Photo: Arsdelicata · CC BY-SA 3.0 horse breed · 671 on Animalso
Costa Rican Saddle Horse
Costa Rica
- Animal
- Horse
- Type
- List of gaited horse breeds
- Origin
- Costa Rica
About the Costa Rican Saddle Horse
The Costa Rican Saddle Horse is a horse breed developed in Costa Rica. Since 1850 breeders of the Costa Rican horse have paid more attention to the selection of breeding stock. Because the horse population was small and inbreeding a concern, a few stallions were imported from Spain and Peru. The breed was founded by "Janitzio", foaled in 1955, a loudly marked sabino stallion. In 1972 a breed club (ASCACOPA) was established, and in 1974 the breed registry was initiated.
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Other list of gaited horse breeds breeds
Campolina Brazil Photo: Amazona01 · CC BY-SA 3.0 
La Hague horse France Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor · Public domain 
Photo credits9 photographs on this page
- Costa Rican Saddle Horse — Arsdelicata · CC BY-SA 3.0 · file page
- American Saddlebred — Just chaos · CC BY 2.0 · file page
- Campolina — Amazona01 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · file page
- Guba — Naturefriends · CC BY-SA 4.0 · file page
- Kentucky Mountain Saddle Horse — Kittymama · CC BY 3.0 · file page
- La Hague horse — Wikimedia Commons contributor · Public domain · file page
- Lesbos horse — Ronald Saunders · CC BY-SA 2.0 · file page
- Mangalarga Marchador — Fábio Vidigal · CC BY-SA 2.5 · file page
- Messara — Tsaag Valren · CC BY-SA 4.0 · file page
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