- American Performance Horse -

The American Performance Horse is a horse that is a Warmblood, but isn't called one. It does not contain the same genes as the embryonic American Warmblood. This horse came out of an unusual project begun in 1981 with the objective of producing athletic riding horses with generous proportions of champion Thoroughbred racing blood. They were crossed commonly with the resulting stock of draft horses, normally Percherons because of their quality, activeness, and temperaments. The idea was a good one, and sound, and some excellent and very attractive horses have since been produced. Practically and theoretically, the American Performance Horse will easily be able to rival the American Warmblood. In any event, because of the rule that only high-class Thoroughbreds should be used in breeding, the progeny should be of very high quality, providing similar care is taken in the selection of the heavy horse component  in relation to conformation, action, constitution, and temperament.

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