When Colonial Spanish horses were first imported to North America, horses were as ubiquitous and varied in type as cars in a modern parking lot. The recent leaps in equine genetic research has helped to increase our understanding of how those horses were perceived and bred as well as how they were built. Queen Isabella […]
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The Livestock Conservancy has moved the Colonial Spanish horse to their Critical list because fewer than 200 foals were registered in 2021. The drop in number of registered foals is NOT due to a lack of interest in Colonial Spanish horses or to the general public’s lack of appreciation of their history, abilities or the […]
I chose to worm Asad with moxidectin and praziquantel in late January. His colic symptoms were minimal and I wanted to kill off any resistant and/encysted parasites before the weather warmed up. I expected he would have a few days of discomfort. Tapeworms in horses has becomie more common and tapeworms are not susceptible to […]
Robert Painter, preservation breeder of Colonial Spanish horses, recently passed away at age 90. Painter’s first horses were acquired from Bob Brislawn, founder of the Spanish Mustang Registry and Gilbert Jones. founder of the Southwest Spanish Mustang Association. He inspired the founders of the Spanish Barb Horse Association and some of his horses are registered […]
Robert Painter, preservation breeder of Colonial Spanish horses, recently passed away at age 90. Painter’s horses were acquired from Bob Brislawn, founder of the Spanish Mustang Registry and Gilbert Jones. founder of the Southwest Spanish Mustang Association. He inspired the founders of the Spanish Barb Horse Association and some of his horses are registered as […]
The State of New Mexico does have statutes in place to help preserve free-roaming horses with Colonial Spanish markers. Some of the horse rescue centers in the state are aware of and working to preserve Spanish Colonial horses removed from their historical home ranges. The Horse of the America’s registry does registry Colonial Spanish horses […]
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