An All-American Breed, the Paint, is historically important for understanding our values. The Paint is the 2nd largest breed registry in the United States, if you consider annual registrations. The horse comes in three kinds of coat patterns -- tobiano, overo, and tovero. In the photo, you see a tobiano. The horse has a stock-horse body type, muscular, strong, powerful, and an agreeable personality. You can register a horse with the Paint association if they have at least one Paint parent. The other parent can be registered as a Paint too, or can be registered with either the American Quarter Horse Association or Jockey Club.The first note of a Paint in the U.S. historical record was in 1519 when Hernando Cortes brought some over on his conquistador travels. His publicist, Diaz del Castillo, noted them. By the 1800s, the Paint was extremely popular among western plains Indians, especially the Comanche. These indians favored bright, loud, flashy, spotted horses who were powerhouses! By the 1950s and 1960s, people were beginning to coordinate trying to register and preserve the breed. So, starting in the 1960s, some ladies began to coordinate information. By 1961, they held their first show. By 1962, they registered their first formal Paint horse. And by 1965, they had laid the ground work for the World Paint Show, as well as registered 1,300 members and 3,800 horses!
My beautiful Hailee is a registered breeding stock Paint horse. Her sire, Speckled E.T., is a Paint (produced by a Quarter horse sire and Paint dam) and her dam, Docs Blue Rock Dawn, is a Quarter horse.
You can read more about this fabulous breed at the following link:
http://www.apha.com/