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| | Crystal Gait Horses is located in the scenic Green Mountains of southeastern Vermont near the corner of Vermont, New Hampshire and Massachusetts. Our emphasis is on good quality, comfortable mountain horses, specifically trail riding horses. We have registered Rocky Mountain, Kentucky Mountain, and Mountain Pleasure horses for sale, including weanlings, yearlings, and two-year and older riding stock. Our farm has about 2,000 acres with over 25 miles of maintained, mountain trails which includes two camps; one of which has three paddocks for overnight camping so come ride with us!
About Mountain Horses: Tradition has it that around the turn of the century a young horse appeared in the Eastern Kentucky mountains that gave rise to a line of mountain horses that include Rocky Mountain horses, Kentucky Mountain horses, Mountain Pleasure horses and other "gaited" mountain horses. They have been prized and treasured in this part of the country ever since. The basic characteristics are of a medium-sized horse of gentle temperament with an easy four beat gait. This gait made it the mountain horse of choice on the farms and the rugged foothills of the Appalachians. It was a horse for all seasons. It could pull the plows in the small fields, work cattle, be ridden bareback by children to the fishing hole, or to town comfortably on Saturday as a trail horse. They even performed well hitched to the buggy Sunday morning to go to church and make easy trail horses. Fancy barns and stalls were not necessary. Because of its cold blooded nature, it tolerated the winters in Kentucky with a minimum of shelter. For these reasons, in small groups, the breed was preserved, sustained and gradually increased in this area. Naturally, out crossing with the local horses did occur but the basic characteristics of a strong genetic line have continued. These are the rocky mountain horses of Crystal Gait, a Vermont farm with top-of-the-line training facilities and quality Mountain Horses for either show or trail.  | 
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