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The American Saddlebred is a horse breed from the United States. Descended from riding-type horses bred at the time of the American Revolution , the American Saddlebred includes the Narragansett Pacer , Canadian Pacer , Morgan and Thoroughbred among its ancestors.
As a stud, Gaines' Denmark first caught the attention of American Saddlebred Horse Association founder and president John B. Castleman in 1857. Castleman, then a 16-year-old teenager, purchased a 3-year-old, "three-fourths Thoroughbred" gelding named Lightfoot that was sired by Gaines' Denmark out of "a mare by Boston ".
A Celebration of Horses: The American Saddlebred was a half-hour television special about the American Saddlebred horse breed. It was scheduled for four national releases from November 1993 to October 1995 on the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) in the United States on 56 regional affiliates, and was also broadcast into Canada.
It is one of the three horse shows that compose the Saddlebred "Triple Crown," in addition to the Lexington Junior League Horse Show in Lexington, Kentucky, and the American Royal in Kansas City, Missouri. The schedule always ends on a Saturday night with the Five-Gaited World's Grand Championship, which carries prize money of $100,000.
The Belgian Draft Horse is one breed in which JEB occurs. Junctional epidermolysis bullosa (JEB) is an inherited disorder that is also known as red foot disease or hairless foal syndrome. [1]
When the National Saddle Horse Breeders' Association, precursor to the American Saddlebred Horse Association, was founded in 1891, Denmark was named as one of 17 foundation sires. 60% of the horses in the first three volumes of the registry traced to him. [3]
The National Show Horse combines the refinement of the Arabian with the animation of the Saddlebred. The resulting horse has the high-set, upright, long, swan-like neck of the Saddlebred. The neck should not have a pronounced crest. The head is usually refined and small, with small ears and either a straight or concave profile.
Valley View Supreme was born in April 1952. He was by Genius Bourbon King, out of Diana Gay. About a year before he was born, his owner, W.P. Rogovsky fell ill. [2] Another horse owner, Everette Ledbetter, wanted to buy some of his horse trailers, but Rogovsky wouldn't give unless Ledbetter bought a few of his horses too.