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American quarter Horse
Short, broad head
Large jaw and small ears
Extreme muscling
Most popular breed in the U.S.
American saddlebred
Long arched neck with high heads
Level topline and high tail set
Appaloosa
Blankets and leopard spots
White sclera of eye
Striped hooves
Mottled skin on muzzle and genitalia
Arabian
Dished concave head
High head long arched neck
Short back level topline high tail
Morgan
Long, sloping shoulder
High upright head
Level topline, short back
Dark liver and black chestnut
Standardbred
Resemble shorter, heavier boned thoroughbreds
No clear breed type since based on speed
Tennessee walking horse
Natural overstride
Ability to run walk
Rugged heavier version of saddlebred
Sickle hocks are not uncommon
Thoroughbred
Long body, deep chested
Somewhat leggy
Paint and pinto
Two basic color patterns overo and tobiano
Pattern doesn’t breed true
Palomino
Pale blonde color
Docile
Muscular and rugged
Agile and quick
Cow sense
Pros of American quarter horse
Can be short strided
Show standards have led to issues in conformation
Cons of American quarter horse
Stock horses
short distance racing
Pleasure riding
Uses of American quarter horses
Sloping shoulders and short backs
Excellents gaits
Pros of saddlebreds
Can be fine boned
Cons of saddlebred
Showing under saddle
3-5 gaits depending on discipline
Good harness show horses
pleasure riding
Uses for saddlebreds
Endurance and agility
Rugged and adaptable to rough terrain
Sound feet
Pros of appaloosas
Color pattern doesn’t breed true
Can be stubborn
Rat tailed
Cons of appaloosa
Stock horse
Pleasure riding
Showing
Racing
Uses of appaloosa
Small size
CID (no immune system)
Cons of Arabians
Appealing heads and long necks
Strong backs
Amazing endurance
Pros of arabians
Pleasure riding
Showing
Endurance and competitive trail riding
Uses of arabians
vertebrate
Arabians commonly have one less what…
Docile
Rugged with good agility and endurance
Pros of morgan
Small size
Show standards moving to saddlebred type
Cons of morgans
Showing
Pleasure riding
Endurance and competitive trail riding
Uses of Morgans
sound feet and legs
Race under harness at trot or pace
Calmer than thoroughbreds
Pros of standardbred
Plain heads and necks
Pacers do not make athletic racing horses
Cons of standardbred
Harness racing
Amish buggy horse
Uses of standardbred
Fast moving
comfortable gaits
Good disposition
Pros of Tennessee walking horse
Can be coarse headed
Soring controversy
Cons of tennessee walking horse
Pleasure riding
Showing at walk, running walk, and canter
Field trials
Uses of Tennessee walking horse
Deep heart girth
Heart (desire to win)
Speed and athletic ability
Pros of thoroughbred
Nervous and high-strung
can be light boned
Cons of thoroughbred
Racing
hunter jumpers
polo
Uses of thoroughbred
Overo
Color pattern where white does not cross the back
Tobiano
Color pattern where white crosses the back between the withers and tail head
Purebred quarter horses
Most paints and pintos are…
The American Paint Association
Which association only registers paints that are quarter horses and thoroughbreds with the accepted color
The Pinto association
Which association registers all breeds and types as long as they have the correct coat color
Double registered
Purebred horses of the some breed that are also registered as palominos
Trot
2 beat lateral gait
Diagonal legs work together
Jog
Western equivalent of a trot
Canter
3 beat gait with lead leg
2 diagonal pair
2 offset
Lope
Western equivalent of a canter
Walk
4 beat gait
no legs are paired
Cribbing
Process in which horses will bite something and suck air in; causes cribbing
Clay based and slicker
Western footing is…
Crushed concrete and sand, cushion for jumping
English footing is…
Greg Williams
Started the NCAA
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