Good-natured, surefooted, and hardy, riders love the Rocky Mountain horse for many different reasons. But one of the horse’s most appealing characteristics may be their four-beat single-footed gait.

EAGLE ” Kicking off the summer this weekend at the Eagle County Fairgrounds, in grand Wild West style, is the Eagle Valley Rocky Mountain Horse Expo. This is a new addition to the Rocky Mountain Expo ...

Alex Slitz/Daily News Ribbons rest on a table during the Rocky Mountain Horse Association Kentucky Championship, Saturday at the L.D. Brown Ag Expo Center. Christy Hayden was excited about the Rocky ...