The Hirstory of this breed is known as of 1898. One
day, a boy named Peter Damele and his father we out
riding when they discovered three very strange wild
horses. This took place in Nevada, near a town named
Austin. Father and son were both suprised, becuased
they had never seen a horse with a curly coat before
and had no idea where they came from. They never
found out, but they were able to catch the horses. By
doing so, they formed the basis of what would later
would me an indepented breed: the American Bashkir
Curly.
In 1971, a breed register was founded toprotect this
breed from extinction. Owners of the Bashkir Curly
were asked to register all of their horses'
characteristics and, in doing so, they ultimately came
to decide what the horse's characteristic traits were.
A funny characteristic is that there horses lose their
manes and tails in the summer and grow them back
during the winter! This must be a handy trick of nature
becuase without it, after a couple of years, their curls
would turn into one big mess. The horses' winter
coat is curled, but during the summer it can became
perfectly smoothe. The winter coat can have light
waves or strong curls, like a perm. Half of all foals get
this curly coat, even if the Baskir Curly is crossbred
with a horse of a deffrent breed.
There are diffrent theories on the origin of the
Bashkir Curly. After all, the three Bashkir Curlys that
Peter Damele discovered did not fall out of the sky.
Some people believe that the horse is a descendent
of the Russian Baskir Curly, but there is no proof that
ponies were shipped from Russia to the United
States. Another theory is that the Vikings or Celts,
may have brought the horses, but there are no signs
that there were horses in America after the Ice Age
and before the Spaniards brought their horses to the
continent. There are even more theories, but
they have all been rejected. Blood samples of the
hroses were taken to see it they belong to another
breed, but these results were also inconclusive. Most
likey, other breeds were involved, in practicular the
Quater horse and the Morgan.
