In 1954, Les
Boomhower was a Shetland pony
breeder and a lawyer with his own
practice in Mason City, Iowa. A
neighbor offered Les an
Arab/Appaloosa mare who had
accidentally been bred to a Shetland
stallion. She was due to foal that
spring. Les waited until the foal
was born before he bought the mare.
The little colt born of this union
was white with what looked like
black paint smears all over his
body.
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Origin:
United States.
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Colour:
leopard.
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Height:
46 and 56 inches at
maturity.
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Conformation:
symmetrical and
smooth head is clean cut and
slightly dished, showing mottled
skin about the nostrils and lips;
forehead is wide; sclera of eyes is
white, adding distinctiveness to
head appearance. The neck shows
quality with clean cut throat latch
and large windpipe; chest is deep
and blends into well-muscled sloping
shoulders; withers are prominent and
well-defined; forearm is well
muscled, long, wide and tapered down
to a broad knee; cannons are short,
wide and flat with wide, smooth and
strongly supported fetlocks; pastern
is medium long and sloping; hooves
are striped, rounded, deep, open and
wide at heels; back is short and
straight; loin is short and wide;
underline is long with the flank
well let down; hips are smoothly
covered, being long, sloping and
muscular; thighs are long, muscular
and deep, blending into well-rounded
quarters; gaskins are long, wide and
muscular, extending to clean,
clearly defined, wide, straight
hocks.
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Character:
obedience to all
commands and includes the ability to
stand quietly, back readily, walk,
jog, lope or stop as requested.
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| Uses:
riding. |
