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Preserving Rare Breeds
The Sulphur Springs Herd
Chief and his herd were proven through blood testing conducted by Gus Cothran of the University of Kentucky to be part of the Sulphur Springs Herd of Utah.
These horses draw their bloodlines from the old Spanish Type, the first horses brought to America by the Spanish explorers in the late 1500s. There are only three other wild horse herd areas in the United States which exhibit a similarly high concentration of Spanish characteristics.
According to Dr. Phillip Sponenberg, DVM, PhD, “The Sulphur herd management area horses are generally Spanish in type, and should be managed to enhance this characteristic. Other populations of feral horses that are Spanish in origin are very rare (Pryor Mountain MT, Marble Canyon AZ, and Kiger OR). Since the Spanish feral horses are the only feral horses of truly unique and irreplaceable genotypes, they should be manager as a genetic resource."
The ASHA is now recoginzed as a foundation registry. ASHA is the foundation parent for the Iberian Sporthorse and American Azteca Registry.
For more information on the Sulpher Springs herd, go to our Links page.
