Sick of people saying Quarter Horses can't do...

[Harleyhorse]

Dressage, hunter, jumper ect!

I find this very said as QH's are some of the best english horses! What do you all think?

QH's can do it ALL! from Westren to jumping(with the WB and TB{hight too})

[Zingy]

Definitely! I love QH's (my next horse :D ;) ). Was told Yog might be part QH, which I love, particularly as it stops him being an anglo arab :D Next one is a pure bred though - I can't fault them.

[Equisgurl]

I agree, majority of the school horses I've ridden are Qh's and they make wonderful jumpers.

[Holly B]

Though some breeds of horses are better than certain things than others, I think any breed can be successful in any discipline with a bit of training! :)

[Kalypso]

TOTALLY agree...my kallie was a quarter horse and my next will be too...she's just a filly right now, but will mature to probly 16hh and she's going to be an english pony AND a jumper!! :)

[KarinUS]

One thing I learned when I was shopping for a saddle for my QuarterHorse is what a wide variety of QHs there is!
They definitely differ in build. Had I known more about QHs before we bought one, I would have looked for the broad roping horse type. Our QH is very much bred for speed events (racing lines).

SO anybody putting ALL QHs in the same category can already not eb too knowledgable about them... ;)

[prettyQhorse]

glad u sed that Harleyhorse, my boss has evented and showjumped 4ft on her 14.3 purebred qh and her 3/4 bred gelding is a nice show hunter. she also has a really nice pure.b pleasure/allround horse, british bred!!!

when we go showing people kinda say... 'oh a quarter horse?!?' when they ask his breeding, and someone said stuf like 'arent they quite ugly!'

big up qhorses!!

[Kalypso]

Originally posted by prettyQhorse
when we go showing people kinda say... 'oh a quarter horse?!?' when they ask his breeding, and someone said stuf like 'arent they quite ugly!'

big up qhorses!!

*gasp* Oh my!! UGLY??? how rude!! I think quarter horses are just beautiful!!!! They're so cute!!!

[Shizzity]

I just started riding a QH... and i love him. He has only been jumping for a few months, but tucks his knees and is a very brave jumper. He also is starting to become round in his dressage. He also has a lot of speed, which is awesome for eventing!

Not to mention, QHs have the best ground manners!!!!

[CBay]

Originally posted by Harleyhorse

I find this very said as QH's are some of the best english horses! What do you all think?



Errrrr - I think QHs are American.

[GarnetFox]

CBay, I think what was meant is that QH's are good english-style-riding horses. IE: Not just ridden Western. :)

[Harleyhorse]

Yes that is what I was trying to say! and the QH is not just an American, the quater horse shares blood lines with Arabs and TB's.

We have one QH that would jump out of our 7 foot ring and go in to the woods for a walk. He would jump any thing! Studly was a Barrel racer in "blood" But LOVED to jump. He would free jump 6' and jump 5'6 with anyone on him. He was the first horse I show in Jumper class! He has saddly passed away at age 24 due to colic. he will be missed greatly but has many children to live on, foals due in 2005 too. He was my number 1 fav jumper. He was showed up to Oct of 2004. last show we were GC in the open Childrens 14-18 Jumpers class! I will miss him very much!

[BackintheSaddle]

I love their big round bums - just want to squeeze! We have some QHs at our barn that are really lovely movers - huge floaty trots. I've had some fabulous jump lessons on a range of QHs and they all performed very well. We have a tiny little QH mare, but she easily jumps 3'6" - such a star :)

[Roheryn]

I know a good number of Quarter Horses who do dressage, eventing, and hunter jumper. I know of others who are working cow ponies.

and the QH is not just an American, the quater horse shares blood lines with Arabs and TB's.

Well said, Harleyhorse! :) They certainly do, they go back to the same foundation sires as TBs do. They're not "just American," in fact I get irritated when I see sale ads referring to one of them as an "American Quarter Horse." Their proper name is Quarter Horse, but evidently some people get confused by the breed organization called The American Quarter Horse Association. It's not the association for American Quarter Horses but the American association for Quarter Horses. I wish it would change its name to the Quarter Horse Association of America--would be less confusing, I think! :mad: :D

Didn't somebody post on one of these forums some time ago that when people asked about her horse being a Quarter Horse she "explained" that it was one quarter horse and three quarters something else? :p

[cabaret]

There's a lot of quarter horses and quarter horse cross (appendix or draft, mostly) doing lower level eventing. The quarter horse mentality is often a little less "hot" than that of your typical TB, so they are often awesome horses to get started on. I did my first one day ever on a quarter horse. :)

[Shadowlark]

LOL..

"Quarter" horse actually refers to the quarter mile - sprint race which the Quarter horse excells at.

Within the breed you can find anything to suit what you want to do. I personally a small bull dog "Foundation" quarter horse - you could hit her with a back hoe and she probably wouldn't notice. She is steady as a rock with that ohhh so comfy smoth lil jog. Perfect for someone who now accepts they arn't as young as they used to be.

At one time I was showing a 17 hand Appendix for someone (Appendix have a certain % of reg. TB in them) He could EAT the ground for lunch, and nothing scared him jump wise - he never refused any jump no matter how badly I screwed it up. I once bought a barrel horse at auction, a little hot tamale of a chestnut QH who if she saw a barrel She started to "yo yo" with excitement (even rain barrels..) We channeled that energy elsewhere and in about 4 months she was cleaning house on the Trillium circuit in of all things JUMPING!

At the end of the day, a horse is a horse and breed has little to do with it - certainly some breeds will "tend" to be better at certain things - Tiny light Ponies have completed Grueling 100 mile races, TB have won big money Reining, drafters are showing up all over the dressage rings and I have EVEN seen a Warmblood cut cattle with the best of them.....and I think once you have seen that.. you have pretty much seen everthing!

YOur horse is who he is, not who his papers say he should be ;)

[BeachRiding]

Well you all know Gitcha is a QH, the best thing! I hate how they get a bad rap in english riding. Gitcha is jumping 4 feet after only a couple months training, and he is only 15.2hh! If he was taller he would make a lovely hunter!

[jinglejoys]

You should complain! Try riding a Mule and see the flack you get:D
I think the main critierea should be how much FUN you have not how many rossettes you get!!

[Cochise]

My second horse will be a quarterhorse unless I come across another Appaloosa that really knocks my socks off! And potential quarterhorse will be used for both western and English! :)

[prettyQhorse]

when people asked about her horse being a Quarter Horse she "explained" that it was one quarter horse and three quarters something else

He he, that might've been me!! My lil horse is 3/4 Quarter Horse and 1/4 TB, think that makes him Appendix QH?!? :-)

[jenren!!]

I think QHs are simply the American version of a TB. Your typical riding horse who can turn his hoof to anything!

Although i wouldnt know, i've not met many :p (being in england 'n all :D).

[Shadowlark]

well.. given that we have LOADS of TB's as well, it's not quite the same.

QH's are usually smaller (appendix will tend to be larger and finer) and built like tanks if they are foundation bred. They tend to be boxy and more rounded, lower to the ground - which is way they don't tend to excell in dressage. Generally a QH will be a very even tempered animal who can take a lot of abuse. They are often unflappable at a young age and are generally forgiving of a novice trainer. Sre all rounders generaly and frequently "family" horses it's very common to see 5 and 6 year olds handling and ridding them with little to no supervision. I know of several families who Dad ropes off of the horse, older sister does barrel racing, younger sister does 4h and mom takes him out on trails.
In the dog world, I would think them akin to labs.. yes sir, what woudl you like sir, how fast can I do it sir..

[Luv 2 Trot]

My Appendix QH is 16yo and just started in Dressage 2 years ago. We successfully competed at Intro level and recieved a 67.5%. We attempted Training level, but it wasnt pretty. He has been a successful hunt seat/english pleasure horse for many years and has done jumping in the past. He doesnt do too much now due to his navicular and some arthritis, but he could do it all!

[jUmPingIsLifE]

Around here QH's are known for their versitility. I dont often here to many people saying they cant be H/J/Dressage horses. Along with TBS i think they are some of the best all around breeds out there.

[BRAMBLE]

It is like the people saying that cobs can't do dressage!

Bandit is a BIG boy - a proper full cob, a heavyweight piebald gypsy type cob.

He used to compete in dressage.:eek:

People say that cobs aren't elegant enough,
but he is my little twinkle toes, -
and i can't really say that some of the horses that do do dressage look very elegant when they have their paddys!!
:p

[vivi]

I was lucky enough to own a Quarter horse mare called Olds Red Music (Shadowlark - is Olds College near you?). She was imported from Canada in about 1986 and I owned her for 13 years until I lost her due to choke. She was the best horse I have ever owned and I've had TBs, warmbloods, cobs, arabs and irish draught crosses.

She taught me Western (she was only just 5 when I got her) then I started to do dressage where she excelled up to elementary, I jumped and hunted her, cross countried and did long distance riding. She is still sadly missed. I was told she was a good one - temperment especially - but that they were all a little like her which puts them several cuts above any other horse in my experience!

[Roheryn]

Originally posted by Bramble:

People say that cobs aren't elegant enough,

I think cobs can be very elegant. We don't call them cobs over here, but from what I've seen and read online, we do have them, they're more or less the same type as UK cobs, we just call them something-crosses, I think. I haven't seen that many in action, but some of the ones I have seen, and some that I've only seen in photos, look to me to have some of the same sort of majestic-type of elegance you see in the Baroque breeds. I like the cobs with the heavy manes and lots of feather; I also like the show(?) cobs. Maybe it's a different sort of elegance than that of TBs but to me it's still elegance. :)