The Azteca Horse Registry of
America, Inc.
Foundation of Andalusian/Iberian crossed to Quarter Horse.
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.
We recommend that you register your Azteca breed horse with
The American Azteca Horse International Association
Foal color calculation web site. This web site helps you to figure out the color and pattern of your horse or foal to be.
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