Horse breeds and other info

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