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An Australian Stock Horse competing in eventing. Around 190,000 Australian Stock Horses are registered or foals recorded with the Australian Stock Horse Society. [3] The Stock Horse is used in many competitive disciplines, including polo, polocrosse, dressage, campdrafting, show jumping, eventing, and endurance riding.
The Australian stock saddle is a saddle in popular use all over the world for activities that require long hours in the saddle and a secure seat. The saddle is suitable for cattle work, starting young horses , everyday pleasure riding , trail riding , endurance riding , polocrosse and is also used in Australian campdrafting competitions and ...
When the Australian Stock Horse Society was formed in 1971, [14] the majority of horses accepted into its studbook were Waler horses. The ASHS also accepted horses of other breeds, notably Quarter horses, which has always been controversial. While many stock horses do have Quarter horse genetics in their breeding, not all do, as there are still ...
Unlike polo, players are allowed only to play one horse, except in the case of injury. There is no restriction on the horse's height, although polocrosse horses are generally smaller than 16hh. Horses of all breeds play polocrosse and the Australian Stock Horse is the most popular breed playing in Australia. Stallions are not permitted to play.
The related cow pony or cow horse is a historic phrase, still used colloquially today, referring to a particularly small agile cattle-herding horse; [2] the term dates to 1874. [3] The word "pony" in this context has little to do with the animal's size, [ 4 ] though the traditional cow pony could be as small as 700 to 900 pounds (320 to 410 kg ...
In Australia, Australian Stock Horses are the most common breed used in polo. [4] [5] The Argentine Polo Horse is a breed developed from crossing purebred racehorses with rustic country horses, resulting in a horse prized for its agility and skill rather than beauty. With a long neck, slender body, strong limbs, wide and smooth legs, and an ...
Stock horse, agile, heavily muscled riding horses of several different breeds, suitable for working cattle. Not to be confused with the breed Australian Stock Horse. Some representatives colloquially called "cow horse" or "cow pony" in the western United States.
Campdrafting is a unique Australian sport involving a horse and rider working cattle. The riding style is Australian stock , somewhat akin to American Western riding and the event is similar to the American stock horse events such as cutting , working cow horse , team penning , and ranch sorting .