Horse Pictures

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Amazing Horses: Sadie the barn dog licks Paige, a young paint horse at Beaver Creek Ranch in Pittsburg, Kansas. Sometimes it is difficult to tell if horses are more pets or just "farm animals". In this gallery, you will see that horses are all of that and more.

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From the southwest meet Patches, an Overo American Paint Horse.

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An American Quarter Horse: another favorite traditional American horse.

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Dwarf Horses: Thumbelina, billed as the Worlds Smallest Horse by the Guinness Book of World Records, enters the show ring with owner Michael Goessling at the Big Apple Circus in New York City. Born at a farm for miniature horses, Thumbelina, who weighs just 58 pounds and stands at 17.5 inches tall, is officially described as a dwarf horse.

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A miniature filly.

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Radar, a Belgian draft horse and reigning Guinness World Record holder as the "Tallest Living Horse," at 19 hands 3.5 inches (6ft 6in), and Thumbelina, a miniature sorrel brown mare and the world's "Smallest Living Horse," 17.5 inches, are united for the first time in the Guinness World Records.

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An Appaloosa Horse in the pasture. Appaloosa's were first bred in the Inland northwest of America by the Nez Perce Indians. The famous explorers, Lewis and Clark, were the first Americans to encounter them.

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Spanish Mustang Foal and mother walking along in a meadow. Spanish mustangs were first introduced during the conquest of the America's by Spain. They are thought to be extinct in Spain, but some still roam free on the plains of the U.S.

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Palomino mustang mare grazing at sunset. The Palomino color in this horse originated from Spain.

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The Pinto Horse is a general all-purpose riding horse and has a very ancient lineage back to early England. It was once a popular with buffalo hunters on the Great American Plains.

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