Colonial Spanish horse

Colonial Spanish horse
The Banker horse is an example of a Colonial Spanish horse
Traits
Distinguishing featuresSmall size, Spanish type, blood markers indicating origins in the Iberian Peninsula

Colonial Spanish horse is a term for a group of horse breed and feral populations descended from the original Iberian horse stock brought from Spain to the Americas.[1] The ancestral type from which these horses descend was a product of the horse populations that blended between the Iberian horse and the North African Barb.[2] The term encompasses many strains or breeds now found primarily in North America. The status of the Colonial Spanish horse is considered threatened overall with seven individual strains specifically identified.[3][a] The horses are registered by several entities.

The Colonial Spanish horse, a general classification popularized by D. Philip Sponenberg, is not synonymous with the Spanish Mustang, the name given to a specific standardized breed derived from the first concerted effort of conservationists in the United States to preserve horses of Colonial Spanish Type.[1] Colonial Spanish horse blood markers have been found in some mustang populations. Small groups of horses of Colonial Spanish horse type have been located in various groups of ranch-bred, mission, and Native American horses, mostly among those in private ownership.[1]

  1. ^ a b c Sponenberg, D. Philip. "North American Colonial Spanish Horse Update July 2011".
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Luis was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ a b The Livestock Conservancy


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