Quarter Horse

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Alternative Name

see American Quarter horse

Basic Info

Height : 14 - 15.3 hh. Colours : Solid colours. Identifying Features : Short head, muscular neck, short coupled body, powerful hindquarters, fine legs.

Health

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Habitat

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Behavior

Use : Racing, riding, rodeos, ranch. The Quarter Horse uses it`s heavily developed hindquarters for speed.

Origin

America

History

The first truly American Horse. The principle development of the Quarter Horse was in the southwestern part of the United States in Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, eastern Colorado, and Kansas. Some breed historians have maintained that it is the oldest breed of horses in the United States and that the true beginning of the Quarter Horse was in the Carolinas and Virginia. Nye1 has suggested that the Chickasaws secured from the Indians were the true beginning of the Quarter Horse. These were small blocky horses, probably of Spanish extraction, which the planters secured from the Indians, and which were adapted for a variety of uses. The colonists were quite interested in short races, and it was only natural that they should have attempted to increase the speed of their horses; to this end some of the best early Thoroughbreds that were brought to the United States included the horse Janus, brought to the United States before the English Stud Book was established, were instrumental in the improvement of these local running horse. Later Imp. Sir Archy and other Thoroughbred stallions were used.

Common Foods

grass