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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 Caspian ! You are here: Terrific-Horses.com > Horse Breeds > Caspian Book Search: Caspian Description The rediscovery of the Caspian is credited to Mrs. Louise L. Firouz, an American traveler, who was traveling on the streets of Amol on the shores of the Caspian Sea in 1965. The Greeks were believed to have found these small horses 2,500 years earlier. There is evidence of the existence of them on the walls of the Mesolithic caves near Kermanshah, between Baghdad and Tehran. These small horses were moved from Kermanshah when the tribes of that region where driven out about 1,000 years ago to the northern edge of the Elborz Mountains, which borders the Caspian Sea. The Caspian is surely the oldest horse breed still in existence apart from the Asian Wild Horse.Today there are several Caspian studs in Britain as well as breeding as far as Australia, North and South Americas and New Zealand. The Caspian conformation improved greatly with selective breeding, higher management standards and better food. These modern Caspians are larger than their predecessors standing between 10 and 12 hh. These little horses can keep up with the larger horses in every gait except the gallop. They are also great performers in harness with a fast, long, low stride in scurry driving competitions. The Caspians are great jumpers and are very versatile. Google Ads

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