They were known as the Los Kineños. Expert Mexican cowboys teamed up with (steamboat) Captain Richard King to tame the mustangs of the Wild Horse Desert in the 1850s. The Kineños (the King people) herded the wild horses to King’s ranch, widely regarded as the historical birthplace of the finest Quarter Horses in America.

The city of Lexington, Ky., has long been considered the center of Thoroughbred breeding in the United States. Ironically, a racehorse named Lexington was equally pivotal in developing the modern American Thoroughbred, so much so that he could be considered just as influential as the city itself.

Not bad for a stallion that was blind!