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3.5yo MFT Mare : Ivy - $8,500
**Novice Safe Trail Mare**
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.
Ivy is also a valuable addition to any breeding program. Ivy is homozygous for BOTH tobiano and black! That means that when she is bred she will produce 100% tobiano foals and will never produce a chestnut based foal no matter what stallion she is bred to. She has not been tested but is also highly likely homozygous for the gait-keeper gene.
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.
Ivy is also a valuable addition to any breeding program. Ivy is homozygous for BOTH tobiano and black! That means that when she is bred she will produce 100% tobiano foals and will never produce a chestnut based foal no matter what stallion she is bred to. She has not been tested but is also highly likely homozygous for the gait-keeper gene.
Ivy riding bridle-less and bareback out on the back 350 acres
JAKS - $5,500
**UNDER CONTRACT**
Jaks is a beautiful golden palomino registered Missouri Foxtrotter mare. She was born in 2005 and stands at 15.1HH. Jaks is an incredibly versatile mare with a great handle and fabulous smooth gaits! She has an incredible flat walk and foxtrot as well as an amazing rocking chair canter. She is a total cadillac! Jaks neck reins, moves off of leg, will open and close gates, and is the same ride every time even if she’s been out to pasture for a bit.
Jaks can be used for most any discipline you want and has been ridden both western and english! She has been trail ridden extensively on our 367 acre exotic ranch with loads of deer, antelope, zebras, cattle, goats, etc all running around and jumping out from behind trees. She crosses water with ease and will traverse any terrain you point her at. She would be great for endurance, NATRAC, and competitive trail. She has been worked in the past on stepping on pedestals, boxes, and teeter totters. She is also comfortable around cattle and could easily do any type of ranch work.
Jaks has competed in many disciplines in the past including trail obstacle, barrel racing, pole bending, shotgunning, reining, jumping, hunter hack… She has been hauled to several states and ridden in many arenas. She travels well and always loads on the trailer easily. JAKS is the 2014 SSHBEA Other Breed Overall World Champion. She took World Champion titles in Jumping and Trail Obstacle, Reserve World Champion in High Jumping and Poles, and Top 4 in Reining, Barrels, and Shotgunning.
Jaks has also produced several wonderful foals for us. They always have a fabulous build and disposition and are a joy to train. Jaks is currently open.
Jaks can be used for most any discipline you want and has been ridden both western and english! She has been trail ridden extensively on our 367 acre exotic ranch with loads of deer, antelope, zebras, cattle, goats, etc all running around and jumping out from behind trees. She crosses water with ease and will traverse any terrain you point her at. She would be great for endurance, NATRAC, and competitive trail. She has been worked in the past on stepping on pedestals, boxes, and teeter totters. She is also comfortable around cattle and could easily do any type of ranch work.
Jaks has competed in many disciplines in the past including trail obstacle, barrel racing, pole bending, shotgunning, reining, jumping, hunter hack… She has been hauled to several states and ridden in many arenas. She travels well and always loads on the trailer easily. JAKS is the 2014 SSHBEA Other Breed Overall World Champion. She took World Champion titles in Jumping and Trail Obstacle, Reserve World Champion in High Jumping and Poles, and Top 4 in Reining, Barrels, and Shotgunning.
Jaks has also produced several wonderful foals for us. They always have a fabulous build and disposition and are a joy to train. Jaks is currently open.
2019 Gelding - Clint Black- $2,500
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. He is registered as a Spotted Saddle Horse. Clint is halter broke, ties, picks up his feet, and loads on the trailer. He has been weaned and is ready to go!
2019 Gelding - Sure Luck's Van Halen $3,500
Van Halen is a flashy Missouri Foxtrotter gelding born on June 30, 2019. This handsome colt is out of our MFT mare Kate's Dusty Blue Traveler by our MFT stallion FRD Pure Luck's Sure Luck. Both parents are 15.2HH so this colt is going to be big and pretty! Van Halen is halter broke, ties, easy to groom, picks up his feet, ponies off of an ATV, and loads on the trailer! He is weaned and ready to go!
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2019 Filly: Sure Luck's Madonna $4,000
It was "Like a Prayer" when we woke up to this gorgeous, talented filly with such high stockings - she just seemed like a Madonna! Every day with her is a "Holiday!" She is sweet, curious and should be STOCKY - as her mom Blondie is one of our largest, prettiest mares. If you "Open Your Heart " to her, I bet she will be "Crazy For You" in no time! Madonna was born on May 13, 2019. She is a full Missouri Foxtrotter and should mature around 15.2HH or more. Madonna is halter broke, ties, easy to groom, picks up her feet, ponies off of an ATV, and loads on the trailer. She is weaned and ready to go!
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.
17.5 acre ranch for sale on Hwy 183 with barn/apt - owner finance
How great would this amazing commercial property be for an RV park/antique mall/winery/restaurant or your cool new ranch house?!
Ag-exemption for LOW taxes! Bring your business to 183 four miles north of Seward Junction with tons of 183 frontage! Take a look, make a reasonable and move into paradise...bring your horses, cows, goats, business of any kind - anything!
It is a gorgeous place!
Gated estate 5 miles North of Seward Junction on Hwy 183! Must see the amazing 25 foot high ceilings in this impressive ranch!
Exceptional & unique property of 2 to 17.5 acres located on Hwy 183! Home of 3401 square feet has open plan of 2 living, 1 dining, 3 bed, 2 1/2 baths, office, and a huge open kitchen with granite counters, island and stainless appliances. Floors are beautiful polished marble, wood, and hard tile (no carpet). Huge back deck overlooks fields with natures wildlife. PLUS property can come with a stables with living quarters for an additional price. NO RESTRICTIONS, so make it your homestead or your corporate property.
Would make a fantastic vet clinic, winery, storage facility, bed and breakfast and/or a gorgeous place to live! This is a one of a kind property near the fast-growing Liberty Hill area and toll roads - don't miss out on it! All but the house and 1 acre are currently ag-exempt so you save a fortune in taxes - even as the value of the property will only increase over time with all of the Hwy 183 road frontage.
I can also owner finance the whole property with 20% down at 6.5 percent interest for 5 years with a balloon payment then or refinance with another lender at that time. I am negotiable on the percentage rate with a larger down payment. 1,499,000 for all 17.5 acres .
Ag-exemption for LOW taxes! Bring your business to 183 four miles north of Seward Junction with tons of 183 frontage! Take a look, make a reasonable and move into paradise...bring your horses, cows, goats, business of any kind - anything!
It is a gorgeous place!
Gated estate 5 miles North of Seward Junction on Hwy 183! Must see the amazing 25 foot high ceilings in this impressive ranch!
Exceptional & unique property of 2 to 17.5 acres located on Hwy 183! Home of 3401 square feet has open plan of 2 living, 1 dining, 3 bed, 2 1/2 baths, office, and a huge open kitchen with granite counters, island and stainless appliances. Floors are beautiful polished marble, wood, and hard tile (no carpet). Huge back deck overlooks fields with natures wildlife. PLUS property can come with a stables with living quarters for an additional price. NO RESTRICTIONS, so make it your homestead or your corporate property.
Would make a fantastic vet clinic, winery, storage facility, bed and breakfast and/or a gorgeous place to live! This is a one of a kind property near the fast-growing Liberty Hill area and toll roads - don't miss out on it! All but the house and 1 acre are currently ag-exempt so you save a fortune in taxes - even as the value of the property will only increase over time with all of the Hwy 183 road frontage.
I can also owner finance the whole property with 20% down at 6.5 percent interest for 5 years with a balloon payment then or refinance with another lender at that time. I am negotiable on the percentage rate with a larger down payment. 1,499,000 for all 17.5 acres .
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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 - $15,000
Braveheart is a stunning black and white tobiano stud colt 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 has been color tested and is homozygous tobiano and heterozygous black. He would make an excellent stud 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. He has been weaned, is trained to lead, tie, load on a trailer, and handle his feet. Braveheart will be standing $800. He will pasture breed or hand breed, we don't AI.
Future Is Goldun - 2017 Homozygous Dun MFTHBA Stallion
Future is Gold Dun AKA "Goldun" is a lovely 2017 stud colt 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 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.
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! $15,000
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
Our Foxtrotter Mares
Kate's Dusty Blue Traveler - $9,500 |
Anekas Custom Eyes $12,000 |
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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! She is a wonderful mother and is bred to FRD Pure Luck's Sure Luck for a summer 2019 foal. This foal will be black and white tobiano or bay and white tobiano and is guaranteed to be homozygous for tobiano!
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Anekas Custom Eyes AKA Nikki is a beautiful 8 year old MFT mare. She is homozygous tobiano and homozygous black. She is a joy to ride and has lovely, smooth gaits. Nikki is currently bred to Future is Goldun for a spring 2020 foal. This cross is guaranteed to produce a grullo tobiano or smoky grullo tobiano foal!
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Majestics Painted Whisper $9,500 |
Romeos Frisco Gem $9,500 |
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Majestics Painted Whisper AKA Dove is a lovely 2013 model MFTHBA mare. She is fun to ride and has nice, smooth gaits. Dove is a wonderful mother and is confirmed in foal to FRD Pure Luck's Sure Luck for a spring 2020 foal. This cross is guaranteed to produce a black and white tobiano or bay and white tobiano foal!
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Romeos Frisco Gem ALR AKA Gypsy is a beautiful 2007 model buttermilk buckskin MFTHBA mare. She is a wonderful mother and makes some of our favorite, stocky foals.
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Blondie - $15,000 |
Stormy Magic Trick DV - $9,500 |
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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! Blondie has a lovely smooth stepping pace and is SMOOTH all day long. She has some go to her - so can carry most any rider except a total novice. Blondie is confirmed in foal for a late spring 2019 foal.
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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 is confirmed in foal to FRD Pure Luck's Sure Luck for a spring 2020 foal. This cross will produce a black and white tobiano or smokey black and white tobiano foal.
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2002 MFTHBA Stallion Tucker - SOLD
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 Plunk in Burnet, Texas!
SOLD to Kenneth Plunk 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 Plunk in Burnet, Texas! |
2019 Filly Loretta Lynn - SOLD |
2yo SSH Mare Topaz - SOLD |
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Loretta Lynn is a darling Missouri Foxtrotter filly with lots of chrome! She is out of our 15.1HH MFT, WGC mare Jaks by our 15.2HH MFT stallion FRD Pure Luck's Sure Luck. We have trained and ridden several older full siblings to Loretta and this cross always makes a fabulous, easy to train riding horse! "Hey Loretta" is sweet and inquisitive with great conformation and nice bone.
SOLD to Heather Gray in Houston, Texas! |
Topaz was started under saddle May 2019 and has been a joy to train! She is coming along wonderfully and is already riding out confidently on the trails. She has a lovely flat walk, foxtrot, and canter. She is already learning to move off of leg pressure, open and close gates, and neck rein. She is a total water horse and loves getting a drink from any water crossing we come to. She happily rides out alone and is always eager to please.
Topaz is also trick trained to lie down on command and move her hip over to the mounting block and various other objects to make mounting easier! SOLD to Heather Gray in Houston, Texas! |
2019 Colt Garth Brooks - SOLD |
5yo SSH Mare Savannah - SOLD |
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SOLD to Patrick Pearson in Texas!
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Savannah is a lovely grulla tobiano Spotted Saddle Horse (SSHBEA) mare. She is 5 years old and 14.2HH. Savannah is smart and sensitive and tries hard to please. She is responsive with a nice handle and has been ridden all over our 367 acre exotic ranch around varied terrain as well as zebras, wildebeest, antelope, deer, cattle, and goats. Savannah neck reins, moves off of leg pressure, and opens and closes gates. She has a nice flat walk, foxtrot, and canter. Savannah bonds very strongly to her rider and will do anything for her "person."
SOLD to Janet in 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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