The Horse Book


By: Ila McCann


Introduction

There are over 267 breeds of horses and
ponies.
This book is about the most common horse
and pony breeds.
We will also cover endangered horses and
ponies, as well as extinct horses!

Even though there are many horse and pony
breeds it would take to long to cover them
all.

In this book I have added interesting facts
and information about each horse, plus
pictures!


American Paint Horse


Distinguishing features
It has the broad pinto spotting patterns
of white and dark hair.
Other
The American Paint Horse is also called a paint!
The paint horse originally came from the States.
The American Paint Horse's combination of color and
conformation has made the American Paint Horse
Association (APHA) the second-largest breed
registry in the United States!
Terms For Tobiano Color Pattern
Tobiano: White legs.
White crossing the back.
White is arranged in a vertical pattern.
Facial markings are similar to those of a solid-colored horse.
The Tobiano color pattern is the most common among the paints!
American Quarter Horse

The American Quarter Horse got its name because it can outrun any other breed by at least a quarter of a mile!
It is also called the quarter horse.
The quarter horse is well known both as a race horse and for its
performance in rodeos, horse shows, and as a working ranch horse.
The compact of the quarter horse is well suited to the intricate speedy manoeuvres required in reining, cutting, working cow horses, barrel racing, calf roping, and other western riding events.
Most horses you see in barrel racing are quarter horses.
The Quarter horse has many distinguishing features including:
Great sprinting speed over short distances, short, refined head; strong, well-muscled body, featuring a broad chest and powerful rounded hindquarters.
It originally came from the United States, and its common nicknames are, “ Americas Horse” and “Worlds Fastest Athlete”.
Quarter horses come in nearly all colors, but the most common is sorrel, a brownish red.

Appaloosa

The Appaloosa is a horse breed best known for its colourful leopard-spotted coat pattern and other related characteristics.
Today the Appaloosa is the most popular breed of horse in the United States.
It is best known as a stock horse used in a number of western disciplines.
Its no wonder its related to the American quarter horse.
Most representatives have colourful spotted coat patterns, striped hooves, molted skin and sclera around the eye.
The coat colour of an appaloosa is a combination of a base coat with an overlaid spotting pattern. The base colours recognized by the Appaloosa Horse Club include: bay, black, chestnut, palomino, buckskin, cremello or perlino, roan, grey, dun, and grulla.
Spots is the general term that refers to a horse that has white or dark spots over all or a portion of the body.
A mottled Appaloosa is a fewspot leopard that is completely white with only mottled skin showing.
Those are just a couple of patterns. The Appaloosa is usually used in western movies and television shows.

Barb
The Barb Horse is a desert horse with great headiness and stamina.
The Barb breed developed on the Barbary Coast of North America. It is almost impossible to find a purebred Barb today, because of the amount of crossbreeding. The Barb generally possesses a fiery temperament and an atypical sport-horse conformation, But nevertheless has had an incredible impact on today's modern breeds.

The Barb is usually grey but bay, black, chestnut and brown are also found.
The Barb is a light riding horse with GREAT stamina.
It has a powerful front end, high withers, short back, a slopping, narrow croup, and it carries its tail low.
The Barb does not have particularly good gaits but it gallops like a sprinter.
When the Barb was imported to Europe it was usually mistaken for an Arabian Horse, even though they have characteristics that are practically completely different.
Barb horses are always solid-colored.

Brumby
The Brumby is a free-roaming feral horse in Australia. Brumbies are mostly found in the Australian Alps region in south-eastern Australia. A group of Brumbies is known as a “mob” or “band”.
Occasionally they are mustered and domesticated for use as working stock horses, campdrafters, on farms or stations, but also as trail horses, show horses, pony club mounts, and pleasure horses.
Wild Brumbies are used in Brumby training camps by organizations
that promote positive interaction between troubled, high-risk youths.

The term Brumby refers to a feral horse from Australia.
A feral horse is a free-roaming horse of domesticated ancestry. A feral horse is not a wild animal in the sense of an animal without domesticated ancestors.
Feral horses live in groups called a band, herd, harem, or mob. Feral horse herds are much like Wild Horses they are usually made up of small bands led by the dominant mare, containing additional mares and there foals, immature horses both male and female, and at least one dominant stallion although sometimes less-dominant stallions stay behind.

Canadian Horse
The Canadian Horse is a breed of horse developed in Canada.
There have been many times that the Canadian horse has come close to extinction. The Canadian Horse is a very rare horse.

Almost all Canadian Horses are black; bay, chestnut, and brown are less common. There are even a few individuals that carry the cream gene and are called ash white.

Many Canadian Horses are bred for driving. Although, they also compete in a wide range of riding disciplines. There are a few that are still used as work horses for farming.

Along with the beaver the Canadian Horse is commonly seen as an animal symbol representing Canada.

Right now there are over 6,000 Canadian Horses in the world that are registered, and even more that are not!


Friesian
(also called Frisians)


The Friesian is a horse breed originating in Friesland.
The Friesian has many distinguishing features including: There black, 15-17 hands, powerfully muscled, agile with elegant action, thick mane and tail (a Friesian's mane and tail is so thick that you can braid it and you wouldn't have to use anything to hold it), feather on lower legs (a feather is long, silky hair on the lower legs that is left untrimmed deliberately).

Friesian's are all black and sometimes have a very small white star on there forehead.
They are well favoured in England and the United States being used for pleasure rides and driving, they also do very well in dressage competitions, the reason they do so well in dressage is due to the breeds movement, appearance, power, trainability, and self-control.
The Friesian is a powerful horse and its high-stepping action is eye-catching.
There was even a Friesian in The Chronicles Of Narnia.
There are over 6,000 Friesian's registered, and even more that aren't!

Hackney
The Hackney is a breed of horse that was developed in Great Britain.
Hackney's are known for there ability to trot at high speeds for a long time and there great stamina.

A Hackney may be any solid colour including: bay, brown, chestnut, and black. Hackneys often have white markings, often due to the influence of sabino genetics.

The Hackney horse breed's origins date to the 14th century, when the King of England required the breeding of powerful but attractive horses with an excellent trot, to be used for general purpose riding horses.

The Hackneys height can range anywhere from 14.2 hands to 16.2 hands tall. (a “hand” is equal to 4” therefore “15.2 hands tall would be 60 inches + 2 inches = 62 inches).

Hackneys are also great for shows.

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Tag der Veröffentlichung: 30.12.2010

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