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Horse Breeds
Question | Answer |
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Light Horses | hot blooded |
Draft horses | cold blooded |
Andalusian | ancient spanish breed, originated in Andalusia, abundant main/tail, large crested neck, strong chest with fine hindquarters, white or gray with bays |
Hackney | originated in US mid 1700s, stud book founded in 1823, high stepping gait, errect head carriage, ultimate carriage horse until late 1800s, colors - bay, brown, black, and chestnut, small head/ears/muzzle, long neck, compact body, large strong joints |
Morgan | all traced back to 'figure' born in mass. 1789, "all around horse", foundation for many breeds, colors - chestnut, bay, brown, black, height 14.2 to 15.2 hands, deep body, pretty head, straight clean legs, known for long strong neck |
Palomino | "Golden Horse", can come from any breed, 14-17 hands for registration with PHBA (stock and Sattlebred types), palomino color classified by shades either lighter or darker than US 14k gold coin |
Pinto | dark brown with white patches, pinto derived from spanish word pintado for painting, all breeds except drafts and appaloosas can be registered as pinto, color divisions - piebald-base (black), skewbald-base (anything other than black) |
Pinto type divisions | saddle type, stock type, hunter type, racing type |
Pony of the Americas | aka P.O.A. breed started in 1954; identified by appaloosa color, refined arab like head, substantial hind quarters, ample legs. Have white sclera, mottled skin, striped hooves, 46-56 inches |
paint | breeding stock comes from APHA/AQHA/Jockey Club registries only, stock type horses, white with any other color, strong boned, well muscled body, refined head, two color patterns - Tabiano, Overo |
Quarter Horse | from Virgina, name comes from speed in 1/4 mile races, short, stocky, heavily muscled, seldom exceeds 15 hands, short well developed necks, back and loin short and heavily muscled, Cowboy work, all colors, limitations on amt white |
Standardbred | New England, fastest harness racing horses, trot or pace gait - different gaits raced separately, smaller than thouroughbred type and have longer body, 15.2 hands on avg, bay/brown/black, originally registered by ability to trot 1 mile |
Tennessee Walking Horse | developed in middle basin of tenn, breed registry formed 1935 w/'Allen' as foundation stallion, known for "running walk","flat foot walk","rocking chair gait", long/full main/tail, long graceful neck lg refined head, sloping shoulders, sturdy legs |
Thouroughbred | 3 stallions founded breed:Darley Arabian,Godolphin Arabian,Byerly Turk, famous for racing ability, selectively bred, Jockey club keeps records on pedigree's |
Saddlebred | gaited breed |
Warmblood | crossed hot and cold blooded horses |
arabian | oldest purebred breed |
appaloosa | cultivated by Native Amer., colored coat pattern |
Shetland Pony | shaggy |
Welsh Pony | from Wales, hardy and adaptable ponies, |
Belgian | draft breed from belgium, exceed 16 hands, |
Clydesdale | Draft horse of scotland |
Percheron | origin unknown, |
colors with black points | black, brown, bay, buckskin |
horses with red to cream points | chestnut, sorrel, dun, palomino |
horses with white added in some pattern | roan, grey, paints and pintos, appaloosa |
points | mane, tail, ear lips, lower portions of legs |
dappling | mottled pattern of light and dark which can occur on any color |