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The following list of cowboys and cowgirls from the frontier era of the American Old West (circa 1830 to 1910) was compiled to show examples of the cowboy and cowgirl genre. Cattlemen, ranchers, and cowboys
Rugged Lark, famous quarter horse owned by Carol Harris, in the American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame; Sampson, the tallest horse ever recorded; a Shire; stood 21.25 hands (86.5 inches; 220 cm) high; Spanker was a 17th-century sire of many important horses. Thunder, Red Ryder's horse; Traveler, mascot of the University of Southern California
The bond between a cowboy and his horse is an important part of the cowboy mythology created by dime novels, pulp fiction stories, and Western cinema. [4] Movies featuring Wonder Horses embellish this relationship between man and beast while heightening the exceptional and heroic qualities of the cowboy by his association with a remarkable ...
The American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame & Museum features photographs of honorees and paintings of American Quarter Horses famous in the bloodlines of current champions. Many of the paintings are by the western artist Orren Mixer. There are interactive exhibits about horse anatomy, horse riding and disciplines of the American Quarter Horse.
Many breeds of horse make good stock horses, but the most common today in North America is the American Quarter Horse, which is a horse breed developed primarily in Texas from a combination of Thoroughbred bloodstock crossed on horses of mustang and other Iberian horse ancestry, with influences from the Arabian horse and horses developed on the ...
Legendary cowboy and spur maker Billy Klapper had a cameo in season 5, episode 9 of 'Yellowstone,' and was also honored following his recent death.
World Grand Champion Tennessee Walking Horses [2] Year Photo Horse Trainer Owner 1939 Strolling Jim, chestnut gelding foaled 1936 Floyd Carothers: Col. C. H. Bacon [3] 1940 Haynes Peacock, chestnut gelding f. 1927 Col. J. L. Haynes Col. J. L. Haynes [4] 1941 Haynes Peacock, chestnut gelding f. 1927 Col. J. L. Haynes Col. J. L. Haynes [4] 1942
Rocinante, from Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes; also the name of fictional horses in several other books and movies; Secret, from Gina Bertaina's The Secret Horse [2] Shadowfax, the horse ridden by Gandalf the White in J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings; Sham from King of the Wind by Marguerite Henry