The Breed Read - Snapshot On Quarter Horses

Name: Quarter Horse
Nickname: QH
Conformation: short wide head with small muzzle, large, wideset, intelligent eyes and medium length, alert ears; fairly long flexible neck; sloping shoulders and well defined whithers; compact body with broad chest; short back, deep girth; well sprung ribs and powerful loins; deep, broad, heavy and well muscled hind quarters, with long gently sloped croup; good limbs, with short cannons, broad, flat, low-set hocks, muscular thighs, and gaskins, and medium length pasterns; oblong feet with deep, open heels.
Height: 14.3-16hh for mature horses
Color: Any solid color
Disciplines: everything western
Tidbit: The American Quarter Horse Association was founded in 1940. It's registry lists over 2 million horses, which makes it the largest of any breed in the world.

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