For those who have had the great fortune of knowing an appaloosa or grey horse, they know what a difference a season or two can make. With some animals changing drastically.
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Horse Basics Category
The Beauty of Horse Colors – Roan Range
The Beauty of Horse Colors – Dun and Buckskin
Let’s compare and contrast two similar coat colors. Can you tell which animal is dun in the picture above?.
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Adopt a BLM Horse
Looking for a horse? There are ways to get them that don’t cost a lot and will help an animal in need. The BLM adoption list is worth a save.
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Basotho Pony – Rare Horse Breed of the Week
Today’s rare breed for this week is native to an enclave of South Africa called Lesotho. The Basotho Pony or Basuto is the product of an inhospitable climate, high altitude & steep terrain have created an incredibly tough little animal.
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Ban-ei – Rare Horse Breed of the Week
Today’s rare breed for this week comes from faraway Japan & like many breeds of island nations, they are very rare indeed. The Baluchi – Rare Horse Breed of the Week
Today’s rare breed for Monday comes from Pakistan, the Baluchi Horse & they are among the more rare of the bunch. While their type may not be rare, a constant influx of outside blood has left their pureblood numbers almost extinct.
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Balearic – Rare Horse Breed of the Week
Today’s rare breed for the week comes from the island of Majorca off the southern coast of Spain. Unfortunately very few formal records have been kept on the Balearic Horse, they were geographically isolated & poorly managed.
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Baixadeiro – Rare Breed of the Week
The rare breed for this fine Monday morning comes from beautiful Brazil. The BaixadeiroHorse is a small horse inhabiting the heavy marshlands of Brazil & is presently the recipient of a conservation program in an attempt to save them from extinction.
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Auxois – Rare Horse Breed of the Week
The rare breed for this week comes from France & they are absolutely enormous (& literally bred for huge). The Asturcón Pony – Rare Horse Breed of the Week
The rare breed for this Monday comes from the Northwest of Spain. The Asturcón Pony (or Asturian Pony) possesses a natural ambling gait by which they alternate moving both legs on one side.
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Astrakhan – Rare Horse Breed of the Week
The rare breed for this week comes from the horse infested land of Mongolia. The Astrakhan is also called the Kalmykskaya & Kalmyk. They are ancient & a member of the Mongolian equine group
Moving Home
The Astrakhan breed went to Russia from Dzungaria in the 17th century, brought by the Kalmyk people. The breed was described as plain, medium-sized animals that were very tough & possessed speedy gaits. They were hardy, useful animals & were traditionally bred in the territory along the Volga & Ural rivers. This continued until the mid 1940s when selective breeding in any official capacity ended. Read more