Chilean Corralero basic information

The Chilean horse is a small horse that varies between 13.1 and 14.2 hands that has an average weight of around 1,000 pounds. It has one of the thickest manes, tails and forelocks in the world and the “huasos” pride showcasing these traits along with its semi-convex facial profile every time they take a “corralero” (this is a term that describes the function of a horse that competes in the Chilean Rodeo-much like saying a horse is a “cutter” or a “reiner”) to the half moon arena. The breed is known to be between 2”- 4” longer than it is tall, with good but not exaggerated muscle definition, very strong loins, small, oval and hard hooves and short cannon bones of excellent bone integrity even when on the most meager of diets.

The Chilean horse has tough skin covered by a very thick hair coat that comes in all colors except a true white (Ww genealogy) or the off white brought about by a double dose of a diluting gene (CcrCcr) found in the cremellos or perlinos and smoky creams. Nevertheless, dark colors, true duns and grullas are preferred and less than 0.5% incidence of overos make up the Chilean Horse inventory.