Talk to me about "Quarter Horses".

[Spring Feather]

Thank you, I`m very lucky to have an amazing person to come horse shopping with me when the time is right, and of course I would be very appreciative if you could take a look over the breeding for me too. I suppose I started this thread because I wondered what QH were like to live with in general, from a number of different peoples point of view/perspective if you see what I mean.

There are many different sub-types of breeding within AQHA; Racing, western pleasure, reining, halter, working stock; so pedigrees are important as they will tell you pretty much what the individual horse *should* be like. From what you've said, it sounds like a stock horse would be what you're after. The biggest problem I see with buying an AQHA in the UK is that often the pedigrees are very mixed up and they don't make a whole lot of sense to me as they are crossing sub-types together and getting something very different from what we see over here, where people tend to stick to breeding horses from the same sub-types. There is a small gene pool in the UK so I understand why it happens, it's just disappointing to see it happening. I'm a bit of a puritan when it comes to keeping each 'type' separate

 

[Spring Feather]

Unless you are into showing, though SF, if you are only looking for a pleasant little horse to do everything on as the OP first suggested, isn't it better to judge the horse that you see in front of you?

If you stick to proper AQHA bred horses then you will know what bloodlines to go for to suit your needs. Not every single horse with those bloodlines will be exactly what you want, but most will, hence the importance of bloodlines.

My cross bred, for example, has a father who you pulled to shreds on another thread, whereas everyone who meets him says what a delightful creature he is and how well he moves and I feel lucky to own him

D'you know, you have to be *the* biggest trouble maker I have ever come across on here; either that or you simply do not read what people write. Please quote my comments re the sire of your horse. From memory I said he was raving halter bred (and looks like the horse photo posted above) and I do not care for halter bred horses. Pulling to shreds? Please. I told you of my AQHA dislikes and halter bred horses are that.

 

[Spring Feather]

This thread? http://www.horseandhound.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?665005-Paint-people-Like-a-Clu

 

[cptrayes]

This thread? http://www.horseandhound.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?665005-Paint-people-Like-a-Clu

That's the one! I thought you could have phrased it a lot more pleasantly than you did perhaps even acknowledge that mine seemed a nice horse even though you didn't like his father?

 

[Spring Feather]

That's the one! I thought you could have phrased it a lot more pleasantly than you did perhaps even acknowledge that mine seemed a nice horse even though you didn't like his father?

I did. On another thread.

 

[TPO]

SF- what do you make of Chip's pedigree?

http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/zz+chip

I (obviously) don't have any practical experience with these bloodlines but I've read up on them. I spoke with someone that worked with quite a few Peptoboomsal offspring so have their take (they bought Chip's full yearling brother). They also said their boy was quite nervy (he was in poor condition too but nowhere near as bad as Chip) but Chip is very inquisitive and as long as I don't make a fuss neither does he. I absolutely love working with him 😄

All that aside I respect your opinion and would appreciate your take and experience.

 

[Spring Feather]

SF- what do you make of Chip's pedigree?

http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/zz+chip

I personally really like your boy's pedigree. He's pretty much foundation bred. You could see a sharp side to him as he has Doc Olena in him (I love Doc Olena horses btw). My little reining horse has Peppy lines in him and he's a more sensitive boy but is still very confident and was a breeze to train. Doc Bar tends to have a calming influence though and he's in there a few times. Overall it's a strong pedigree and unless something drastic goes wrong then you should have a well rounded, brave little horse in a few years.

 

[TPO]

Thank you for taking the time to reply.

I really like his breeding too (still can't believe I own him - condition aside...) but I don't have any practical experience of any if this breeding.

A happy horse that's a good all rounder is all I could ask for.

Thanks again

 

[ridefast]

OP - why not get a native? They can do everything you're looking for without the huge price tag that Quarter horses in the UK come with. I love Quarter horses but unless you want to do top level western showing a native will provide you with everything you need.