The origin of the Azteca Horse is the result of three different horse bloodlines: the American Quarter Horse, Criollo Horse, and Iberian Horse. The reason behind the breeding of multiple bloodlines was to incorporate all the abilities of these horses into one horse. It inherited the strengths, speed, and agility of all these different horses. The Azteca must go through two different inspections in their lives to obtain registration; the first inspection is at seven months to obtain a birth certificate and the second inspection is at the age of three to obtain their registration of breed certificate.
Since Azteca Horse is the result of selective cross-breeding, they were expected to obtain the key characteristics of the other breeds, particularly those that made them good at all the different types of sports. The different characteristics include speed, strength, agility, spirit, along with so many others. The different sporting events vary as well. They make great horses in the Mexican Rodeo.
Since the Azteca Horse was developed in Mexico, today the horse is considered the national symbol of Mexico.
After the Azteca Horses have gone through the proper procedures and are officially registered, the letters A, B, C, D, E, and F are attached to the horse to differentiate the proportions of the mixture of breeds; this is done for breed evaluation purposes. The International Azteca Horse Association was formed in 1992; their main objective was to oversee the Azteca Horse. Later Associations in the United States and Canada teamed up with Mexico with the similar task, today over 1000 horses are registered with the International Azteca Horse Association.
The Azteca Horse was the test phase of a breeding program that was more than 20 years old at the time, it was known as the Level A Azteca.
In January of 2007 in San Diego, California, there was a case of a horse that had contracted the West Nile Virus. It was the third horse to contract the disease. Fortunate for the horse, it was expected to recover.
It is recommended that the Aztec Horse not be ridden until it reaches a certain age, preferably five years old. Yet, other experts suggest that the horse can be ridden at age three. The reason for this general postponement is because the Azteca doesn't start to fill out until about the age of four due to their slower than average maturity rate. The hooves of the Azteca also are a part of them that grows at a slow rate, because it is so strong, somewhat like iron. It requires the time to build up to its full potential.
Neither the first nor the second generation of Aztecas was pure; the first generation was half Quarter Horse and half Andalusian, the second generation three-fourths Andalusian and one-fourth Quarter Horse. It wasn't until the third generation of Aztecas, which were a purebred breed.
The Aztecas are a social breed, having more of an interest in people than other horses, so therefore they have a tendency to develop a strong bond with their owners.
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