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1 Common Horse Breeds

2 Common Horse Breeds Appaloosa* Arabian Clydesdale Miniature Horse
Common Horse Breeds Appaloosa* Arabian Clydesdale Miniature Horse Morgan* Paint Horse Shetland Pony Standardbred* Quarter Horse* Thoroughbred * Originated in the USA

3 Appaloosa Breed characteristics
Nez Perce and Palouse tribes of Washington, Oregon and Idaho State Horse of Idaho Breed characteristics Various body types ___________ coat __________ hooves ___________ skin ___________ sclera Thin tails and manes

4 Appalossa Coat Patterns
____________: white coloring with Dalmatian spots over body _________________: dark horse with small white spots randomly over body

5 Appaloosa ___________: white area over the hips dark spots in the white ____________: white area over hips – no dark spots in the white __________________: lightens with age but retains color over boney parts

6 Appaloosa Temperment: kind, sensible
popular in western riding, endurance and in the show ring great for pleasure and trail riding

7 Arabian Oldest and purest horse breed Breed Characteristics:
Ancient art dating back to 2000 to 3000BC Breed Characteristics: ____________ head ____________ concave profile ______________ forehead ______________ muzzle _____________ nostrils _______________ ears large, expressive eyes ____________ neck ____________ set tail

8 Arabian __ lumbar vertebrae _____ tail vertebrae
(other horses have ___________) _____ tail vertebrae (other horses have 18).

9 Arabian Temperament: gentle, spirited, intelligent, easy to train
popular riding horse endurance riding (100 miles) per day may be covered racing

10 Clydesdale Originated in __________________
Bay, brown and black, often with a large amount of white on the face, limbs and stomach 1700 to 2200 pounds Has “______________” Draft, coldblood, often crossed with light horses to produce warmbloods

11 Clydesdale Temperament: intelligent, gentle, sensible, pleasant
renown for its great action Driving and riding Parades, show, Budweiser

12 Miniature Horse ~1650 A.D. King Louis XIV kept a vast Zoo, included tiny horses 1978 – “Miniature Horse” established _________ inches to __________ inches tall Several different registries AMHR "A" division: <______ in "B" division: __ to __ in World record holder Thumbelina 17 inches tall weighs 60 pounds

13 Miniature Horse Temperment: intelligent, willful
driving or halter only companion horse guide animals

14 Morgan Can be traced back to just one stallion, ____________ aka Justin Morgan (Vermont) ___________, endurance, stamina, speed expressive head; straight or slightly dished profile Black, Bay, Brown, Chestnut with white markings only permitted on face and legs

15 Morgan Temperament: gentle, spirited pleasure riding
Dressage/hunter/jumper roadster events like cutting and reining carriage driving competitions.

16 Paint North American Indians attributed magical powers to horses with broken colored coats a foal must have at least one "natural" Paint marking with a min. of ___in. diameter

17 Paint __________: the white will not cross the back between the withers and the tail, irregular spots ______________: spots are mostly regular and of distinct round or oval patterns white extends over the back __________ – black and white ___________ – non-black and white

18 Paint Temperament: kind, intelligent, willing, versatile
pleasure and performance riding ranch work rodeo trail riding

19 Shetland Pony isolated group of islands on the far north east of the ________________ mainland coat has “_______________" that shed the rain well adapted to the harsh climate surviving on poor quality grazing _________ inches max any color except spotted

20 Shetland pony Temperament: intelligent, can be willful but responds well to correct handling Children’s pony riding/driving Companion pony

21 Standardbred Foundation Sire: __________________
prefer the ________ or _________ over the gallop Had to measure up to a "standard“ Trot/pace 1 mile in 2 min and 30 sec race either at a trot or at a pace all solid colors not well refined head long, sloping shoulders

22 Standardbred Temperament: kind harness racing all-round driving horses
Totters/pacers all-round driving horses Amish horses  

23 Quarter Horse 17th and 18th century _______ coast USA
excels at __________ over a __________ distance - a quarter of a mile American Quarter Horse Association - largest registry in the world >2 million horses listed any solid color compact body strong, fearless, athletic

24 Quarter Horse Temperament: renown for their gentle, pleasant nature
rodeos, barrel racing racing over short distances police mounts pleasure activities

25 Thoroughbred Foundation Sires: handsome; refined, elegant outline
Darley Arabian, Godophin Arabian, Byerly Turk handsome; refined, elegant outline ground covering stride at gallop great courage; stamina Registry: Jockey Club Birthday = Jan 1st (Northern Hemisphere)

26 Thoroughbred Temperament: kind, spirited, willing ideal racehorse
three-day eventing Hunting/jumping

27 An Unusual Breed Bashkir Curly* – unknown origin
American Curly – Central ______________ all common horse colors including Appaloosa and Pinto wide set eyes thick, ______ coats can survive severe winter conditions

28 Any questions?

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