The Quarter Horse

Image grabbed from Melinda Melendez

The Quarter Horse has gone popular and successful in the field of sports, renowned in the whole world and is considered to be the most famous horse breed next to the Arabian horses.  What made the Quarter horse famous is because how it got its name.  If we trace back its history we can see that the breed has had a Spanish origin and blood and came from Arab, Barb and Turk breeds then shipped to America by Spanish explorers and traders.   Not later than 1611 AD that this breed has come to be recognized and became popular.  The cross has produced and developed a new breed packed with heavy muscles and hind legs that are perfect for running short distances.  This breed is known to be faster than any other horse when it comes to quarter mile sprint races and occasionally got its name from the sport it is most excellent at.  Because of its excellent talent the Quarter horses are known to be the best athletes in the field.

Quarter Horses are as well considered as the most versatile horses in the world. The developed physical strength of the breed was not only purposed for the sport of horse racing but is also useful to many other activities.  The breed is most famous for being best as a cow pony.  The discovery of such talent from Quarter horses started when the people noticed the potential of the breed to understand and work well along with the cows.  Hopping back and forth, the Quarter horse can be able to separate a cow from the herd even without training and being nearly independent from the instructions of its rider.  This particular talent of the breed has become very useful along herding practices and no longer did it became a sport called cutting where the breed has excel from other horse breeds.

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Keep your Quarter Horse protected from equine parasites. Plan the right horse worming program with your veterinarian.

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Other sports including rodeo competition, barrel racing, calf roping, and team roping and they are just few to mention where the Quarter horse is believed to be very good at compared to the other horse breeds.  There is no doubt how it claimed its most renowned name in the interests of the horse lovers.  In America they are considered the most famous and are actually made an all-around family horse by most of Americans.  They as well possess such a good temperament, a good nature to be fond with by children.

Palomino Quarter Horse
Image from Bekka McCaw

A notable American Quarter Horse named Impressive was born on the 15^th of April 1968 from royal thoroughbreds on both sides of his pedigree.  His chestnut color and excellence in such many sports set him to become one of the most famous and successful Quarter horses in history.