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American Quarter Horse Association founded in Fort Worth, Texas. A horse called Wimpy is registered as AQHA#1, the world’s first registered Quarterhorse.
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Beginning in 1945 and ending in 1948, 92,000 English ponies and horses are slaughtered.
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The Neapolitan horse becomes extinct.
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The Spanish Mustang Registry is created. Strict physical and color guidelines are followed.
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The American Paint Horse Association is founded for those Quarterhorses that have too much white
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The Chinese open a second-century tomb and find a bronze statue that becomes famous as the “flying horse.”
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The National Spotted Saddle Horse Association is founded. Spanish Mustangs and Tennessee Walkers make up the foundation of the breed. Tobianos, overos, sabinos, and toveros are accepted.
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Secretariat of Calumet Farms wins the Triple Crown. He is recognized as one of the greatest racehorses of all time.
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The Kentucky Horse Park opens in Lexington, Kentucky, as a tribute to the horse.
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The American Humane Association is allowed to monitor Hollywood movies again, according to a contract with the Screen Actors Guild.
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The Waler Horse Society of Australia is formed to save Australia’s few remaining Walers, the national horse of Australia.
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The American Standardbred Adoption Program, Inc., is formed to save retired racehorses
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The U.S. government passes laws to protect the Shackleford Banks ponies in North Carolina.
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December 13 is declared the national day of the horse
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Legislation is passed that condemns American wild horses to the slaughterhouse if they are not adopted within a certain time period.
