Foundation Horses Lecture Notes

Fill-in-the-blank flashcards covering key foundation sires and facts from the lecture notes.

The foundation stallion of the American Saddlebred breed was __.

Denmark

The Morgan breed traces back to the stallion __, also known as Figure.

Justin Morgan

__ 10 is regarded as the foundation sire of the Standardbred breed.

Hambletonian 10

The Tennessee Walking Horse traces its lineage to __.

Allan F1

__ #1 is recognized as the founding stallion of the Pony of the Americas.

Black Hand

The Welsh Pony stallion __ Starlight is a key foundation sire.

Dyoll

The Percheron breed’s modern bloodlines trace to the stallion __.

Jean LeBlanc

The Shire horse breed acknowledges __ Blind Horse as a principal foundation sire.

Packington

A cornerstone stallion of the Gypsy Vanner breed is __.

Sonny Mays

The Haflinger breed descends from stallion __ Folie.

249 Folie

The first registered North American Spotted Draft Horse was __ Chief.

Pecos

The first registered Quarter Horse, carrying the number P-1, was __.

Wimpy

Early Quarter Horses were often called __ after a famous stallion.

Steel Dusts

The Thoroughbred stallion __, foaled in 1746, contributed crucial genes to the colonial Quarter Horse.

Janus

The three foundation sires of the Thoroughbred are____.

Byerly turk, Darley Arabian, and Godolphin Arabian.

Nearly 90% of all modern Thoroughbreds trace back to the undefeated stallion __.

Eclipse

The letter group “ABCD” of foundation horse breeds stands for Arabian, Belgian, Clydesdale, and __.

Dutch Warmblood

Two influential Gypsy Vanner stallions were Sonny Mays and The __ Horse.

Coal