Fast Paced Trail Ride on a Nokota in Custer State Park!
Have you heard of this rare American breed? In this episode join me for a fast paced trail ride in Custer State Park on an endurance horse named Lignite!
Official Breed Representative:
Name: Lignite
Breed Origin: USA
Gender: Gelding
Color: Bay Roan
Registry: Nokota Horse Conservancy
Owned By: Schneider Farm
Filmed at: Custer State Park, South Dakota & Rocky Mountain Horse Expo, Denver Colorado.
Watch the Breed Video:
Did You Know?
Horses were accidentally fenced into the Theodore Roosevelt National Park in the early 1950’s.
For at least a century horses lived wild in the rugged area of the Little Missouri Badlands.
In the 1980's two brothers, Frank and Leo Kuntz started buying horses from the National Park Service round ups in order to save the horses from slaughter.
Blue roan is the hallmark color of the breed, but they also come in a wide variety of other colors and patterns.
There are less than 1,000 Nokota horses worldwide.
The Nokota was also featured in my rare horse breed article on Horse Rookie.
