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  2. Missouri Fox Trotter - Wikipedia

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    Missouri Fox Trotters stand 14 to 16 hands (56 to 64 inches, 142 to 163 cm) high, and weigh between 900 and 1,200 pounds (410 and 540 kg). [1] Begun in 2004, the Missouri Fox Trotting Horse Breed Association also maintains a separate registry for fox trotting ponies standing between 11 and 14 hands (44 and 56 inches, 112 and 142 cm). [2]

  3. List of gaited horse breeds - Wikipedia

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    Gaited horses are horse breeds that have selective breeding for natural gaited tendencies, that is, the ability to perform one of the smooth-to-ride, intermediate speed, four-beat horse gaits, collectively referred to as ambling gaits. [1] In most "gaited" breeds, an ambling gait is a hereditary trait.

  4. Palfrey - Wikipedia

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    Breeds swift at the gallop also tend to trot rather than pace or amble. In the Americas, ambling horses continued to be bred, both in the southern United States and in Latin America. The smooth ambling gaits today have many names, including the single-foot, the stepping pace, the tolt, the rack, the paso corto, and the fox trot (see ambling ).

  5. List of North American horse breeds - Wikipedia

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    Modern breed of riding horse, bred particularly for ranch work; developed by Neil Hinck of Star, Idaho, from a single foundation stallion named Little Blaze. [2]: 445 Camarillo White Horse [2]: 448 Canadian [2]: 449 [3] Canadian Pacer [2]: 449 Canadian Pinto [2]: 449 Canadian Rustic Pony [2]: 449 Canadian Sport Horse [2]: 449

  6. List of horse breeds - Wikipedia

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    The following list of horse and pony breeds includes standardized breeds, some strains within breeds that are considered distinct populations, types of horses with common characteristics that are not necessarily standardized breeds but are sometimes described as such, and terms that describe groupings of several breeds with similar characteristics.

  7. Tennessee Walking Horse - Wikipedia

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    The breed was developed beginning in the late 18th century when Narragansett Pacers and Canadian Pacers from the eastern United States were crossed with gaited Spanish Mustangs from Texas. Other breeds were later added, and in 1886 a foal named Black Allan was born. He is now considered the foundation sire of the breed.

  8. Morgan horse - Wikipedia

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    The Morgan horse is one of the earliest horse breeds developed in the United States. [1] Tracing back to the foundation sire Figure, later named Justin Morgan after his best-known owner, Morgans served many roles in 19th-century American history, being used as coach horses and for harness racing, as general riding animals, and as cavalry horses during the American Civil War on both sides of ...

  9. Ambling gait - Wikipedia

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    The fox trot is most often associated with the Missouri Fox Trotter breed, but is also seen in other breeds. [7] The fox trot is a four-beat broken diagonal gait in which the front foot of the diagonal pair lands before the hind, eliminating the moment of suspension and giving a smooth ride said to also be sure-footed.