Abaco Barb Horse, a distinct strain of Spanish horses that is now extinct

Known as the « Spanish Colonial Abaco Barb, » the breed was once thought to be a herd of wild horses that roamed the pine forests of the Abaco Islands in the Bahamas.

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After being abandoned by a former logging company in the late 1800s from Cuba, the Abaco horse, left to fend for itself, returned to its wild state.

In August 2002, their identity was confirmed by three separate DNA analyses, photos, and video recordings, which established that the breed was a distinct strain from the Berber and Spanish horses brought over during the Conquistador explorations, and that it was a special and very pure bloodline. 

Dave Ralph, a local historian, recounts a conversation he had with the late Leonard Thompson, who claimed to have seen horses used by logging companies on the Abaco Island in the early 20th century, released from a camp and set free in the late 1920s.

The question then becomes, where did the logging companies leave the horses? Had they been on the Abaco Islands since the 1500s? Or were they brought in the 1900s from a place like Cuba, a Spanish colony that had similar horse breeds?

Abaco Barb Horse

A distinct strain of Spanish horses that is now extinct

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Bahamas

The land of the exceptional Abaco horse, now extinct

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Abaco Island

Bahamas islands linked to the origins of the Abaco Horse

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