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Borg Svemann,
Woodworker
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Modern horses are descended from several wild populations: at least 77 wild mares passed on their genes to today's modern horse breeds, from the American mustang to the Shetland pony.
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Athena Mondale,
Spiritual Consultant
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Stallions are the base for improving our breeds and people who breed stallions that have no real conformation quality and no athletic ability raise little baby horses that have no conformation quality and no athletic ability year after year.
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Adam Findley,
Professional Motivator
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Having kept many different types and breeds of horses in the conventional way Claudia has gained vast experience throughout the gradual process of returning them to a more natural state and as a result is more than aware of the pros and cons of both systems of management.
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Bori Gonbutoren,
Reindeer Herder
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It is thought that the sturdy Mountain Horse stock which was raised in this area for generations preserves the genetic base form which the various American gaited horse breeds were derived in this century.
There is clear evidence in modern literature on the subject that these horses were instrumental in the creation of such world famous breeds as the Arabian and the English Thoroughbred and in the improvement of breeds of horses in Russia, Europe and the Near and Middle East.
The wild horse herds established from escaped Spanish horses brought to the New World by Conquistadors and from other breeds brought west by settlers.
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Paddy McGuinness,
Newsagent
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Scone Shire is renowned as a major breeding centre for both thoroughbred and stock horses and for its cattle studs representing many breeds.
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Sasha Prevette,
Kindergarten student
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I love all horses and all breeds but I believe I have found the best of all worlds with the Miniature Horse.
The draft horse breeds are unbelievably fascinating and I hope someday more people will see them the way I do.
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Arthur Dawkins,
Astro-physicist
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We also tested 130 horses from 5 different breeds to determine if the mutation could be found with any frequency in the general horse population.
Our method is to teach our students the language of horses and then provide an environment in which students practice and perfect their fluency on a wide variety of breeds and personalities.
Horses and ponies of all breeds, all disciplines and all types of environment all over the world develop this illness every year and all months of the year, many of which have to be euthanised.
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