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The American Quarter Horse, or Quarter Horse, is an American breed of horse that excels at sprinting short distances. Its name is derived from its ability to outrun other horse breeds in races of 1 ⁄ 4 mi (0.40 km) or less; some have been clocked at speeds up to 44 mph (71 km/h). The development of the Quarter Horse traces to the 1600s.
A breed registry was founded in 1954, and within 15 years had registered 15,000 ponies. Today, the Pony of the Americas Club is one of the largest and most active youth-oriented horse breed registrie in the US. Although called ponies, POAs have the phenotype of a small horse, combining mainly Arabian and American Quarter Horse attributes.
Evening Snow was an American Quarter Horse bred by Ginger Hyland and was purchased in foal with his mother Florentine by AQHA Hall of Fame Inductee Princess Abigail Kawananakoa. Foaled in 1993, he was sired by Chicks Beduino and was out of the Champion mare Florentine.
Over the course of four weeks, 4,000-plus horses and more than half a million humans will trot through the Ohio Expo Center during the All American Quarter Horse Congress. Hosted by the Ohio ...
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The Quarter Pony is a breed of pony that is similar to the American Quarter Horse. It stands up to 14.2 hands (58 inches, 147 cm) high and was developed from American Quarter Horse foundation bloodstock. The breed was originally developed from Quarter Horses that did not meet the American Quarter Horse Association's height
Outside of the American Quarter Horse Association's Hall of Fame & Museum in Amarillo, Texas. The American Quarter Horse Association was born at a meeting on March 15, 1940, in Fort Worth, Texas. The original idea had come from articles published by Robert M. Denhardt during the 1930s about the history and characteristics of the quarter horse.
Peppy San Badger's career as a sire had a large impact on the Quarter Horse breed. He was the all-time leading sire of the NCHA for many years up until 2003. [ 5 ] Peppy San Badger sired 2,325 foals registered with the AQHA in 19 seasons.