American Quarter Horses - Stallions - Description
American Quarter Horses are sturdy and fast animals. They feature strong and muscular bodies with highly evolved hindquarters; although they are not very large in size, they reach no more than 15 hands high. They have distinctive white markings on their muzzles and below their knees. They occur in different colors, such as chestnut, black, red, bay and so forth, but sorrel color is most common.
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Hancock Maxon Quarter Horses
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American Quarter Horses have a deep and roomy chest and muscular front legs, which are set widely apart. The muzzle is short, jawbones are big and clearly cut, and eyes placed well apart. Ears are not very big, and they have pointed tips. Neck is powerful, sloping into straight and tough back. The underline tucks up near hind legs, and the rump is muscular. That is why most of Quarter Horse photographs present backside views of the animal.
Note that American Quarter Horses are poised and restrained animals, which also contributed to their popularity among cowboys, ranchers, racers and horse-fanciers. This quality has also made them popular as recreation animals. They have a keen sense of cow, and they inherited this ability from their livestock driving fathers. Nowadays American Quarter Horses are well known in all parts of the world.
American Quarter Horses - Stallions - Picture Links
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Glacier Ridge Range Quarter Horses © 2004
Angela Fritsch
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American Dream Stables - Training and showing in Belgium.
American Quarter Horse - Riders are also known to show Quarter Horses in English and Hunt classes, although these types of events are normally more dominated by Thoroughbreds
American Quarter Horse Home Page - Breed characteristics and general information
American Quarter Horse Stallions - Stallions listed by performance category and Quarter Horse classifieds.
Breeds of Livestock - Quarter Horse - Even in the Southwest much was unknown of the breeding of many of the classified and registered horses in the 1940s listed as Quarter Horses.
Cedar Ridge Grullo and Blue Roan Quarter Horses - Grullo and blue roan quarter horses with athletic conformation and people-pleasing attitudes. Good bloodlines ... our specialty.
Davis Quarter Horses - A Great Horse is only as good as its mind. Welcome to Davis Quarter Horses Home to Champion Quarter Horses and Kids!
Edney Paint Quarter Horses - Edney Paint breeds and raises colored performance bred horses with conformation, ability and disposition!
Gustafson Quarter Horses - Gustafson Quarter Horses specializes in the training and selling of horses that can go any direction of discipline.
Highland Quarter Horses - Highland Quarter Horses, Cashton, Wisconsin. Boarding, Breeding, Stallions standing at stud.
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COLLINS QUARTER HORSES
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HorsesOnly - Quarter Horse Stallions - If it is about Quarter Horses, it is here!
Lance Graves World Champion Barrel Racer - Click here to view the latest news updates from winners.
Magnolia Quarter Horses - Breed, raise and train foals and yearlings from select bloodlines. Home of stallion Skips Bo Bid. Horses for sale. Bowling Green, Kentucky.
Periodic paralysis in quarter horses - Periodic paralysis in quarter horses: a sodium channel mutation disseminated by selective breeding. Rudolph JA, Spier SJ, Byrns
Quarter horse breeding - Raising, handling, and breeding American Quarterhorses.
Quarter Horse Times for Quarter Horses - Quarter Horse pedigree collection, free Quarter Horses photo ads, pedigree generator, photo gallery, list serve, free websites, virtual horse shows and news.
Quarter Horses for Sale - Use The Following Links To Find Quarter Horses And Related Services Listed For Sale.
Quarter Horses - The unique American quarter horse has evolved from a
quartermile racer into the most diversified horse in the world.
Quarter Horses Paint Horses - Our newest feature is a Quarter Horses for Sale section open to the public.
Quarterhorses -- Home - It is interesting to note that the term "quarter" in quarter horse means that a quarter horse can run a quarter of a mile faster than any other horse in the world.
The Quarter Horse Pages - Quarter horses, AQHA Stallions at Stud, Daily discussion from
competitors, Show News, AQHA breeders' listings.
American Quarter Horses - Stallions - Other American Quarter Horses sites
American Quarter Horses - American Quarter Horses were named so because of their speed records. The breed was fastest to cover a distance of a quarter a mile. Besides, the breed was very strong and enduring. The American Quarter Horse is well muscled and compact. It has always been used in horse racing and did rather well in it. Even today, quarter-mile racing is one of the most favorite sports. No wonder, the American Quarter Horse is keeping its position as one of the most famous and popular quarter-mile horses.
Besides racing, American Quarter Horses are now used for ranches and rodeos. This breed is known to make a good herding horse capable of directing livestock. Cattle roping and barrel racing are just two more talents of this wonderful breed. The American Quarter Horse has brilliant physical and temperament characteristics. Not only is the breed strong and fast. It is very calm, which allows it to be used in recreation for children.
American Quarter Horses Pictures - American Quarter Horses is a purely American breed of horses. The breed officially registered in 1940, but its history started centuries long before that time. In the times of the Wild West, uses for these horses were village street and country lane quarter-mile races.
The first quarter-mile race took place in 1694 at Enrico County, Virginia. By the end of the 17th century, quarter-mile racing became an inalienable attribute of life in America and spread around the entire country. It became a matter of great profit, and even big plantations were often at stake during one-on-one matches.
Quarter Horses - Quarter Horses are remarkably fast and powerful species of horses. They were bred specifically for horseracing and recreation. Over decades of breeding and training, they have formed tense muscle and developed a dashing speed. If you visit a rodeo competition of switch on your TV to see a western film, it is almost certain, that you will catch a glimpse of a Quarter Horse.
Quarter Horses arrived to America along with first English colonists, who were ardent horse riders and could not imagine their life without one-to-one short races. Later, throughout decades and centuries, the popularity of horseracing grew and a need for strong, enduring and obedient horses became more and more evident.
Quarter Horses - Quarter Horses are remarkably strong and enduring species of horses. Bred in the past and present for sport horseracing; their name stands for a stretch of distance a quarter of a mile long. Once used in quarter-mile racing competitions, they have developed a sturdy and muscular body with powerful legs. That allows them to cover long distances without getting tired too soon. The breed is a product of crosses with a few other breeds.
English colonists, who were ardent short distance racers, brought the first ancestors of the Quarter Horse to America in the 1600s. They arranged competitive down-the-street races and the fastest species became breeding stock for future competitions and referred to as Celebrated American Quarter Running Horses. In 1940, the breed received an official status and the American Quarter Horse became registered.
