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2 unusual facts about Pinto horse


Jimmy Hawkins

In the series, Hawkins rode a Pinto pony called Pixie and often used the childhood expression "Holy Toledo".

Tonto

When the 1938 Republic movie serial The Lone Ranger was being filmed, it was thought that having two white horses would be confusing, so the producers made "White Feller" a Pinto horse, presumably on the theory that, being partly white, a pinto could still be named "White Feller." The radio series, noting that the pinto in the film had gone over well with audiences, decided that Tonto's mount would henceforth be a pinto.


Cuban Criollo horse

After the triumph of the revolution in 1959 a herd of pinto mares was gathered in the area of Manicaragua, in the Cuban province of Santa Clara, for their genetic improvement.


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