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Azteca Horse Registry of America, Inc.....Aztecas, Andalusians
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- As the Conquistadors turned their Spanish bred Haca horses loose in Mexico rather than take them home onboard their ships, those horses graduated up through the Southwestern area of America. Used by the native Indians for hunting the Buffalo and war they became a prize to be fought and traded for. As Spain settled the Southwest with its chain of Missions, more of these horses were brought here along with additional Spanish PRE blood horses. We believe that the American Quarter Horse got its "Cow Sense" from the Haca and Spanish PRE (Andalusian) horses who had been used on ranches and in bullfights for hundreds of years. We feel that we are crossing the American Quarter Horse and the American Paint Horse back into its original Spanish gene pool by breeding it to the American Andalusian/Iberian/PRE/PSL. I believe that the painting of the mission we have used here, correctly depicts the beginning of the Quarter Horse breed in early Southwest America. It is unknown how old this picture actually is, but the horses certainly resemble the Haca of Spain and the Spanish blood heritage of the PRE and PSL. When I refer to "Spanish" blood I mean to include the Lusitano from Portugal as well, as they were all one country at one time in history. The PRE refers to the Pure Raza Espanol or Pure Spanish Horse of present day Spain. The PSL refers to the Pure Sanguine Lusitano of Portugal. The Haca of Spain came in all colors, especially the "Paint" color that shows up so regularly in the American Quarter Horse. Looking at cave paintings as well as paintings of Knights, Queens and Kings riding Andalusian/Iberian looking Buckskins, Palominos, Paints, Isabella (Creme), Appaloosa, along with the standard AQHA colors of today - it is no wonder that all of these colors crop up in the AQHA breed so regularly. Again lending credence to the fact that we are reaching back into the original "Spanish blood" gene pool of the AQHA by crossing the Andalusian/Iberian blood to the American Quarter Horse blood.
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