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Camargue Horse Breed Profile Camargue: The Camargue originated in the marshy plains of the Rhone delta in the South of France. It has existed since prehistoric times. More >>
Canadian Horse  Breed Profile Canadian Horse: In the late 1600s, King Louis XIV of France brought Breton and Norman horses to the region of North America now known as Canada. More >>
Caspian Horse Breed Profile Caspian: In 1965, Louise Firouz, an American living in Tehran, Iran, discovered a small Arabian-like horse in the Elborz Mountains that she named Caspian. More >>
Chincoteague/Assateague Horse Breed Profile Chincoteague/Assateague: The Chincoteague pony was made famous in Marguerite Henry’s book Misty of Chincoteague. The ponies live on the barrier island of Assateague in Maryland and Virginia. More >>
Cleveland Bay Horse Breed Profile Cleveland Bay: The Cleveland Bay developed in the Cleveland area of Northern Yorkshire in northeast England. In medieval times, the Cleveland Bay was valued as a packhorse for the church, carrying goods to and from various monasteries and convents. More >>
Clydesdale Horse Breed Profile Clydesdale: The Clydesdale originated in the Clyde Valley, Scotland, and is the youngest of all the United Kingdom heavy breeds, finding its full development in the last 150 years. More >>
Connemara Pony Horse Breed Profile Connemara Pony: The Connemara Pony is Ireland’s only native breed. It comes from and is named for an area on the west coast of Ireland bordered by the Atlantic Ocean and Galway Bay; a wilderness of bogs and rugged moorland. More >>
Curly Horse  Breed Profile Curly Horse: The majority of the Curly Horses, also known as the American Bashkir Curly Horse, descend from a herd of three horses found by the Damele family in 1898 roaming the mountain ranges of Nevada. How they came to be on the continent remains a mystery. More >>

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