colorado ranger horse breed colorado high plains united_states breed descended imported turkey state virginia late 1800s bred ranch horses nebraska colorado early 1900s registered traces patches max breed championed founded original registry membership limits resulted horses registered instead pedigree research ongoing discover additional horses trace ancestry original horses registered solid color carry leopard spotting patterns coloration breeding allowed draft horse pony breeding horses dual registered approximately percent characteristics registration colorado ranger horses color breeding allowed generations registered horse pedigree stand hands inches high breed straight facial profile long muscular neck deep chest shoulders sloping connected short horses original purpose ranch horses shown western english disciplines mainly trail pleasure riding known good disposition abilities stock horses registered colorado trace directly foundation pedigree patches second max son horse named max born registered colorado bred registered resulting registered horses draft horse pony blood registered colorado double registered registered proper approximately percent colorado ranger horses dual registered history original foundation ancestors colorado ranger brought united_states given president turkish sultan horse gray named second arabian gray named leopard reached virginia voyage turkey reaching virginia spent years breeding noted horses leased leopard tree friend grant named general breed number ranch nebraska successful producing high quality ranch horses years later colorado collaborated buy group horses including stallion imported stallion spot leopard grandson leopard sides pedigree influence leopard american horse breeding listed registers major breed associations united_states 20th century colorado horses purchased improve existing ranch stock crossings leopard coloration originally aim breeding program resulting horses bore spotted coat patterns breeders began include goals influential foundation breed colorado born leopard spot named max second stallion named imported north_africa owner wedding gift daughter stallion provided important blood breed imported turkey colorado high plains interested breed acquired max patches son original ranch stallion time breeding horses kept complete records horse bred initial pedigree record breed association invited bring chose leopard fox names coined members faculty reference horses having bred ranges colorado colorado ranger official breed nickname commonly influential saving highest quality ranger stock severe drought 1930s driving miles better pasture history making journey rains returned eastern colorado drive return horses original pasture establishing herd developed practice groups horses western united_states use breeding stock practice horses influenced return influenced quarter horse western stock horse breeds founded granted corporate charter association remained president organization death registry initially imposed member limit ranger horses breeders allowed members instead registered member limit lifted pedigree research continued find register horses ranger breeding registered registered 1980s blood allowed breed practice discontinued states registered blood eligible registry horses registered new horses registered annually originally bred western today found midwest eastern parts country including states michigan ohio pennsylvania found canada large breeding farm
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