On Mar 27, 2008, at 8:15 AM, Janice McDonald wrote: > and define spanish descent.... florida cracker horses are spanish > descent, Spotted saddle horses, walking horses too arent they?? I > thought gait originated in spain for all gaited breeds but bearing in > mind I probably heard that when I stayed at the holiday inn ... > Janice
Florida Cracker horses are pure Spanish (Barb, Jennet) -- they were brought from the islands by the Spanish settlers in Florida (http://www.floridacrackerhorses.com/history.htm) TWHs might have some Spanish blood in them from somewhere -- but they have a whole lot of Thoroughbred and other English trotting and pacing horses in them . . . probably predominantly (http://www.walking-horse.com/past/thebreed.html). Lynn Kinsky, Santa Ynez, CA http://www.silcom.com/~lkinsky/
