Mountain Pleasure Goes Country With Billy Ray Cyrus

By Woody Isaac

For several months Ron Cyrus had been telling and showing videos of the beauty and excitement of Mountain Pleasure Horses to his son, Billy Ray. So, in early November I accompanied Ron to his son’s home in Tennessee. Naturally to back up what he had been telling and showing, we took along Comanache and a couple of his stable mates. From the moment we arrived at Billy Rays’ home, it was love at first sight for the horses. Billy’s wife Tish was first to climb aboard Sadie, owned by my wife Sheila. Sadie’s gentle disposition and easy gait was enough for Tish to remark "she would like for Sadie to be a part of their family".

Billy Ray has a beautiful 600 acre farm, which incidentally has some historical significance since the "Trail of Tears" runs through it. Although Billy Ray has some beautiful horses of his own, there was no doubt that the Mountain Pleasure Horses reign supreme this week.

When it was time to leave I was able to load all the horses. However, it took some promises to Billy Ray, Tish and their children that their new friends would be available for a return trip Tennessee or during their trips to Kentucky.

Editors Note: Billy Ray is pictured above on Comanche, owned by Woody and Sheila Isaac of Wellington, Kentucky. He is the current Champion Male Halter and Performance Stallion of the Mountain Pleasure Association. The association sincerely thanks Mr. Woody Isaac and Mr. Ron Cyrus for sharing this with us.

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Owingsville, KY
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The Mountain Pleasure Horse Blood typing research by the University Of Kentucky has shown the Mountain Pleasure Horse to be the parent stock of all the American Gaited Horse Breeds. The origin of the Rocky Mountain Horse, Kentucky Mountain Horse, the Tennessee Walker, as well as other gaited breeds have been popularized because of the gentle disposition, and easy gait founded in the Mountain Pleasure Horse. The Mountain Pleasure Horse Association is dedicated to develop, preserve and promote the Mountain Pleasure Horse, in which the natural gait breeds true. Proper breeding between Mountain Pleasure registered stallions and mares will enhance this and other desirable characteristics in successive generations. Through selective breeding, we strive to produce an animal that meets the highest standards of this gaited mountain horse breed. Horse breeders are aware of the desire to produce a horse for most occasions and all persons. To this end, no action devices, aids or harsh training methods are permitted. Successful trainers have remarked of the intelligence and ease of training this gaited horse. The Mountain Pleasure Horse naturally demonstrates a smooth, easy, consistent gait. The horse moves out with a gait in which one can count four distinct hoofbeats that produce a cadence of near equal rhythm. The speed may vary, but the four beat rhythm remains constant. Again this is the 4 gait beat and is found in the Rocky Mountain Horses also. This site and the following pages are produced to educate horse enthusiast about the Mountain Pleasure Horse and the distinct qualities they posses, their heritage and ancestry and to make them the preferred horse of the trails, horse shows and competitions of every type. We invite you to continue reading, enjoying our site and learning about the Mountain Pleasure Horse.

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