Performance Horses
Introduction by Joy Poole OAM
The Australian Stock Horse is a performance horse. Even though we have classes for led horses, it is only to confirm that the type being bred are suitable for performance. The Australian Stock Horse Society is built on the back of champion performance horses, as can be seen by our most influential sires and dams in this publication.
The performance horses that have been highlighted in this booklet are in no way suggested as being the top performer in their discipline, but they are all horses that performed at an incredibly high standard.
‘ The breed for every need’ is a cliché that is often used, and cements the notion that wherever horses are performing and whatever they are performing in, most likely there amongst them will be an Australian Stock Horse.
If you think your horse should be here also, you are probably right. The Australian Stock Horse has produced some incredible equine athletes, and to detail all their wonderful performances would require volumes. Maybe someone will undertake that task in the future.
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