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Discover the Curly Horse; you are in for the ride of your life!

Curly Horses truly are unique and amazing. Curlies come in nearly every size & type including sporthorse, gaited, draft, stockhorse & pony. They come in every equine color known. Some have long manes and tails, and some have "singed" scanty manes & tails. They are hypoallergenic, proven by scientific testing as well as generations of anecdotal evidence. They are naturally hardy and intelligent. Oddly enough, although having developed out in the wild, they are also unusually friendly and calm by nature.

BREED DISCLAIMER FOR NEWBIES:
Outdated & disproven information still circulate about Curly Horses, in everything from old library books all the way to freshly posted blogs. Facts fall behind when innocent older theories circulate faster than their current proven updates can keep up with! Also, much colorful lore & many accounts passed down over the years by Curly Horse owners are impossible to verify or prove, so must be qualified as questionable. When you research the Curly Horse watch for "information" that may pre-date current research and understanding, and then fit all claims and stories into known facts using common sense. If accuracy is important to you regarding the Curly Horse - use CurlyHorses.com as your go-to, fact-check site.

• Traits & Breed Standard
  
  1. photo primer of Curly Horse Breed Traits
  2. brochure / handout of Curly Horse Traits
  3. photos of curls - Curly Coat types, Eyelashes, Manes & Tails, Ears, Fetlocks etc
  4. Dominant gene Curly Horses
  5. Recessive gene Curly Horses
  6. Extreme Curly Horses
     • homozygous
     • heterozygous
  7. Smooth Coat (SC) Curly Horses (an oxymoron that is also hypoallergenic)
  8. For every rule there is an exception. Disclaimers and mysteries.
     
     
• Types & Type Standards
  
  1. General (nonspecific type) - the majority of the Curly Horse population
  2. Sporthorse Curlies - bred specifically for dressage & sport event disciplines
  3. Stockhorse Curlies - bred specifically for ranchwork
  4. Gaited Curly Horses - soft gaited
  5. Curly Ponies - from miniatures up to 14 hh
  6. Curly Homestead Horses - these Curly Horses are the Drafter, or light draft horse type
     
     
• North American Curly Horse - History & Bloodlines
  
  • Theories of Origin
  • History of the Damele Curly Horses
  • History of the Native American Curly Horses
  • History of Gaited Curly Horses
  • Recent History and today's Worldwide Distribution
    
    
• North American Curly Horse - Myths & Misunderstandings
  
  • Definition of a breed
    • terms: fullblood, purebred, crossbred, foundation, etc.
  • the Bashkir Horse of Russia
  • the Red Blood Cells myth
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• North American Curly Horse - Genetics & Research
  
  
•    Hypoallergenic Horses: What the Allergic Horse Lover Needs to Know
  
  • Scientific Research Data on the Hypoallergenic Curly Horse
  • Hypoallergenic Smooth Coat Curly Horses
  • How to Collect Curly Horse Hair Samples for Testing Allergies
    
    
• Breed Registries - Goals - Differences - Quality Recognition programs
  
  • American Bashkir Curly Registry (ABCR)
  • International Curly Horse Organization (ICHO)
    • ICAMS ~ International Curly Mares & Stallions Studbook
    • NACHR ~ ICHO division; North American Curly Horse Registry
    • NACHIPS ~ North American Curly quality recognition program
      
• Other Curly Horse Organizations
  
  • Curly Horses International (CSI) ~ falling somewhere between a registry, an activity club, and a quality & performance recognition program, the CSI supports and holds activities for discriminating owners of sport type Curly Horses.
    
  • Curly Horse Rescue Association
    
    
• Curly Horse Topics
  
  • Articles, Essays & Editorials
  • Links
    
    
• Curly Horse Owner & Breeder Directory ~ find Curly Horses near you.