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 | | Fortunately, a few individuals continued to breed the classic horse and the bloodlines were preserved. |
 | | Mounted on the Spanish Andalusian horses like El Cids horse Babieca, Christian horsemen battled the Arabs of the Reconquest, and because of its well-earned reputation, Andalusia, the land of their birth, was called by Cervantes, the origin of the best horses in the world. |
 | | This same horse, along with the beloved Spanish Jennet, carried the conquistadores on their forays into the Americas, and both North and South America owe a great deal to Spain for the quality found in American breeds. |
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