The history of the pinto horse dates back to Spanish explorers bringing pintos to the new world. Discover how the desire for new colors in horses led to an expansion of pinto breeding with help from the owner of a horse training and riding facility in this free video on pinto breed horses.
Hi, I'm Tim Wigren, owner and operator of Command Performance here in Ridgefield, Washington. I'm here to talk to you about the history of the Pinto. In 2006, Pinto Horse Association celebrated its fiftieth anniversary; but the history of the Pinto dates way back to the Spanish explorers bringing the first Pintos to the new world and ever since when people have wanted a little bit of color, the new colors have exploded in patterns and styles all throughout the whole United States. Whenever people have simply wanted to add a little color and add a little flash, they've added some Pinto to their breed. That's why we have our four major breed types: pleasure type, saddle type, stock type and hunter type. All of these horses have been influenced and have been enhanced with the advent of color and a little bit of flash.
Specialty: Rider Training
on December 30, 2011, 6:17 pm
on January 19, 2012, 2:04 pm
I think you're right, Paint is a breed and has the coat patterns: Overo, Tobiano, Tovero and Solid. Pinto on the other hand is a color pattern just like there is skewbald (any color except black with white, can be tri colored) and piebald (black and white). A Pinto can be any breed.