Mustang Horse

Origin: United States.

Height: 14-15 hh.

Color: All colors.

Character: Brave, independent and intractable.

Physique: Lightweight saddle horse of scrub type and usually plain appearance. Good bone, very hard legs and feet. The Mustang horse is extremely hardy and thrifty.
Mustang are feral horse of North America, which used to roam the plains in large during the pioneering days of the country. They are descended from Spanish.
The Mustang horses are brought by the Conquistadors which got loose or were captured by tribes. Over a period of some 300 years of freedom they adapted themselves, by natural selection and by survival of the fittest, from quality Spanish to very tough, in elegant utility animals. They came in all colors, shapes and sizes. They were the ponies used by the Indians, and were also known as the cow ponies.

The Mustang horse is light and warm blooded. The color of Mustang horse can be all colors. Most Mustang horse are Spanish descent so they exhibit the Spanish characteristics. Some herds of the horses are found in isolated areas that have strong Spanish descent including Kiger Mustang and Cerat Mustang.

Today the Mustang is on the decline, though its continued existence. This is due to the
government laws ensuring its protection and allotting to specific areas of free range. It has been largely replaced on the ranches by horses of better quality, and even the Bronco — the name given to most intractable fighters among the wild Mustangs — is now being home for rodeo bucking competitions.