The Sportaloosa

With their easy moving paces and turn of speed they are a most suitable horse for timed events and have the heart to take on the tough sport of endurance.  It is the ideal trail riding horse for the entire family too.  The horse commonly stands from 14.2hh to 16.2hh, and it combines free, effotless paces with a sensible trainable mind.  There is also a registry for ponies under 14hh. 

A keen headed horse with a good length of rein set high into prominent withers, a medium length back with a deep heart girth.  The spotted horse should have a long hip with stong quarters and well let down hocks, with short, strong cannon bones and hard open feet.  They should carry smooth long muscle to give strength and speed, not bulky or short to take away from their stamina and athletic ability.  The chief qualities of the breed apart from the lovely range of coat patterns are soundness, versatility, friendly, people oriented nature and comfortable paces for whatever sport you choose to compete in.

The Sportaloosa gets his spots from either the Appaloosa or Knapstrupper or a combination of both.  They can be outcrossed to warmblood breeds, Thoroughbred, Arabian, Stock horse or Quarter horse of suitable type and temperament.  Crosses to grey, paint, pinto, or classic roan are not eligiable. The Sportaloosa's quiet, friendly nature makes him especially suited to all the family and the weekend rider, as well as appealing to the professional rider looking for that special, unique competition mount with the 'wow' factor. 

Sportaloosa International is a web based registry, featuring two stud books and is an open registry for spotted horses of unkown parentage.  It is also a promotion for the spotted sport horse through a quarterly e-magazine, montly online competitions which are opened to the world, stallion promotions and videos, online web autions for spotted (the first one which will be run from the 1st-4th of June this year), a $1000.00 video foal futurity with free entry for Sportaloosa foals; also year end prizes for high point ridden and led horse, youth and amateur riders, plus quarterly $500.00 High Acheiver Awards in open company compeition.  Riders of spotted horses also get awarded when they log their hours in the saddle.  There are many good reasons to ride a Spotaloosa.

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