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Kentucky Mountain Saddle Horses must stand above 11 hands (44 inches, 112 cm) high to be registered. Horses above this height are divided into two categories: Class A horses stand taller than 14.2 hands (58 inches, 147 cm), while Class B horses stand 11 to 14.1 hands (44 to 57 inches, 112 to 145 cm) high.
The American Saddle Horse Breeders' Association was formed in Louisville, Kentucky in 1891 with General John B. Castleman as the first president. At the time, all horses had to perform five gaits or be traceable to recognized bloodlines in order to be issued registration papers.
The Mountain Pleasure Horse is a breed of gaited horse that was developed in the Appalachian Mountains of Eastern Kentucky.This breed reflects the primitive Appalachian gaited horse type and genetic testing shows them to share ancestry with earlier breeds developed in the region, including the American Saddlebred, the Tennessee Walking Horse and the Rocky Mountain Horse.
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American Saddlebred breeders and trainers (12 P, 1 F) F. Feral horses of the United States ... Kentucky Mountain Saddle Horse; M. Missouri Fox Trotter; Morab; Morgan ...
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Kentucky Saddlers were used during brutal marches with the latter group, and the historical record suggests that they held up better than horses of other breeds. [5] The American Saddlebred Horse Association was formed in 1891, then called the National Saddle Horse Breeders Association (NSHBA).
This foundation stallion produced a descendant, named Old Tobe, who became the more modern father of the Rocky Mountain Horse breed. Old Tobe was owned by a resident of Spout Springs, Kentucky named Sam Tuttle. For most of the 20th century, Tuttle was a prominent breeder of Rocky Mountain Horses, and helped to keep the strain alive during the ...