No, the abaco barb is rather a rare and endangered strain of the barb.
The weight of an Abaco Barb Horse is dependent upon a number of factors. Some of those factors include age and size.
Abaco Barb Horses eat about anything that is avalible for them. They normally won't eat anything poisonous since it could kill. If they are in captivity, they will eat whatever we give them. Okay... an Abaco Barb is a horse, right? So it will eat the same as any other horse. All horse breeds eat the same things... grass, grain, plants, shrubs, hay etc.
The Abaco horses, living on the Great Abaco Island in the Bahamas, are descendents of the Spanish Barb horses, which were brought to the 'New World' at the time of Columbus.
Abaco Barb: 14 horses left of this breed.
A Barb Arab is a breed of horse.
1,000 pounds
That would be the Abaco barb which has less than 10 individuals left in the breed.
A list of horse breeds would include the abaco barb, the American cream draft, the American quarter horse, and the American paint horse. Also on the list you would find the Arabian, the Russian Budenny, the camargue, and the Caspian. Additional horse breeds are the Cleveland bay, the Clydesdale, the American saddlebred, the Morgan, and the Tennessee walking horse.
I did a project on Abaco Barbs one time for school. The Abaco Barb wild horses are decended from some of the Spanish Barbs that were first brought over when Columbus came to America. For more information, please visit... http://kbrhorse.net/wclo/abaco.html
ive been told that a Mongolian horse is heard to be endangeredSadly there is quite a few at least that i know of. the American cream draft, eriskay pony, abaco barb (the most endangered horse in the world about 10 are left), sorraia, Cleveland bay, gotland pony. Well that's what i know but i think there is more. Possiably the hackney but im not sure.
Some of the rarest horse breeds in the US include the Abaco Barb, Akhal-Teke, American Cream Draft, Florida Cracker Horse, and Bashkir Curly. These breeds have small populations and specific characteristics that make them unique and valuable.