Article by Eric Smith
<b >Quarter Horse Racing
If you know anything about the American Quarter Horse, it is the first breed of horses native to the United States. This breed is evolved and is when the bloodlines of a horse was brought to the New World and became mixed.
The foundation American Quarter Horse comes from Arab, the Turk and Bard breeds. The selection of stallions and Mares were crossed with horses and were brought to Colonial America from England. They were also brought from Ireland in the 1600′s.
The collage of races developed from heavily muscled horses. These evolved to fill up the colonist’s true love for short distancing races. The most incredible power behind the “>quarter horse was to enable this amazing animal to run in short distance races and over a straight away, which was faster than any other horse with even the fastest being named the Celebrated American Running Horse.
The naming of these horses and their breeds was and has been changed so many times since the year of 1940. This is when there was a registry and was made to preserve the breed which officially became the American Quarter Horse Association.
In Enrico County of Virginia, in 1674, the first American Quarter Horse race was held. This race was one on one and was held in the villages and streets. The county lanes and level pastures were other places the races were held. There was a lot of fighting and disagreeing going on. Many people were getting into fights which generated the heavy betting of people in large numbers. This rose by the early 1690′s.
Since the American Quarter Horse was claiming disposition and quick response time, the horses were becoming known as the “cow sense,” which means to not become able to outmaneuver cattle. In the middle 1800′s many pioneer folks were moving westward. As well as the American Quarter Horse did. A lot of cattle ranches stretched and moved across the plains. This made breeding well suited for the cattle ranchers.
The “>American Quarter Horse today still remains a good sprinter known for their heavy and large muscles. They also have made a lot more cattle for horses since times past. These interesting horses will compete in all of almost every discipline that’s available for them. They will perform in rodeo events; these will include barrel racing and the calf roping. This is English discipline, including dressage and show jumping. So, many pleasurable riders will still look to the American Quarter horse.
They look to them for recreational riding, they also make a nice and respectable, pleasurable horse. There are many guidelines you can follow for the American Quarter Horses to see which one is which. Some include limited white marking on there face and below their knees. Others are by knowing the thirteen colors that are recognized from the AQHA, they include black, brown, sorrel, bay, buckskin, gray, grullo, palomino, red roan, chestnut, dun, red dun, and blue roan. There is also a gray color that most people will call white. One thing you should know is that there are no “white” American Quarter Horses.
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