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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 Pinto ! You are here: Terrific-Horses.com > Horse Breeds > Pinto Book Search: Pinto Description The Pinto originated from the Spanish and came to America in the 16th century. The Pinto has also been called “paint” in the United States and Pinto comes from the Spanish word pintado, which means painted. The Pinto is a horse of two colors. The Pinto Horse Association and the American Paint Horse Association registers these horses and ponies through certain criteria. In the 19th century the Crow and Sioux Indians prized the Pintos for their toughness and color. The Pinto horse stands on average between 15 to 16 hh and the Pinto ponies up to 15 hh. There are two different coat patterns for the Pinto. The Tobiano coat pattern for the Pinto is a white coat with big patches of a solid color. The Overo coat pattern for the Pinto is a colored coat with splatters of white, but the white is usually not across the back. The Pintos of today are well made, but are usually of no fixed type. Google Ads

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