Quarter Mile horses

In 1985, Frigorífico Modelo S.A. started cross-breeding Quarter Mile horses.

This was a result of the visit by the Inspectors of the Quarter Mile Society to the Estancia "Caraguatá" to brand 30 mares to start a pedigree race. These mares belonged to a herd of light-weight draught horses used to provide the horses pulling the ice and milk carts in Montevideo in previous decades.

The first stallion purchased at the 1985 Prado Show was called "DOUBLE MOHICANO STARLET". He was a controlled, muscular and very intelligent horse.

"MOHICANO" still lives and his name is to be found in the family trees of all the Company's Quarter Mile horses.

Cross-breeding has boomed. To date over 600 colts and fillies have been registered and a similar number are used for restocking estancias.

In 2006 we achieved national pedigree status and we already have 15 mares and 6 geldings in this category. By 2007 we had 2 herds with 20 mares each. Our stallions are "RIVAL DOC" and "SANCHO".

The horses of the Frigorífico Modelo S.A., still have the magnificent bodies they inherited from the famous light-weight draught mares, but with the strength, the dexterity, the intelligence and docility of the Quarter Mile horse.