Missouri Foxtrotter Pony


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The Heart of the Ozarks
Buffalo, Missouri

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You may be wondering what a Missouri Foxtrotting Pony is.

The MFTPR began registering ponies in June 2004. The complete rules/policies are not listed here, just an overview, so please educate yourself before considering any pony, registered or not, that is advertised as a MFT Pony.
 
In general, any pony from a newborn foal to the 5th year may be registered with temporary papers as a MFT Pony if at least one parent is a registered MFT horse.
Remember, this is just an overview and there are more conbinations accepted but please visit the MFTHBA website for all the rules/policies.
 

By age 5 the pony must meet the rest of the requirements to be permanently registered in the MFTPR.  They must be 44 inches to 14 hands at age 5 and that height must be verified.  A video tape of the pony foxtrotting must also be included but may be done anytime from age 2 to 5 yrs old and be inspected.  If they cannot meet all of the requirements, they are no longer registered since their initial registration papers are only good until age 5.  A MFT horse that meets all of the guidelines (including a video to prove gait) may also be double registered as a MFT Pony.
 
There are no restrictions noted as to color or markings.  There are no preferences as to the pony breed used or even whether the pony is registered or a grade pony.  The results will speak for themselves as far as producing the foxtrot, the correct conformation, the height and temperament.  I'll go into more detail regarding our breeding strategy in the next pages.
 
 

The MFTHBA website has the complete rules and registry information for the MFTPR.  Please see our links page for more information.

Harmonee's Lil Perfection
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Visit all of the pages here to get a better picture of what we are breeding and what we are producing.  You can click on any of the photo's to view full size in another window that you can close to resume reading.  I have lots more photo's so don't be shy about asking for more information and photo's. 

If you have found your way to our web site, you may be interested in the MFT Pony.  This is a new breed registry under the Missouri Foxtrotting Horse Breed Association.   There are certainly ponies that can foxtrot and ponies that are otherwised smooth gaited, but this registry was created to record and promote these ponies as well as set standards for breeders to follow as they develop this new breed of foxtrotting ponies.   As breeders, our goals are ponies that will meet the criteria set by the registry for full, permanent registration papers. 
 

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Follow our progress as our MFT ponies are foaled from our our own breeding program to those first years of training and showing and on to the next generations of ponies and you might even find the right gaited pony for you too.