Does anyone ride a Partbred Quarter horse?

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I just wondered if anyone rides a partbred quarter horse and if so, what are their temperament and performance like? Would it jump well?
 
Mine's a quarter American Paint- does that count?!

She has a very good jump and loves it. The other parts are TB, Selle Francais and ID though so the American Paint bit might not have anything to do with it! ;-)

She has a lovely temp. Is the sweetest mare on the ground and tries very hard :-)
 
We've got one on the yard. He's a funny shape for a paint apparently, but a great shape for a normal horse ;) He has just started jumping, and has a really great pop and really enjoys it, and gives a good feel :) He is really honest about it all too, and would easily do a decent height course. He got up to about 80cm with his nervous of jumping owner at the weekend, and still wasn't really having to make an effort. I really like him :D
 
My mare is by Welton Wilful out of a QH (Waccabuc) x TB making her 25% QH. 15 hands of pure fabness. Now a broodmare we used to jump, xc, dressage, wh all with a degree of success. Her temperment is quite feisty but that's the Welton Louis line for you, other wise a real sweetie.
Her son is 7/8TB, 1/8 QH. Slightly bigger at 15.2 like his mother, but a real middleweight. Both have a very high cruising speed so no good for the short, sharp dash.
 
I was in America for a while and had 2 Pure bred paints and 2 partbred QH and they were amazing! All had a good natural jump and were quite intelligent about it, ie you didnt have to help them too much as in take off and things. My 15hh Paint was jumping 3'6 and was just about to go novice level eventing but had to move back to england, my 14hh was only a 3yo but was jumping 3ft easily (4 months after breaking), my 14.2hh QH x walking horse was going round intro and jumping 3ft and completely Bombproof at 5yo and my QH x Saddle Bred was going Intro and jumped 3'9, but slightly higher strung than the others, probably the cross but a very happy person. QH's are great it just depends what they are crossed with. Mine were very easy to keep, good feet, no fussing just all round easy to do. 3 loved people and the forth spent 8 years of his life as a working animal so didnt really know what nice things people were but he was always very dependable.

I would say (but not having owned one) they are most similar to Connies over here.
 
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This is a pure bred QH

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Not much wrong with her technique, despite the fact that I'm pretty chicken and as you can see was riding her side saddle!
She didn't really start jumping until she was nine, and had a huge pop, when she felt like it.
She'd been a reining horse at an early age and her brains were a bit fried, but she has bred a fabulous foal.

They seem to make a very good cross with a TB - lots are used for working hunters and jumping in the USA (they jump on a loose rein LOL!) I would love one, but apparently the temperament very much depends on the cross.

The one thing I would say about anything with QH breeding is that they take experienced handling on the ground - give them an inch and they take a mile! So if you were going to have a QH cross at livery, make sure the yard knows what it is doing!
 
I used to own a QH x TB and she was the best show jumper I have ever owned. She could spin around the corners, where most horses couldnt, very quick on her feet, fearless and a huge jump (We jumped up to 1.40m course). We had a bad day when we came home with a 2nd placing to be honest. I'd happily have another clone of her - I knew of a couple of other similar crosses that were also very successful.
 
We have a QH x paint. He is 14.2 and 5years. We have backed and produced him from a 3 year old and he is a fab alrounder and has taken to everything we have thrown at him. He has done SJ, HT, ODE and even gymkhana. We are now selling him as a PC alrounder.
 
My chestnut boy is full QH, foundation bred. Wicked jump, huge gallop, he was born for xc. The best part about him is his mind, which I never appreciated fully until I got my young TB/WB who has all the talent in the world but hasnt developed the mind yet. My QH had a great eye for distances, he could look at a tough combo he had never done before and work it out. When he saw jumps, he didnt see questions, he just saw answers. He took me around our first Prelim (I think BE Novice) when he was 19 without a problem.

QHs tend to have a very level headed way of going, they are smart but sensible and usually laid back and willing. Usually if they have a downfall its physical, due to their more mainstream purposes that dont always align with running and jumping.

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