Use : Saddlebreds are used for exposition in gaited buck shows . They also vie in unresolved shows in westerly events , hunt tail , jumping and dressage . Saddlebreds also make skilful track horses .
account : The Saddlebred breed began with the ontogeny of the Narragansett Pacer , created in the Narragansett region of Rhode Island . British colonist in the New World used Galloway and Hobbie buck from the British Isles to germinate this tempo horse , which possess a bland riding gait . By the early 1700s , Thoroughbreds were being crossed with Pacers to get a bigger , more various horse . visit the American Horse , it inherited an ambling pace from the Narragansett Pacer . Because the American Horse was such an fantabulous riding mount , colonists used it during the American Revolution and into the former part of the next hundred . A Modern strain descended from the American Horse called the Kentucky Saddler , which also had Morgan , Canadian Pacer and Hackney blood . By the mid-1800s , the Kentucky Saddler had come to be called the Saddlebred , and was one of the most democratic breeds in the East . When the Civil War began in 1861 , these horse carried soldier and general into the fighting . Both General Ulysses S. Grant and General Robert E. Lee possess Saddlebreds . The strain ’s involvement in the war was of great importance , both during and after the difference of opinion . Historians trust the Saddlebred was valuable in help the South recover from the war . In the 1890s , a group of breeders organized to “ collect , phonograph recording and uphold ” the pedigrees of the American Saddlebred . In 1891 , the National Saddlebred Horse Breeders Association was imprint in the South , after to be bid the American Saddlebred Horse Association . In the days before the Industrial Revolution , the Saddlebred Horse serve several purpose . He was a saddle knight mostly , used to well carry his passenger from post to place . He could also work as an elegant carriage cavalry , pull in rigs with style , grace and fastness . With the coming of the automobile in the early 1900s , the Saddlebred became mostly a show buck , a job he still excels at today .
Conformation : The Saddlebred has an elegant and refined appearance . Standing anywhere from 15 to 17 handwriting in height , these horse have great , encompassing - set eyes and graciously work ear set close together . The neck opening is recollective with a fine , arched and well - flexed at the canvass . The breed has well - delimitate and spectacular withers , while the berm are mysterious and slanting . A hard level back also characterizes the breed . Saddlebreds add up in palomino , chestnut tree , bay , black , gray , brown , and even espy ( pinto ) . Saddlebreds are born with three gaits and some go on to be aim to have five . In addition to the walk , trot and lope , five - gaited Saddlebreds also fuck how to slow pace and to rack .
