The American Azteca Horse

The Azteca is a crossbred horse with proven Andalusian/Lusitano and Quarter Horse (AQHA registered) and Criollo bloodlines which conforms to the phenotype standards established by the International Azteca Horse Association (IAzHA) Registry. Only horses that have been inspected by an Inspector authorized by IAzHA and the Mexican Registry and have obtained at least their birth certificate can legally be called “AZTECA”. The horse must be inspected twice for conformation, character, movement and disposition: at seven months, to obtain a birth certificate and at three years, to secure a registration certificate as breeding stock. Letters A,B,C,D,E, and F are attached to the progeny which identify the proportion of the three foundation breeds (e.g., “D” is half Andalusian and half Q.H. and “A” is 5/8 of either Andalusian or Q.H.). The letters are only for breeding purposes in order to guarantee that no contributing breed will figure too prominently in the offspring (no more than 3/4). The letters are NOT an indicator of quality or an indicator of purity or an indicator of the number of generations of cross-breeding. The sole legitimate indicator of quality in the AZTECA Horse is the score the horse receives at the time of its inspection.

The main characteristics of an AZTECA are:

HEIGHT (at three years of age)
- males 1.52 to 1.65m (15.0 to 16.1 hh)
- females 1.50 to 1.62m (14.3 to 16.0hh)