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Texas and Oklahoma
American Quarter Horse Assn is in Amarillo and Oklahoma City holds national shows for several breeds.
As for horse population numbers, Texas is number 1, California is number 2 but horse properties are super expensive, Florida is number 3, and Oklahoma is number 4. Data Paddock | The Number of Horses in the U.S. and
If you want to own/ride a couple of your own horses............
Where is your ideal best place to own a horse or two and ride?
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That's about as vague of a question as one can get. Any rural, and many suburban, towns will have property and areas to ride horses. Tell us what you want in a bit more detail. Riding on the beach is your dream? in the mountains? Across the desert? Riding inside an arena? Do you want to buy hay year round, grow your own, have sufficient pasture? Cold is good/bad. Heat and humidity is good/bad? Snow is good/bad? Trees are good/bad? Million dollar budget good/bad? Must live in the Southeast, Southwest, NW, NE, etc. Give us some details if you want a good answer.
What town allows you to keep so much as one horse? High among the greatest things the auto age accomplished was to eliminate many thousands of horses from the city streets along with the crap and urine that came with them.
What town allows you to keep so much as one horse? High among the greatest things the auto age accomplished was to eliminate many thousands of horses from the city streets along with the crap and urine that came with them.
Lots of property in and around Portland, OR and it's suburbs allow horses. Budget would be an issue though. Oklahoma City does too. Both cities have many miles within the city boarders that are not part of the core downtowns.
Lots of property in and around Portland, OR and it's suburbs allow horses. Budget would be an issue though. Oklahoma City does too. Both cities have many miles within the city boarders that are not part of the core downtowns.
Oklahoma City has pari-mutuel horse racing, if that's a plus with a casino nearby.
It’s pretty normal for see homes with a horse or two
It would be hard to do that in much of my town as the city law goes:
Sec. 6-2. - Prohibited in certain areas.
(a)It is unlawful for any person to allow or permit any fowl, including, but not limited to, chickens, turkeys, pigeons, ducks and geese, or any domestic livestock, including, but not limited to, horses, mules, donkeys, cows, sheep and goats, within one 150 feet of any dwelling, house trailer, mobile home, manufactured home, hotel, motel, grocery store, supermarket, or food service establishment, except in a duly established Agricultural District wherein such distance limitation shall be 50 feet.
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