Here are things that I would like to know about Palomino horses. What colors do they come in? Do they get trained as saddle horses or race horses? How tall are they? How much do they weigh when they are born?
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
History Of The Palomino Horse
The history of the Palomino has never been fully recorded, but many believe that the American Palomino descended from the Moorish Barb by way of Spain. The very word "Palomino" is a Spanish surname which comes from a Latin word for pale dove.
This person said that the Palomino has come down through the pages of history. There are stories of the Golden Ones linked to the Crusades; the mail-clad Crusaders saw them on the battlefield when they fought the desert chiefs of Saladin who rode them. You will find stories about them among the Arabs and the Moors. During the days of the Crusades the Emir Saladin presented Richard-Cour-De-Lion with two splendid war horses, one was a gray and the other a Golden Palomino. The place of origin of the Palomino probably never will be conclusively determined. Myths and legends of various countries shroud the beginnings of the golden horse which is no modern phenomenon. The golden horse with ivory-colored mane and tail appears in ancient tapestries and paintings of Europe and Asia, as well in Japanese and Chinese art of past centuries. Nowhere has the history of the Palomino been recorded, but most horsemen agree that all light bodied horses have descended from the Arab and the Barb.
Another person said, "These splendid golden horses were favored by her Majesty Ysabella de-Bourbon, that beloved queen who pawned her jewels so the expenses of the expedition which discovered the New World might be paid. In the Remuda Real of Spain, Queen Ysabella kept a full hundred of these animals and as the chosen favorites of the crown, only the members of the royal family and the nobles of the household were permitted to ride them. A commoner might not even own one. It is on record that the Queen Ysabella sent a Palomino stallion and five mares to her Viceroy in New Spain, which is to say Mexico, to perpetuate the Golden Horse in the New World. From this nucleus, the blood spread to the Texas plains, and from Texas to California."
A site said that the Palomino is not strictly a breed but a color, although it is recognized as a breed in the US. It is believed that the Palomino horse existed in China although they were introduced to the US from Spain where their coloring was popular and their breeding was encouraged by Queen Isabella. Likely to have originated from Arab and Barb stock they were taken to the US by Spanish settlers where some escaped and became mixed with herds of Mustangs. They were later used by the cowboys as saddle horses.
http://www.equine-world.co.uk/about_horses_history.htm
http://www.palominohorseassoc.com/history.htm
http://www.pennpalomino.com/about/thepalomino.html
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