| It really is thought that the 1st ancestor on the | | | | were prized for horse back riding, there was also a |
| modern horse, Equus Caballus, was no bigger than a | | | | require for horses to share the palace. |
| cat. Eohippus was thought to have a number of toes, | | | | Backing up this theory is that of the rediscovery in |
| a curved spine like a cat, a short neck and the ability | | | | the Caspian Horse breed, named due to the fact it |
| to eat and digest leaves as opposed to grass. Over | | | | was rediscovered from the area in the Caspian Sea. |
| millennia, the horse grew, developed longer legs and | | | | They ended up native to Iran and are considered the |
| neck and switched to a diet of grass when the | | | | forefathers in the mighty Arabian horse breed. They |
| grasslands began to push out forests. Miniature Horse | | | | look like smaller versions of Arabians, being the height |
| breeders argue that they're taking the horses back | | | | of modern ponies but containing the slim features |
| to their original state. But who were definitely the 1st | | | | and bodily proportions of the horse. |
| Miniature Horse breeders? | | | | Caspian Horses are depicted in ancient Middle Eastern |
| Depending on which Miniature horse breeder you talk | | | | art, where their shoulders are at the height of the |
| to, you will locate a lot of theories as to who were | | | | man's waist. The breed was believed to have been |
| the first Miniature horse breeders. Some say that | | | | wiped out, but a herd was discovered thriving in 1965 |
| Miniature Horses have always been close to and it | | | | close to the Caspian Sea. They have since incredibly |
| was only a few men and women here and there | | | | slowly trickled close to the world. |
| throughout history that have been able to appreciate | | | | The initial successful and proven Miniature Horse |
| their small size. Some say that the Horse breeders | | | | breeders had been the Falabella family of Argentina |
| didn't begin until the time of the filthy rich nobility in | | | | inside 1880's. They admit, though, that they did add |
| Europe that wanted unusual animals in their Royal | | | | ponies to be able to bring down the breeding stock. |
| menageries. | | | | Most Miniature Horses in North and South America |
| But one of my favorite stories is that the primary | | | | today are derived from these intelligent and charming |
| Miniature Horse breeders were definitely from Arab | | | | Falabella horses. It can be unknown, but theorized, |
| tribes. They bred the Horse for the delight of their | | | | that one in the breeds that made up the Falabella |
| sheiks and their kids. Despite the fact that horses | | | | was the Caspian. |