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more than 160 years, Eastern Kentuckians have enjoyed
their homegrown product, the Mountain Pleasure Horse.
Generation after generation of Kentuckians have stories
to tell of their easy gaited, hard working, good disposition,
reliable Mountain Pleasure Horses.
For years called "Mountain Horses"
or "Country Saddle" horses, the Mountain Pleasure
Horse is the old-time gaited breed of horse that existed
in Kentucky 160 years ago and from which selective breeders
developed the Tennessee Walking Horses, American Saddle
bred Horses and more recently Rocky Mountain Horses.
Long before these other gaited breeds
were in existence, a particular type of horse was being
bred on the steep hillsides to work the fields and "ride
the best".
The Mountain Pleasure Horse quietly
existed in the mountains of Eastern Kentucky where the
Breeders maintained the old-time horse, by selecting
for their basic criteria - GAIT and DISPOSITION
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