Pictures PRE mistaken for quarter horse?

[Inda]

My 6yr PRE mare had her annual oncology appointment to get her oncept vaccine. All clear and her murmur from the colitis last year has improved too!! All good

However the consultant said she he looked just like a quarter horse after the nurse says she was a little short for a Spanish horse. I laughed it off as I don’t think it came from a bad place at all. He has saved her life twice now so he can call her a goat and I’ll thank him for it.

She is short, even little sister hermosa is bigger. She’s a traditional baroque line. She’s well muscled she does 30km most weeks with dressage and polework

does anyone else with Iberian’s get these comparisons?

I might be a touch sensitive as one of the other liveries told me she’s an attractive horse now and looks Spanish but she was ugly when she arrived in 2021 ( she’d spent a month in the ICU)

 

[CanteringCarrot]

Yes. Someone asked me if my last PRE was a QH. Due to his bulk, brand, dorsal stripe, and other dun markings. This was when she saw him at a standstill. I'd say that his movement would reveal him to be quite Spanish!

Someone else asked me of my young (rising 2) PRE had Mustang in him. He's just a plain bay looking creature. Doesn't look particularly Spanish though.

 

[Inda]

Yes. Someone asked me of my last PRE was a QH. Due to his bulk, brand, dorsal stripe, and other dun markings. This was when she saw him at a standstill. I'd say that his movement would reveal him to be quite Spanish!

Someone else asked me of my young (rising 2) PRE had Mustang in him. He's just a plain bay looking creature. Doesn't look particularly Spanish though.

That actually makes me feel better! Thank you

 

[PinkvSantaboots]

I have Arab's and someone asked if one I was riding was a Welsh once.

I've been at a local show and a judge has asked what breed my horse was and when I said Arab they replied that I should maybe try a part bred class next time?

 

[Cortez]

Over here (Ireland) I was often asked if my smallish PRE's were Connemaras. Not too surprising I suppose since there is a lot of Spanish DNA in the Connemara. Quarter Horses, IMO, don't look anything like Spanish horses.

 

[paddy555]

I have Arab's and someone asked if one I was riding was a Welsh once.

you did better than me. One child pointed to my arab stallion and asked if he was a donkey.

 

[MuddyMonster]

Mine has so far been mistaken for a Welsh, a PB Arab, a Connemara, a PB Spanish - I think just because he had a running plait - and one woman kindly told me (after telling me how well bred hers were) not to worry as sometimes the best one's are the one's where you don't know their breeding ... he's a fully registered NF pony ?

 

[Peglo]

Last year when the vet came out to Peggy Sue for her pre winter check up she asked what breed she was. I said haflinger and she said “I thought so. She’s down as a Welsh on the system” I have no idea who put her down as a Welsh and don’t think she looks like one. ??‍

 

[Inda]

Think we can agree it’s not a Spanish head…

 

[Cortez]

Think we can agree it’s not a Spanish head…View attachment 105894

Huh? Looks very Spanish to me.

 

[LadyGascoyne]

Do you have a pic of your mare standing relatively square @Inda ?

 

[HashRouge]

I have Arab's and someone asked if one I was riding was a Welsh once.

I've been at a local show and a judge has asked what breed my horse was and when I said Arab they replied that I should maybe try a part bred class next time?

I've had this too, especially when she's in her winter woollies.

 

[little_critter]

My YO has a bit of a PRE habit, and they come in a variety of shapes. One is a stereotypical ‘flashy’ sort. 3 are more pony like and one is long backed and quite angular looking. All are pure PRE.

 

[Lyle]

I took my young dutch WB to a show once for an outing, and someone asked how long had he been Off the Track for ?

 

[CanteringCarrot]

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[Inda]

This as good as it gets, I’m no photographer sadly

 

[Caol Ila]

When Hermosa was two, a few people asked me if she was Welsh.

Some of the mustangs look very Spanish. Understandably, since the first horses to repopulate the American West after the Ice Age were Spanish ones who got loose from the Conquistadors.

A new livery came to our yard with a horse I swore was a Connemara (you know the horse, Inda). He is a PRE. Oops.

@CanteringCarrot, your gelding has some serious bone. Hermosa is so fine!

 

[Cortez]

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People must be blind: there's nothing she could be but Spanish.

 

[Caol Ila]

People must be blind: there's nothing she could be but Spanish.

When I met Carmin in person, I found her immediately in the barn aisle because she was the most (only) Spanish-looking horse there. Very distinct and beautiful.

 

[CanteringCarrot]

When Hermosa was two, a few people asked me if she was Welsh.

Some of the mustangs look very Spanish. Understandably, since the first horses to repopulate the American West after the Ice Age were Spanish ones who got loose from the Conquistadors.

A new livery came to our yard with a horse I swore was a Connemara (you know the horse, Inda). He is a PRE. Oops.

@CanteringCarrot, your gelding has some serious bone. Hermosa is so fine!

Yeah, I thought that the Mustang comment was fair given the history and given that he doesn't really look like anything specific at the moment. Plus, his breed isn't soo common where he is.

 

[PurBee]

Over here (Ireland) I was often asked if my smallish PRE's were Connemaras. Not too surprising I suppose since there is a lot of Spanish DNA in the Connemara. Quarter Horses, IMO, don't look anything like Spanish horses.

My dentist upon first sight asked if my grey 75% egyptian arab was a connemara - the 25% welsh D blood in him somewhat displaces the exaggerated dished nose and extra tiny head, so i could see why she saw connie at first glance.

 

[BBP]

Weirdly no, most people think he is Spanish, it’s me who doesn’t think he looks typical PRE (mostly because I know he is 1/4 Welsh B).

 

[Caol Ila]

Hermosa had a very mustang-looking phase as a two-year old.

 

[Lois Lame]

you did better than me. One child pointed to my arab stallion and asked if he was a donkey.

Oh, what a good laugh that is.

Think we can agree it’s not a Spanish head…View attachment 105894

Oh... I'm starting to rememer now... I think I have admired this horse from afar... a photo you once put up, not that long ago... and she looks nothing like a QH. However, we all have out blind spots I suppose. Get me talking on colour genetics and I get tangled up very well.

 

[LadyGascoyne]

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I see her as Spanish and not QH. She’s perhaps a little higher at the croup than some PREs and that’s giving a slightly more downhill impression. That’s maybe where the QH comments are coming from?

It could be the angle of the photo though.

 

[Palindrome]

QH's tend to have a small head, very big hip and downhill built. Your mare looks fairly Spanish.

My KWPN mare (Tuigpard/Gelderlander lines) was thought to be a TB by a vet. The vet wrote "does not comply with Jockey club" on the vaccine section of her passport. I am still not sure why, she was a happy hacker so even if she had been a TB, why write that?

 

[shortstuff99]

She definitely looks Spanish to me!

My very well bred PRE looks like a judgemental New Forest ?

 

[LadyGascoyne]

We did have a new vet who asked me if this mare was PRE.



Pretty sure it was just the mane! She’s QH x Arab.

 

[Cortez]

We did have a new vet who asked me if this mare was PRE.

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Pretty sure it was just the mane! She’s QH x Arab.

Nah, it's just the colour. Why does anyone assume that vets know anything about breed characteristics? They're (hopefully) good at knowing what horses look like on the inside, not necessarily anything breed specific.

 

[LadyGascoyne]

Nah, it's just the colour. Why does anyone assume that vets know anything about breed characteristics? They're (hopefully) good at knowing what horses look like on the inside, not necessarily anything breed specific.

I think it must be so vet specific. The other vets from the practice are usually really knowledgeable about type and breed, especially in vettings where two of them in particular have commented on breed traits as well as general conformation. This particular vet must not have had an interest.

Maybe it’s that some equine vets are horsier than others.