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The Official Horse Breeds Standards Guide
The Complete Guide to the Standards of All North American Equine Breed Associations
| Author: Fran LynghaugFormat: Hardcover, 672 Pages Item: 145784 ISBN: 9780760334997 Publisher: Voyageur Press Specs Illustrations: 420 color photos, 35 illustrations Size: 7 x 9 x 1.67323 Weight: 4.375 lb. Edition: First Published: October 2nd 2009 DC: AP List Price: $40.00 $30.00 All discounts based on list price. No trade discounts available from sale price. In Stock |
This is the only guidebook collecting the official North America breed associations’ standards and conformations, making it a much-needed, handy, and comprehensive reference. Like the American Kennel Club's The Complete Dog Book (now in its 20th printing), this is the book for horse breeds. For each of 118 North American breeds--from ponies and small horses to pleasure horses, draft horses, and thoroughbred racers--the massive 200,000-word guide provides an official history, detailed conformation ideals, descriptions of gait and distinctive traits, temperament, colors, and variations. Fine color photographs complete the detailed picture each entry presents. This guide is destined to become the bible of the horse world. |
Lynghaug (Horses of Distinction) deftly profiles 118 breeds, including ponies, small horses, pleasure breeds, draft varieties, and thoroughbreds. The breeds fall into six major categories, including wild varieties. Entries run approximately five pages and include historical details, breed standards, registration requirements, show criteria, and full-color photographs. The historical detail included is extensive and fascinating. Two appendixes offer detailed illustrations of various correct and imperfect body formations and an A-to-Z registry of organizations offering more breed-specific information. In detail and breadth, this volume supplants Judith Dutson’s 2005 Storey’s Illustrated Guide to 96 Horse Breeds of North America. – Library Journal
Fine color photographs complete the detailed picture each entry presents. This guide is destined to become the bible of the horse world. A beautiful 672 page hardbound book. – Just Horses
This book is really good! It’s like the bible for horse breeds — so many breeds are included. The photos are phenomenal. It would take a couple hours just to look at them all. There’s so much info. – http://horse-blogs.com
Ever wonder how many equine breeds are found in North America and what they should look like? The Official Horse Breeds Standards Guide (2009) by Fran Lynghaug is the definitive authority on this subject, containing descriptions, histories, and official standards of what each horse and pony breed should be, as presented by their registry. The book accurately portrays more than 118 breeds of horses and ponies with over 400 full color photos, plus some little known facts and breed insights. – Mid-South Horse Review, February 2010
Contents
Introduction Disclaimer The Breed Standard
Part 1 Horses of the Range: Breeds of North America’s Wild Regions Abaco Barb American Indian Horse American Quarter Horse American Sorraia Mustang Banker Horse Carolina Marsh Tacky Cerbat Colonial Spanish Colorado Ranger Florida Cracker Horse Foundation Quarter Horse Kiger Mesteño Lac La Croix Indian Pony Nokota Pryor Mountain Mustang Spanish Barb Spanish Mustang Steens Mountain Kiger Sulphur Springs Horse
Part 2 Pleasure Horses of Distinction: Stars of the Pleasure Breeds Akhal-Teke American Azteca American Bashkir Curly American Paint Horse American White Horse and American Creme Horse Appaloosa AraAppaloosa Arabian Brindle Buckskin Half Arabian and Anglo-Arabian Morab Morgan Moriesian Palomino Pintabian Pinto Horse Quarab
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