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User Login Email: Password:    » Forgot Password?  » New Member Sign Up Visitors Online: Today's Visits: Yesterday's Visits: Horses Menu Home Horses For Sale Welcome to American Cream Draft ! You are here: Terrific-Horses.com > Horse Breeds > American Cream Draft Book Search: American Cream Draft Description The American Cream Draft originates in America with the first known American Cream being 'Old Granny' who appeared at a farm sale in Story County, Iowa, in 1911. Her bloodlines consisted of nothing but draft breeding and her foaling date was somewhere between 1900 and 1905. A gentleman by the name of Nelson Bros. of Jewel, Iowa was persuaded by a veterinarian, Eric Christian to create a new breed from this beautiful horse. This breed would have the cream color, white mane and tail, pink skin and amber colored eyes. Belgians, Percherons, Greys, Dunns, and Sorrels were all bred with American Cream Draft and frequently this cream colored type of horse was created. There were 200 American Cream Drafts registered by the 1950’s, but as mechanical equipment took over many of these draft horses met their deaths at the canneries. By 1982 there was a committee organized in Dubuque, Iowa to reorganize the registration of these horses and permitted the registration of dark skinned females retaining the coloration but all the males still had to have the pink skin in addition to previous requirements. The American Cream Draft was compared with other draft breeds and put through blood typing tests based on the gene marker data. The data concludes that the American Cream Draft forms a distinctive group within the draft horses. This breed was then placed on the endangered species list. There have been 114 American Cream Drafts registered since 1982. The American Cream Draft horse is a medium-heavy draft type that is easily trained with a good disposition and willing to work. They can be used for harnessing, hitching, and driving. Google Ads

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