Mike Jackson’s Hartland Photos:
Black Pinto Horses

Text & Photographs Copyright Mike Jackson 1998-2009


Black Pinto Western Horses were produced in several molds over the years. I have never seen a regular Walking horse or Full Rearing painted in the black pinto scheme.
Black and White Pinto with red tack:
Both the black and the brown pintos are hard to find compared to most of the rest of the Champ horses. This horse would probably had a red Champ saddle and more than likely had a Red and White Cowboy or Cowgirl rider.
Chubby Pinto without molded bridle:
From all I can tell, this is the most common of the Chief Thunderbird horses but quite a few of the ones like it with the molded bridle show up, too. There seems to be a little variation in the Pinto markings over the years.
Chubby Pinto with molded bridle:
This would be Chief Thunderbird’s later horse as long as he didn’t have the Warpaint chest. You can’t really see the molded bridle but it is there. Notice how the tail is lower on the rump and the mane is smoother on this mold.
Semi-Rearing Pinto with mane up and full tail:
This is the horse associated with the Warpaint Chief Thunderbird set. The full wavy tail version is the most common with a small percentage having the thinner tail. I don’t recall ever seeing any of them with black hooves and none of mine have them. The light blue decorations are on the right side and red accents are on the left side of the horse.
Semi-Rearing Pinto with mane up and slender tail:
The Warpaint Chief Thunderbird shipped with this horse at times in the later years with the tail being the only real difference. I have seen an Alden’s Christmas Catalog with a Warpaint horse like this and a bag of candy taped across his back. That could explain the occurance of more of the horses around than the figure. I can not tell in the photo whether it is the full wavy tail or the more slender one from the photo.
Semi-Rearing Pinto with full wavy tail:
This horse is fairly common and used with Cochise, however there is a chance people have mixed it up with the Bill Longley horse over the years. The Cochise set and his horse were introduced long before the slender tailed version shown below.
Semi Rearing Pinto with slender tail:
Being the later style mold, this is probably the exclusive horse of Bill Longley. Over the years, this horse and Cochise’s horse have probably been mixed up enough that no one really cares, but there is a difference. They are quite a bit less common than the full wavy tail Cochise horse which supports the theory.
Semi-Rearing Mane Down:
This is a farily common horse sold by Hartland as one of their Remuda grouping in the later years. I don’t believe it ever had a rider even though a few people try to combine one of the Chief Thunderbird sets with him.
If you have, or know of any other Black and White Pinto horses, please let me know!