The Spanish Mustang is a small, short-coupled, deep-bodied horse, standing 13-15 hands and weighing 700 to 900 pounds. They have a good sloping shoulder, a deep heart girth, and a narrow chest, well V'd in front. These horses have a short strong back, a short croup and strong hindquarters. The leg bones are dense and the front cannon bone make for strong legs, and explain why leg trouble is rare in Spanish Mustangs, (the front cannon bone of most horses is oval shaped rather than round.) The pasterns, though fairly long, are strong and let down for easy riding. The hooves are small, very hard and are black, white or vertically striped.

Spanish Mustangs are quick to learn and display an inborn desire to serve man. They are level-headed and seem to have the ability to take care of themselves in a tight spot. They have tremendous endurance and stamina, and exhibit natural herding instincts or cow sense. The remarkable traits of the Spanish Mustangs are their phenomenal endurance, agility, cow sense and quiet, sensible dispositions. They make outstanding endurance horses, natural cow horses and are great for children.

No other horse breed played a more important part in building America than the Spanish Mustang. Indians, mountain men, cavalry, and cowboys mounted on horses of Spanish blood continually outran and outlasted those riding larger breeds of horses.

The Spanish Mustang developed from the Spanish horses brought to America by the Conquistadors. These are different from the wild mustang horses that are found in the West today because this breed has been kept pure without the mixing of American, Dutch, and/or English breeds with the Spanish Mustang. Today the pure Spanish Mustang breed is few in numbers. Maintaining the purity of the horses in the registry has been the main concern of the Spanish Mustang Registry.

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