/pinto\/overo\">overo<\/a> or <a href=\"\/colors\/white-patterns\/pinto\/overo\">tobiano<\/a> white pattern. With a preference on a 40\/60 mix of white\/base color. <\/p>\n<h3>Temperament<\/h3>\n<p>Easy temperment<br \/>\nIntelligent and sensible<br \/>\nWilling to please<\/p>\n<h3>Use<\/h3>\n<p>Agriculture<br \/>\nDriving horse<br \/>\nParades<br \/>\nShow horse<br \/>\nLogging<br \/>\nRiding<\/p>\n<h3>Helpful Links<\/h3>\n<p><small>*All links open in a new window<\/small><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/site\/naspotteddrafthorseassn\/the-north-american-spotted-draft-horse-association\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">North American Spotted Draft Horse Association<\/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\/PDvWL6tjv0s?si=gh9eHxQWbtehILTw\" 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\/Aj3IxpoPqhM?si=Xu_Hut-pzP5-kc0c\" 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 Now called Morocco Spotted Horse, the North American Spotted Draft Horse comes from one spotted mystery stallion and his son named Charlie.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9111,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[6],"class_list":["post-9108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-usa","tag-pinto"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9108","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=9108"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9108\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9112,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9108\/revisions\/9112"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}