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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 requirement.
The All American Quarter Horse Congress (AAQHC) is known as the largest single breed horse show in the world. [1] The annual event is held at the 360 acre Ohio Expo Center and State Fairgrounds in Columbus, Ohio, and is hosted by the Ohio Quarter Horse Association (OQHA). [2] The AAQHC has multiple events in a variety of disciplines.
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.
Poco Bueno was a brown American Quarter Horse stallion foaled April 10, 1944. [1] He was sired by King P-234 and out of the mare Miss Taylor who was by Old Poco Bueno. [1] Poco Bueno was named for his maternal grandsire, and the name means pretty good in Spanish. [2]
Three Oh's (foaled 1966) was a brown Quarter Horse stallion, AQHA #0458120, winner of the 1968 All American Futurity.He sired Maskeo Lad, a 1972 brown Quarter Horse stallion, AQHA #0835539, who was the 1975 AQHA Racing Champion Three-Year-Old Colt, [2] and Oh Shiney, a 1976 black Quarter Horse stallion, AQHA #1431631, who was the 1981 AQHA Racing Champion Aged Stallion. [3]
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The original breed standard is set by the Connemara Pony Breeders' Society of Ireland, and also used by the British Connemara Pony Society. The adults are usually 128 to 148 cm (12.2 to 14.2 h; 50 to 58 in) in height, with a strong back, loins, and hindquarters, deep and broad through the ribs, and with a riding-type well laid-back shoulder and ...