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The Australian Stock Horse is a large, yet lightboned and fluid animal. It looks much like a thoroughbred, and has a pretty face with large eyes and possibly a slightly dished profile. ASHs stand roughly 15 to 17 hands tall, and come in all solid colors, including bay, black, chestnut, crème dilutes, roan and silver bay (taffy). Sabino markings are acceptable.
ASH bloodlines stem from a mix of local Australian blood and an influx of Thoroughbred, Arabian, Quarter, and pony blood. The crossbreeding improved local blood by introducing size, hardiness, agility and endurance. Stock horses are competitive in many arenas, including cow work, jumping, pleasure and Outback excursions.
In naming an Australian Stock Horse, limit characters to 30 spaces, including prefixes and spacing between words. All horses exported to US as breeding animals should be given one extra year to adjust to the northern hemisphere breeding season. Open years are indicated in the descriptions.