WANTED: Fla. Cracker Horse/Quarter Horse Cross - Gelding

[Bondama]

Friend is looking for a companion gelding to her existing Florida Cracker Horse x Quarter Horse gelding. PM me if you know of such a boy.
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TRINITY RANCH - Home of WF Indian Bill, Perlino stallion, dual reg. AQHA/APHA
Breeders of Fine Dilute Appendix Horses for Sport and Trail

[cgipson]

What is a Florida Cracker horse?

[Inyureye]

Yeah, that.

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[Bondama]

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOGLE.

It's a breed, that's all I can really tell you. There's tons of information on the FCHA website, that gives origins, uses, etc. Basically I think they descended from Spanish horses and are called "cracker" horses because of the cowboys who used to ride them cracking their whips off them to herd cattle.
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TRINITY RANCH - Home of WF Indian Bill, Perlino stallion, dual reg. AQHA/APHA
Breeders of Fine Dilute Appendix Horses for Sport and Trail

[Lady Redhawk]

http://www.thegaitedhorse.com/florida_cracker.htm

This is the breed I rode when I was a child on my grandparents ranch in Felda Florida. It is the ranch that my father also grew up on in the 30's. Back then he rode his Florida Cow Pony to school everyday.

[dctrainingandlessons]

Thanks for sharing those old pictures Lady Redhawk. I am a HUGE fan of anything old and equestrian. These are very neat to look at! What a handsome young man your father was and I love that he used to ride to school on that horse. Thank you!
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[Lady Redhawk]

Your welcome and thanks for your comments DC.

My dad's horse, Timmy, was the ranch stud. He always said what a great cattle horse he was and sired many good horses. Glad to see they are trying to preserve this breed!