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We also train horses from weanlings on up to 4 years old. Prices range from $350 per month to $850 - check out our training page for more information.
2020 MFT Filly Sure Luck's Silhouette $5,500
Sure Luck's Silhouette AKA "Silk" is a stunning black and white tobiano filly born on June 24, 2020. This lovely girl has a great conformation and is homozygous tobiano and homozygous black! She is out of our 14.3HH black tobiano mare Aneka's Custom Eyes and by our 15.2HH black tobiano stallion FRD Pure Luck's Sure Luck. This filly is already showing fabulous, smooth gaits in the pasture! She can be held with a deposit until weaning age. She will be taught to lead, tie, pick up her feet, and load on the trailer by the time she is weaned.
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2020 MFT Stud Colt Sherlock - $9,500
Sherlock is an extraordinary bay tobiano MFT stud colt born on June 14, 2020. He is well built with a beautiful head and a super sweet disposition. He is out of our 15.2HH bay tobiano MFT mare Kate's Dusty Blue Traveler and is sired by our 15.2HH black tobiano MFT stallion FRD Pure Luck's Sure Luck. Sherlock is homozygous for tobiano, carries one copy of Agouti, and is heterozygous for black. This colt is going to be big and handsome when he is fully mature! Sherlock is a full brother to our 2018 stallion Sure Luck's Braveheart. This cross produces fabulous offspring! We think Sherlock is a fantastic stallion prospect and will be leaving him intact for now to offer him for sale to other breeding programs or he would also make a fantastic gelding for someone. Sherlock can be held with a deposit until he is ready to wean. He will be trained to lead, tie, pick up his feet, bathe, and load on a trailer by weaning age.
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2020 Filly Avalon - Under Contract
Avalon is just a doll and as sweet and friendly as any horse we've ever met! She curious and loves to explore her surroundings. She is totally unafraid of anything and should make a great trail horse for this reason alone, not to mention her smooth gaits. She is 3 weeks old in this video. Her sire is FRD Pure Luck's Sure Luck and her dam is Majestic's Painted Whisper aka Dove. She is a flashy little filly! She was born on April 15, 2020 and can be weaned in September.
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2019 Filly: Sure Luck's Madonna $6500
Madonna is a beautiful, stocky Missouri Foxtrotter filly who was born on May 13, 2019. She is a minimal white tobiano with high white stockings and some white in her mane. Both of her parents are 15.2HH and stocky so this cool girl should be nice and big when she is done maturing. Madonna is halter broke, ties, easy to groom, picks up her feet, ponies off of an ATV, and loads on the trailer. We have also started saddling her with a lightweight saddle and it doesn't bother her in the slightest! Madonna will be ready to start training to ride spring of 2021 and is going to be an awesome riding horse!
At the end of the video is her Sire FRD Pure Luck's Sure Luck and many of her half siblings as well as her full brother Chrome.
At the end of the video is her Sire FRD Pure Luck's Sure Luck and many of her half siblings as well as her full brother Chrome.
3yo MFT Mare "Luna" $15,000
Starry Eyed Luna S.B.
MFTHBA #17-102202
14.1HH, 750lbs
Luna is a beautiful red dun, 3 year old mare. She is a registered Missouri Fox Trotter ("Starry Eyed Luna S.B."). She stands at 14.1HH currently and should finish out around 14.3HH. Luna is a total sweetheart and in your pocket kind of horse. Luna is broke to ride and is a fun mare to ride for pleasure or on trails. She has a lovely smooth flat walk and foxtrot, as well as an easy 3-beat canter. Luna is responsive but not hot with plenty of work ethic and could be used for most any discipline. She works well off of leg pressure, sidepasses to open and close gates, leg yields, moves her shoulder, moves her hindquarters and neck reins well. She will cross water or any other terrain you point her at and will ride alone or in a group. She will even rate down to walk along with slower non-gaited breeds! This is one lovely mare that's only going to get better with age! Luna is currently pastured with our homozygous tobiano MFT stallion Sure Luck's Braveheart for a possible 2021 foal.
MFTHBA #17-102202
14.1HH, 750lbs
Luna is a beautiful red dun, 3 year old mare. She is a registered Missouri Fox Trotter ("Starry Eyed Luna S.B."). She stands at 14.1HH currently and should finish out around 14.3HH. Luna is a total sweetheart and in your pocket kind of horse. Luna is broke to ride and is a fun mare to ride for pleasure or on trails. She has a lovely smooth flat walk and foxtrot, as well as an easy 3-beat canter. Luna is responsive but not hot with plenty of work ethic and could be used for most any discipline. She works well off of leg pressure, sidepasses to open and close gates, leg yields, moves her shoulder, moves her hindquarters and neck reins well. She will cross water or any other terrain you point her at and will ride alone or in a group. She will even rate down to walk along with slower non-gaited breeds! This is one lovely mare that's only going to get better with age! Luna is currently pastured with our homozygous tobiano MFT stallion Sure Luck's Braveheart for a possible 2021 foal.
Majestics Painted Whisper $15,000
Majestics Painted Whisper
MFTHBA # 13-101816
14.3HH, 1,000lbs
Dove is a lovely 2013 model MFTHBA mare. She is fun and easy to ride and is suitable for most anyone who knows how to ride. She has a great, smooth saddle rack as well as a lovely foxtrot. Dove has a nice handle, moves off of leg, and rides well even if she is left out to pasture for a while. Dove is a wonderful mother and is being bred to our homozygous dun MFT stallion Future is Gold Dun for a summer 2021 foal. Lots of cool color possibilities with this cross- red dun, red dun tobiano, dunalino, or dunalino tobiano! Her 2020 filly is under contract.
MFTHBA # 13-101816
14.3HH, 1,000lbs
Dove is a lovely 2013 model MFTHBA mare. She is fun and easy to ride and is suitable for most anyone who knows how to ride. She has a great, smooth saddle rack as well as a lovely foxtrot. Dove has a nice handle, moves off of leg, and rides well even if she is left out to pasture for a while. Dove is a wonderful mother and is being bred to our homozygous dun MFT stallion Future is Gold Dun for a summer 2021 foal. Lots of cool color possibilities with this cross- red dun, red dun tobiano, dunalino, or dunalino tobiano! Her 2020 filly is under contract.
Kate's Dusty Blue Traveler - $15,000
Kate's Dusty Blue Traveler
MFTHBA # 11-100425
15.2HH, 1,200lbs
Kate is a flashy registered Missouri Foxtrotter mare that was born in 2011. She stands at 15.2HH and is very stocky. Kate is homozygous tobiano and has one blue eye! Kate is sweet and easy to handle and is a nice trail horse for most anyone that can ride at all. We will be restarting her under saddle in a couple of months and will post video when we have it. Kate is being bred to Future is Gold Dun, our homozygous dun dunalino MFT stallion, for a summer 2021 foal. Color possibilities of the foal include bay dun tobiano, grullo tobiano, and red dun tobiano.
MFTHBA # 11-100425
15.2HH, 1,200lbs
Kate is a flashy registered Missouri Foxtrotter mare that was born in 2011. She stands at 15.2HH and is very stocky. Kate is homozygous tobiano and has one blue eye! Kate is sweet and easy to handle and is a nice trail horse for most anyone that can ride at all. We will be restarting her under saddle in a couple of months and will post video when we have it. Kate is being bred to Future is Gold Dun, our homozygous dun dunalino MFT stallion, for a summer 2021 foal. Color possibilities of the foal include bay dun tobiano, grullo tobiano, and red dun tobiano.
Shawnee - Bred Appaloosa Mare $9,500
Shawnee is a lovely 3yo bay varnish roan Appaloosa mare. She is a 14.1HH, stocky girl with great conformation. Shawnee is currently being started under saddle and is doing wonderfully! She is going to make one flashy trail mount! She is sweet and loves attention and catches you in the pasture. Shawnee is currently bred to ApHC stallion MF Hickrey Rumrunner, a 15.3HH bay leopard for a spring 2021 foal. We hope in the future to use Shawnee in our breeding program to produce gaited pintaloosa foals for some amazingly flashy trail and pleasure mounts!
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This is the full length version of one of my favorite videos Francine Dismukes, a gifted trainer, made for Cory and I when she trained him to lie down to help me get on. As my injury progressed - it became more difficult to mount and ride - it never ceases to amaze my how kind and intuitive horses can be.
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2018 Colt: Braveheart - $30,000
Braveheart is a stunning black and white tobiano stallion born on April 3, 2018. He is a registered Missouri Foxtrotter. Both his parents are 15.2HH and stocky so he should mature to be nice and big. He is currently 15.1HH at 2 years old with will keep maturing until 5 or 6 years old! He has been color tested and is homozygous tobiano and heterozygous black. He is also homozygous for the gait gene! We think he is going to make an excellent stallion prospect and will be kept intact for now. This lovely guy has a sweet, teddy bear disposition and is always curious to see what people are up to. Braveheart will be standing at stud in the spring of 2021 for an introductory fee of $750 with mare care of $10 per day. He will pasture breed or hand breed, we don't ship semen.
Future Is Gold Dun - 2017 Homozygous Dun MFTHBA Stallion
Have you noticed there are fewer smooth, wonderful, foxtrotters around these days? Here is a cheaper way to go...
Future is Gold Dun AKA "Goldun" is a lovely 2017 stallion who is as sweet as can be. He is a new addition to our program and we can't wait to see his first foal crop in the fall of 2020! Goldun is a Dunalino so he carries one copy of Cream but he is HOMOZYGOUS for Dun! This is one classy guy with a beautiful, easy foxtrot in the pasture. All of his gaits are ground-covering, very smooth and totally natural - barefoot. He is also tested homozygous for the “gait keeper” gene so will pass his Cadillac gaits along. Introductory breeding fee of $750 with $10 a day mare care in 2020. Live cover only - we don't ship semen. He is located in central TX. He has also tested negative for pssm1. 🐴❤️
Future is Gold Dun AKA "Goldun" is a lovely 2017 stallion who is as sweet as can be. He is a new addition to our program and we can't wait to see his first foal crop in the fall of 2020! Goldun is a Dunalino so he carries one copy of Cream but he is HOMOZYGOUS for Dun! This is one classy guy with a beautiful, easy foxtrot in the pasture. All of his gaits are ground-covering, very smooth and totally natural - barefoot. He is also tested homozygous for the “gait keeper” gene so will pass his Cadillac gaits along. Introductory breeding fee of $750 with $10 a day mare care in 2020. Live cover only - we don't ship semen. He is located in central TX. He has also tested negative for pssm1. 🐴❤️
Stunning ice resin art and turquoise inlaid furniture $75 - $5,000
Western tiny home, hunting cabin, guest house, B&B rental and you can move it easily! $14,000
This awesome tiny home is just as cool as a container house, but you can move it anywhere! It has these cool features: new stainless steel fridge, new sinks, bath/shower metal trough combo, king size, comfortable air-bed over the goose-neck and you can out a couch/futon in for more sleeping areas, 2 burner stove top electric cooker (stores away when you don't need it), COLD window AC unit (or can come with a mini split if you prefer) uses small electric heaters, no gas - all electric, new cedar and metal walls (they smell great and keep the bugs away), new microwave, I will even throw in a TV and some of the decorations if you like them!
It measures 30 x 8.5 x 6.5. We pulled a goose-neck horse trailer down to the axles and rebuilt it - so it has a very strong frame. It does not have brakes, but pulls well with our 3/4 ton pickup. It does not come with a title or I would be asking much more for it, but it does come with a bill of sale. We can deliver anywhere near Austin TX or surrounding areas for free. It is designed to be a park model, not a travel trailer. It uses a 50 amp plug in and has septic and a water hose hookup. Very easy to do! We put Clint Eastwood and some fun decorations on the outside for the photos, but they are not attached. They can come with it if you want them. Imagine how cool this would be for a guest house, hunting cabin, teenager house, college apartment, air B&B rental? People absolutely love it when they see it!
Benefits of tiny homes - NO REAL ESTATE TAXES, less clutter, less time to clean it, you can move it anytime and energy efficient - just to name a few!
It measures 30 x 8.5 x 6.5. We pulled a goose-neck horse trailer down to the axles and rebuilt it - so it has a very strong frame. It does not have brakes, but pulls well with our 3/4 ton pickup. It does not come with a title or I would be asking much more for it, but it does come with a bill of sale. We can deliver anywhere near Austin TX or surrounding areas for free. It is designed to be a park model, not a travel trailer. It uses a 50 amp plug in and has septic and a water hose hookup. Very easy to do! We put Clint Eastwood and some fun decorations on the outside for the photos, but they are not attached. They can come with it if you want them. Imagine how cool this would be for a guest house, hunting cabin, teenager house, college apartment, air B&B rental? People absolutely love it when they see it!
Benefits of tiny homes - NO REAL ESTATE TAXES, less clutter, less time to clean it, you can move it anytime and energy efficient - just to name a few!
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Black gooseneck weekender/tailgater/ horse trailer - 3,500
Anekas Custom Eyes $12,500
Anekas Custom Eyes
MFTHBA # 10-96923
15HH, 1,000lbs
Nikki is a beautiful 10 year old MFT mare. She is homozygous tobiano and homozygous black. She is a joy to ride and has lovely, smooth gaits - she is truly a cadillac and they come so easy to her - bump just isn't a word in her dictionary! She is also, sweet, gorgeous and throws amazing, friendly, flashy foals when you aren't gliding along on the trails...Nikki is currently being bred to our homozygous dun dunalino MFT stallion Future is Gold Dun for a summer 2021 foal. The foal is guaranteed to be grullo tobiano or smokey grullo tobiano.
MFTHBA # 10-96923
15HH, 1,000lbs
Nikki is a beautiful 10 year old MFT mare. She is homozygous tobiano and homozygous black. She is a joy to ride and has lovely, smooth gaits - she is truly a cadillac and they come so easy to her - bump just isn't a word in her dictionary! She is also, sweet, gorgeous and throws amazing, friendly, flashy foals when you aren't gliding along on the trails...Nikki is currently being bred to our homozygous dun dunalino MFT stallion Future is Gold Dun for a summer 2021 foal. The foal is guaranteed to be grullo tobiano or smokey grullo tobiano.
Romeos Frisco Gem - $9,500
Romeos Frisco Gem ALR
MFTHBA # 07-90582
14.3HH, 1,000lbs
Gypsy is a beautiful 2007 model buttermilk buckskin MFTHBA mare. She is a wonderful mother and makes some of our favorite, stocky foals. She is currently bred to Future is Gold Dun for a September 2020 foal!
MFTHBA # 07-90582
14.3HH, 1,000lbs
Gypsy is a beautiful 2007 model buttermilk buckskin MFTHBA mare. She is a wonderful mother and makes some of our favorite, stocky foals. She is currently bred to Future is Gold Dun for a September 2020 foal!
Blondie & Rapture - 3n1 Package! SOLD
Blondie is a 2005 model MFTHBA champagne mare that stands at 15.2HH and is built like a brick house! This mare is absolutely stunning in person and a sweetheart to handle! She has been an amazing broodmare for us for years and we are downsizing our herd this year so she can be yours with her gorgeous new filly Rapture and she will also be bred to our homozygous dun stallion for a spring 2021 foal. So you get 3 for 1 great price! SOLD to Cari in Louisiana!
2019 Gelding - Clint Black- SOLD |
Stormy Magic Trick DV - SOLD |
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Clint Black is a handsome gelding out of our SSH mare Savannah by MFT stallion Sure Luck's Noble Knight. Clint was born on April 25, 2019. He is a very minimal white tobiano with one small white spot on his tail and 4 white socks with "ink spots" at his coronet bands. He is a nice sized colt that should mature around 15HH.
SOLD to Irving, Texas! |
Trick is a 2009 model MFTHBA smokey black mare. She is a stunning mare with a pretty, feminine head and lots of mane! She has a lovely foxtrot and easy canter. Trick stands about 15HH and has a great build. She is a wonderful mother and produces great foals. Trick has only been used as a broodmare here as she was heavy bred when we bought her a few years ago and then was turned out to raise her foals. She is a nice, nice, nice mare, and is totally sound. She is currently being exposed to our homozygous tobiano MFT stallion Sure Luck's Braveheart for a possible late spring 2021 foal. The foal would be one of the following colors- palomino tobiano, chestnut tobiano, black tobiano, or smokey black tobiano.
SOLD to Steve in Mineola, Texas! |
2016 MFT Mare Ivy - SOLD |
2002 MFTHBA Stallion Tucker - SOLD |
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Sure Luck's Spotted Ivy is a beautiful black and white tobiano mare born June 25, 2016. She is registered MFTHBA. Both of Ivy's parents are 15.2HH and stocky so this girl will be nice and big when she is done maturing! She is already 15.1HH at 3 years old. Ivy is halter broke, ties quietly, is good for the farrier, ponies off of an ATV, and can be easily caught on 300+ acres. Her dam is a novice safe trail horse and Ivy is turning out just like her! Ivy bonds very strongly with her "person". Once she bonds with you she will let you do anything with her. She has a very willing personality - she is never disrespectful and never shows any attitude.
Ivy is broke to ride and does great out on the trails! She is not spooky even around our exotic hoofstock including deer, antelope, zebras, and wildebeest plus cattle, goats, and dogs. She is the same ride every time, no warm up needed! Just hop on and go! Her favorite speed on the trail is a nice, calm walk. She is definitely more on the lazy side. She does also have a lovely, smooth flat walk and running walk. Ivy neck reins, moves off of leg pressure and will open and close gates. She is also trained to sidepass over to the mounting block or other objects to make mounting easier. SOLD to Jennifer in Missouri! |
We are offering this amazing, gentle, sweet, handsome stallion for sale to an approved home only. FRD Pure Luck's Sure Luck "Tucker" is a homozygous for tobiano and black MFTHBA & SSHBEA Stallion. He is also tested positive for the AA gait gene - which means he carries 2 copies of the gait gene - the strongest a horse can have to potentially throw gait. There is more information on his page about the gait gene and why you should have any stallion you are considering breeding to checked for this if you want a gaited foal. FRD Pure Luck Sure Luck produces very large foals and they are always spotted as he is tested homozygous for the tobiano gene and the black gene as well, so he will not throw a red gene even out of a chestnut mare. He has produced two 16.3 hand horses out of 15 hand mares - ANY get, whether the mare is registered or un-registered, that Tucker sires, will be register-able as a Pinto (if not gaited) and both a Pinto and SSHBEA (if gaited). Most of his foals are 14 hands at 1 year old. All of his foals have matured at over 15 hands, many 16 hands and some 16.3 hands with a stick. If you want big, colorful, smooth-gaited and gentle, he's your man! Tucker is 17 years young and 15.2 hands. He is a lovely smooth-gaited trail horse with a fabulous, barefoot, natural foxtrot. His foals are so lovely that we have sold yearlings for $6,500 and some trained trail horses for 30,000. He is still producing wonderful, gentle, gorgeous foals and should be for many years to come. He pasture breeds, hand breeds easily and also AI's. He currently hangs out in his 20 acre pasture with mares and newborn foals and takes gentle care of all of them as well as people. We don’t worry about guests going into his pasture to say hello - as he is the gentlest stallion we have ever owned. We dearly love this amazing fellow and will carefully screen his new home as his happiness is paramount to us. “Tucker” is one of the greatest horses we have ever known.
SOLD to Kenneth in Burnet, Texas! |
2019 Colt Bon Jovi - SOLD |
2018 FIlly Magic - SOLD |
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Bonjovi is a GORGEOUS buckskin tobiano stud colt. He is a registered Missouri Foxtrotter. He was born on April 9, 2019. He should mature to at least 15HH and be big and stocky. He is not a "Runaway" at all and is a total sweetheart - he would make a fantastic stallion prospect. He says - "Lay Your Hands on Me" and loves to be petted. He is out of our homozygous mare Nikki and the lovely buckskin stallion Sangre de Cristo Prince. Instead of "Living on a Prayer" - bring him home to brighten up your life!
SOLD to Cheryl in Arkansas! |
Magic is a lovely smokey black filly born on April 23, 2018. She is a gold-papered Missouri Foxtrotter. She shows nice, smooth gaits in the pasture and has a pretty, feminine head. She should mature around 15 hands. She has been weaned, is trained to lead, tie, load on a trailer, and handle her feet.
SOLD to Kenneth in Burnet, Texas! |
Katie Morton has her degree in Equine Management from West Texas A&M. She is our head trainer. She won the SSHBEA Overall High Point Other Breed World Grand Championship as well as many World Championships in Jumping, Trail Obstacle & Team Penning. She can teach your horse just about anything and is truly gifted with horses, zebras and people. She is a blessing in every way!
One of my favorite videos of Leo and Pride -
It is our mission to breed the perfect horse...
one that a child or amateur rider can win on at show jumping or any versatility event, take on a nice slow trail ride, compete at endurance when you want to go fast - and at the end of the day - give your child a lesson on him. In order to accomplish this - we breed only the best to the best. We have a fanstastic stallion with color, a kind disposition, and great conformation - that we breed to Top 10 in the World or better champion mares - to create the best of the best. You won't find any broodmares here. Dr. Alexandra Cooper says of Leo, Pride, Princess, JAKS & Ms. T - "These are the perfect horses for children to jump - they are effortless to ride, they stop and turn on a dime and they take care of their rider. They are not so huge as to be intimidating, they are willing, kind and a pleasure to jump - and we win consistently at the USEF and Open Jumping shows. I firmly believe that these Foxtrotters, Spotted Saddle Horses and Pintos will be the future of the jumping horse. For us moms that want their child to have a safe jumping horse that can grow with you even up to open jumping – these are the horses for you. The best part being that you can ride them too – they are safe for any rider - that is their greatest gift – their kind temperament and desire to take care of you. "
Happy to show, own, train and ride eight horses that collectively hold 24 World Championships, 37 Reserve World Championships & 190 Top 10's in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013 and 2014 in 3 breed associations - SSHBEA, MFTHBA and Pinto PtHA - one of our former stallions "Leo" was featured on the news as he has won a World Championship in all three of his breed associations. He is the first horse in history to accomplish this. President's Sundust Princess is the 2nd and she is for sale.
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Information about this amazing foxtrotter breed - The Missouri Fox Trotting Trail Horse is known best for the comfortable ride it produces.
Loved as a trail horse, the majority of registered Missouri Fox Trotters are owned by people who use them for trail riding, competition, endurance, and pleasure riding.
The Missouri Fox Trotter Trail horse also makes a wonderful show horse, the Missouri Fox Trotting and presents itself with elegant beauty and style in the show ring. Many professional outfitters and forest rangers choose the Missouri Fox Trotter Trail Horse for its endurance and surefooted behavior in rugged terrain. The Missouri Fox Trotter Trail Horse is equally at home doing ranch work because of its versatility and intelligence. Movie producers appreciate The Missouri Fox Trotter Trail Horse because of its gentle nature. The breed has quickly earned its reputation as a horse for all occasions.
The Missouri Fox Trotting Trail Horse has three natural gaits: an easy-going flat foot walk, the smooth and comfortable fox trot characteristic of its name, and a relaxed and free-flowing canter. No special shoeing or training is required for these horses to perform their gaits, and their good dispositions and willing attitudes are among their many desirable characteristics, making them one of the most versatile and loved of horse breeds within the equine registries.
Developed from horses in the Missouri Ozarks, the breed is characterized by a gentle demeanor and its signature gait, the fluid, diagonal 4-beat fox trot. Bloodlines can be traced from the horses of early settlers coming to the Ozarks from neighboring states of Kentucky, Illinois, Tennessee and Arkansas. Their horses were depended upon f in this mountainous region and their ability to do whatever was needed around the homestead ranging from plowing to and working livestock, while at the same time being able to double as a stylish buggy horse or riding horse for the family. Whatever the need, this using horse proved capable and adaptable, later becoming known as the Missouri Fox Trotter Horse.
By 1948 a breed association was formed for this talented horse for the purpose of maintaining an accurate stud book for the breed. In 1958 the Missouri Fox Trotting Horse Breed Association located in Ava, Missouri was reorganized and reincorporated as a stock company. In 1973 the corporation was changed from a stock company to a membership organization. The Association had kept its registry open for qualifying stock until 1983. After that time, horses approved for registration had to have both parents permanently registered in the MFTHBA, effectively becoming a “closed book” registry.
Surefooted in mountainous terrain, gentle in temperament, and smooth of gait for the comfort of both horse and rider, the Missouri Fox Trotting Trail Horse Breed’s
If you ride a Missouri Fox Trotter Trail Horse today you will want to own one tomorrow.
Loved as a trail horse, the majority of registered Missouri Fox Trotters are owned by people who use them for trail riding, competition, endurance, and pleasure riding.
The Missouri Fox Trotter Trail horse also makes a wonderful show horse, the Missouri Fox Trotting and presents itself with elegant beauty and style in the show ring. Many professional outfitters and forest rangers choose the Missouri Fox Trotter Trail Horse for its endurance and surefooted behavior in rugged terrain. The Missouri Fox Trotter Trail Horse is equally at home doing ranch work because of its versatility and intelligence. Movie producers appreciate The Missouri Fox Trotter Trail Horse because of its gentle nature. The breed has quickly earned its reputation as a horse for all occasions.
The Missouri Fox Trotting Trail Horse has three natural gaits: an easy-going flat foot walk, the smooth and comfortable fox trot characteristic of its name, and a relaxed and free-flowing canter. No special shoeing or training is required for these horses to perform their gaits, and their good dispositions and willing attitudes are among their many desirable characteristics, making them one of the most versatile and loved of horse breeds within the equine registries.
Developed from horses in the Missouri Ozarks, the breed is characterized by a gentle demeanor and its signature gait, the fluid, diagonal 4-beat fox trot. Bloodlines can be traced from the horses of early settlers coming to the Ozarks from neighboring states of Kentucky, Illinois, Tennessee and Arkansas. Their horses were depended upon f in this mountainous region and their ability to do whatever was needed around the homestead ranging from plowing to and working livestock, while at the same time being able to double as a stylish buggy horse or riding horse for the family. Whatever the need, this using horse proved capable and adaptable, later becoming known as the Missouri Fox Trotter Horse.
By 1948 a breed association was formed for this talented horse for the purpose of maintaining an accurate stud book for the breed. In 1958 the Missouri Fox Trotting Horse Breed Association located in Ava, Missouri was reorganized and reincorporated as a stock company. In 1973 the corporation was changed from a stock company to a membership organization. The Association had kept its registry open for qualifying stock until 1983. After that time, horses approved for registration had to have both parents permanently registered in the MFTHBA, effectively becoming a “closed book” registry.
Surefooted in mountainous terrain, gentle in temperament, and smooth of gait for the comfort of both horse and rider, the Missouri Fox Trotting Trail Horse Breed’s
If you ride a Missouri Fox Trotter Trail Horse today you will want to own one tomorrow.
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