| There are as many horse facts as there are breeds | | | | unusual colors of horses, there are breeds who carry |
| of horses and fanciers to raise them. The smallest of | | | | genes that insure colorful patterns in their young. The |
| horses is called the Fallabella Miniature Horse, and it | | | | American Paint horse and the Pinto Horse both have |
| can be housebroken and kept as an inside pet. Outside | | | | colorful coat patterns of black, brown, or other colors |
| of this breed though, a horse is a horse, not an animal | | | | and white. The Paint horse must have both parents |
| like a big dog. | | | | registered as Paints, Quarter Horses or |
| All horses on the Earth today can trace their ancestry | | | | Thoroughbreds. Pinto horses, on the other hand, are |
| to the Arabian horse. These majestic horses used to | | | | any horses with the pinto markings. Their background |
| live with their owners in tents in the desert, and they | | | | may be of any breed. |
| are still a breed that is hardy and forms close | | | | Appaloosas are also colorful. They make have a |
| attachments to its people. The Arabian is a | | | | blanket and spots on their rump, or they may be |
| hot-blooded horse, though, and when American | | | | speckled and spotted all over. There are different |
| farmers needed horses to pull plows and not just | | | | patterns of Appaloosas, and they can be very striking. |
| carts, they needed something bigger. | | | | Their patterns include snowflake, blanket, leopard and |
| They learned from what their European cousins had | | | | semi-leopard. In build, both Paints and Appaloosas are |
| already done, and bred the Arabs with larger horses | | | | built normally like the typical Quarter Horse. |
| called cold-bloods or drafters. This not only developed | | | | The Morgan Horse, facts say, is another breed that |
| into a bigger horse, facts confirm, but it also calmed | | | | most people agree was founded in this country. He is |
| the temperament somewhat, since Arabs can be | | | | perfectly suited for hauling carts or small wagons, and |
| high-strung. | | | | he is a hardy breed with sound feet. |
| For racing, the best horse, facts state, is the | | | | The main Draft horses used in the United States are |
| Thoroughbred. This is arguably the fastest horse, | | | | the Clydesdale, the Percheron and the Belgian. |
| unless you're racing a quarter of a mile. The winners in | | | | Clydesdales are usually bay in color, and are the most |
| short races like this are usually American Quarter | | | | well-known draft horse breed, thanks to the Budweiser |
| Horses, whose very name comes from the race it | | | | Clydesdales of St Louis, MO. Percherons can be gray, |
| was bred to win. Quarter Horses also make great | | | | black or white. They are born black and get lighter as |
| cattle horses, with a cow sense that can tell them | | | | they age. Belgians are usually blond in color, and they |
| what a calf will do, before it does it. | | | | are the main work horse for Amish farmers. |
| For those who enjoy the beauty of different and | | | | |