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The slaves were transported to Al-Andalus via France. While the church discouraged the sale of Christian slaves to Muslims, the sale of Pagans to Muslims was not met with such opposition. White European slaves were viewed as luxury goods in Al-Andalus, where they could be sold for as much as 1,000 dinars, a substantial price. [19]
But the rise of technology has led to an evolved "black market" -- and rather than exotic animals and tangible exports, data like credit card information and even streaming accounts are up for grabs.
For Europe, the July 2007 Tattersall's Sale sold 593 horses at auction, with a total for the sale of 10,951,300 guineas, [4] for an average of 18,468 guineas. [5] Doncaster Bloodstock Sales, another British sales firm, in 2007 sold 2,248 horses for a total value of 43,033,881 guineas, making an average of 15,110 guineas per horse.
A "cobra" of Andalusians, that is, a group of mares shown by a single handler. Andalusians stallions and geldings average 15.1 1 ⁄ 2 hands (61.5 inches, 156 cm) at the withers and 512 kilograms (1,129 lb) in weight; mares average 15 1 ⁄ 2 hands (60.5 inches, 154 cm) and 412 kilograms (908 lb). [2]
Ariza used imported Andalusians, crossed with Quarter Horses and Criollos and began to breed the foundation horses of the Azteca breed at Rancho San Antonio near Texcoco, Mexico. [9] Early in the Azteca's history, breeders realized the need for a unified breeding program in order to produce horses that met the required characteristics.
However, there is uncertainty over whether an F2 horse - produced by a Warlander-Warlander, Warlander-Andalusian, or Warlander-Friesian pairing - would be likely to suffer from genetic atavism. [8] The statistically tiny number of F2 and subsequent generation Warlander horses bred internationally has meant empirical resolution of this question ...
There are also individuals with chestnut, black, and bay coats. [2] [12] Other PREs are more likely to feature coat colors such as bay. [19] In evaluations of Andalusian horses by show judges, the gray coat color is often associated with better ratings by the same judges. [23] In fact, the majority of horses elected Spanish champions are gray ...
The horses of South America descend from Andalusian and other Iberian stock brought to the western hemisphere by the Spanish.In the southern part of the continent, significant numbers of these horses developed within geographically isolated conditions and by the mid-nineteenth century there were some small, inbred animals in the herds of Mapuche of southern Buenos Aires province in Olavarría ...