The Canadian Pacer still exists, unlike the comparible Narragansett Pacer, however the breed is small in numbers. In the Canadian Provinces, French mares were crossed with Dutch and English stock. The bloodlines of the Canadian Pacer are not exactly known, but are thought to be decended from the Norman French Horse and a strain of pacers (possible Narragansett or an English pacer, crossed in the 1820s. The Canadian Horse was extremely hardy and possessed much endurance, but did not have the natural pace in their gaits, so it was necessary to import the Narragansett to breed it in. The Narragansett Pacer is a relatively unknown breed, although it was once quite famous. ... The Narragansett Pacer is a relatively unknown breed, although it was once quite famous. ... Although relatively unknown, the Canadian Horse has influenced many other North American breeds, including the Morgan, American Saddlebred, and Standardbred. ... The Narragansett Pacer is a relatively unknown breed, although it was once quite famous. ...

The resulting Canadian Pacer was small, although larger than the Narragansett. They were described as having heads too large for their fine, lean body, and had small eyes. The Canadian Pacer influenced the Tennessee Walker, the American Saddlebred and the Standardbred. The most noteable Canadian Pacer sire was the blue roan Tom Hal, who was foaled in Canada in 1806 and then taken to Kentucky. He had a heavy influence on the above three breeds. Another influential sire was Old Pacer Pilot, foaled in 1826, who was important in the lineages of many gaited horses. The Narragansett Pacer is a relatively unknown breed, although it was once quite famous. ... The Tennessee Walker, otherwise known as the Tennessee Walking Horse, Plantation Horse, and other variations upon these themes, is a singularly tractable and comfortable riding horse. ... The American saddlebred is a breed of horse that was developed in Kentucky by plantation owners. ... Standardbred harness racing horses are so called because in the early years of the Trotting Registry, the standardbred stud book established in the United States in 1879 by the National Association of Trotting Horse Breeders, only horses who could race a mile in a standard time or better, or whose...