habituate : American Cream and Whites are used in many different disciplines , including westerly , Holman Hunt seat , dressage and track . Photo courtesy American White American Creme Horse Registry
History : The chronicle of the American White and Cream horses start in 1908 , with the birthing of a livid colt that would finally add up to be known as Old King . Possessing a everlasting white coating , pink peel and dark-brown eye , the new horse captured the attention of crony Caleb R. and Hudson B. Thompson of West Point , Nebraska , who buy the stallion in 1917 with the intent of creating a special stock of white horse . The Thompson brothers bred several dark - colored Morgan and mixed Morgan mares to Old King . one-half of the foals born to these maria were pure ashen , just like their sire . Years later , when Hudson left the partnership , Caleb and his novel married woman Ruth continued multiply these horse and dubbed their new stock “ the American Albino Horse . ” make something call the White Horse Troupe , the Thompsons began traveling around the United States and Canada with a group of blank horses . Trained to perform a variety of carnival - types acts , the Equus caballus wow spectators with their oculus - view colour and unbelievable talent for unusual feats , including Roman riding , hurdle jumping with a standing passenger , jump over cars and even high schooling dressage . The Thompsons also bring in notoriety for their snowy breed by sharing the phase with famous person like Gene Autry and Minnie Pearl . One particular white Equus caballus pull ahead fame by being purchased by a prince from India . Another became well know by being ridden by Admiral Haley in a World War II Victory Parade in New York City . And one horse run on to become an animate being doer , starring in the celluloid “ Thunderhead . ” A few years earlier , the Thompsons had part the American Albino Horse Club to serve as a registry for Old King ’s progeny . In fourth dimension , the registry was opened to all honest ashen horse with pink skin and brown , black , hazel or patrician centre , disregardless of breed or bloodlines . In the 1980s , horses with light pick gloss and pink skin , known as American Creams , were added to the registry . Over the years , the register has changed names and moved from Nebraska to Oregon and back to Nebraska again . Today , the prescribed registry for blanched and cream sawbuck is the American White & American Cream Horse Registry , and is unresolved to horse of all eccentric and birth , including draft stock and ponies , as long as they encounter the registry ’s gloss requirements .
configuration : Horses register as American Whites and American Creams exhibit a miscellany of types , since the color is seen in a few unlike breeds , admit the Tennessee Walking Horse , Thoroughbred , Missouri Fox Trotter and Arabian . American Whites and Cremes with Tennessee Walking Horse and Missouri Fox Trotter breeding display a four - musical rhythm gait .
Special Considerations / Notes : The pink skin of American White and Cream Horses is prostrate to sunburn , specially on the nose . This field should be protected with sun blocker or a fly front masque that blocks UV rays .
