belgian horse

BELGIAN HORSE

Belgians in the North America are divided into two groups: modern and old-style. Modern, or American, Belgians are leggier and have more slope to the shoulder than old-style Belgians, or Brabants. In the United States, the former are common while the latter are relatively rare.

The Belgian has been bred for its ability to efficiently convert feed to flesh and muscle. This horse has heavy muscling, a deep chest, wide barrel, powerful hindquarters and an active boldness, yet is willing and docile. These traits have made the Belgian the most popular draft horse in the United States among horse farmers, loggers, and pullers.

color—	American: sorrel, roan, chestnut Brabant: roan or bay
average mature weight—	1,400 - 1,800 pounds
average mature height—	16 - 17 hands
temperament—	bold and active, willing yet docile

Rocky Mountain Horse

THE HISTORY
The history of the RMH is a legend. Its claimed the pioneers had taken a special horse to Kentucky, a beautiful, young stallion of spanish descent. This stallion was crossbred with a mare. This foal was the foundation  sire of the breed. It had good character, verstil and stable gaits in four tempi. He was used for breeding his 37 year life. Most rocky mountain horses are his descendents. It is now a rare breed.

DESCRIPTION
Breeding is meticulously inspected and only horses with the right characteristics are registered. They should have good character, natural gaits, broad chest, easy to deal with, sure footed, calm and very intelligent.

COLOR
All soild colors are allowed. They cannot have white leaves or modest white markings on their chest.

THERE USE
The rocky mountain horse is used for riding, competitions and endurance.

MORGAN

HISTORY OF THE MORGAN

The morgan is named after Justin Morgan, a teacher from Massashusetts. When he moved to Vermont in 1789 he brought a bay foal with him name figure. Figures good characteristics and descendents all passed to a new generation known as the morgans. The first morgans were used for clearing forests and plowing fields. In england they served as carriage horses. Nowadays, you can find morgans all over the U.S and more than 20 countries outside the U.S.

A QUICK DESCRIPTION
Stamina, honesty, easy-going, free moving, short head, broad forehead, large eyes, broad loins, deep flank, high tail, and compact body are all apart of morgans.

COLOR
Bay, chesnut, black, yellow, light gray, cream and buckskin. The most common are bay, black and chesnut but some have overo patterns.

THERE USE
Morgans a popular riding horses but they are also used for carriage driving, western riding, jumping, dressage, and endurance. Because of its clam nature the happy horse is sometimes used for thearpy

FLORIDA CRACKER HORSE

THE HISTORY
The Florida cracker horse is another rare breed. It is also called the Florida horse, woods pony, indian pony, prarie pony or florida cow pony. The breed was created by natural selection among the herds o wild horses in florida, and it became a favorite cattle driver. Later however, farmers started using bigger horses for this task, almost causing the extinction of the florida cracker horse.

DESCRIPTION

It is a smaller horse, only about 13.5 hands high. It has an elegant head with lively eyes, the back is short and strong with rounded loins. The horse has a natural alertness, power and stamina. It isborn with a fast gait. They come in any equine colors but are mostly solid or gray.

American Saddle Bred

HISTORY  OF THE AMERICAN SADDLE BRED
The American Saddle Bred has its origins in the 17th century, when British pioneers brought their Galloway and recreational horses to North America. These horses were bred to be both small and strong, and very suitable for riding on tough terrain.

DESCRIPTION
Description- A good Saddle bred should have good muscles and soft glowing coat. The mares should be feminine and the stallions real machos. The head should be beautifully shaped with big expressive eyes, ears should be closed and a narrow nose with large nostrils.

WHAT THEY ARE USED FOR
Use- As the name suggests, a riding horse. It is very well suited for dressage, jumping, terrain riding and western riding but also very good for carriage driving.

CAYUSE INDIAN PONY

THE HISTORY OF THE INDIAN PONY

The pioneers often called the horses of the natives americans cayuse ponies but the cayuse indian pony is in fact a breed tracked back to the 19th century. Like many other breeds the cayuse indian pony was some fuzzy history but it is belived to be descenaot from the french horses. Today you can rarely find the breed outside of California.




DESCRIPTION

The cayuse indian pony is small and stock with hight ithers and extremly long cannon bones.


WHAT ARE THEY USED FOR

The pony is mostly used for ridding and is great for aniaml children because they are easy to ride and they ride comfortable. Colors are mostly gray and the bigest that they will get is 14 hands.

APPALOOSA

HISTORY OF THEAPPALOOSA

The appalossa is a accent breed, cave painting of more then 20,000 years ago display these spotted horses and the old chinese emperos called them celesital horses in the 18th and 19th centory, they were favored by the Eurpen artisocarcy.

DISCRIPRION
 Stamaina, good charchacter, strong hind quarters good legs, versatillity hard hoovs.


COLORS

The most common is a dark body with spotted or white loubs abd hind quarters. however there are diffrent and many diffrent patterns. No two Appalossas are the same they usually have a spotted coat striped hooves and a white scelea in common though.

THERE USE

There are diffrent appalossa bloodlibes some are chactrized by speed otheres are very suited for western discipines like cutting barrles key hole pole bending western plesurer they also can be used for english such as dressage and show jumping. You could almost say that the Appaloosa they can be used for almost any ridding or show event.

THE MUSTANGE

THE MUSTANG

Hernando cortez brought horses ashorse in mexico in the 1519. The name mustang comes from the word mesteno which mean wild and stray. The mustang they are fully grown at the age of 4-7 years of age. They have very strong legs compared to other horses that are out in your back field or in the barn. The hooves are also stronger then other horses because they have been able to run free without shoes on any kind of terron.


THERE USE
There is not really any use for the mustang beside watching them run free in the wild and it is also obvious that you cant really "use " a wild mustang, but they can be tamed if they can be used just as your saddled horse that you have.

AMERICAN PAINT HORSE

HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN PAINT HORSE

Paint horses have been a colorful accent and a partner of man kind from time immemoriay primitive representations painstakingly scrached into the walls of prehistore caves by early man. Attest to this fact. As civilization developed and with it, man involvement with the horse


TYPES OF AMERICAN PAINT HORSES.
- Tobiano pattern
- Overo pattern
- Tovero pattern
- Coat colors
- Color requements
- Solid paint - Bred


WHAT CAN THEY BE USED FOR?
 The American paint can be used for many thigs such has just ridding around the farm going out for trail rides showing and regesterd under APHA some of the types of things that you can use them for is many things you can use them to jump western pleasur lead line barrles key hole pole bending and many more.

Thoroughbred horses

The thoroghbred is a horse breed best known for its use in horse racing. although the word thoroughbred is sometimes used to refer to any breed of pure bred horses.
Thoroughbreds are used for mainly racing but are also bred and used for other riding disciplines such as show jumping, combined traning, dressage, pole and fox hunting i also uses my thorghbred for western plesure. They are also commonly coross bred to create new breeds to improve existing ones, and have been influental in the creation of the quarter horse, standerbred, Anglo-Arabian and various warn blood breeds.

Quarter horse

           

Quarter horse

What are quarter horses used for quarter horses are one of the most popular horses in the redo. They are used for gaming such as barrels, pole bending, dash for cash, western pleaser and hoarding cow’s sheep and other farm animals. Their coloring varies from bay, black and brown and includes chestnut, palomino, buckskin and grey. The quarter horse breed is known for its small, short and refined head and straight profile as well as its broad chest and powerful hindquarters. Standing between 14 and 16 hands, about five-feet-tall at the withers, they are bred with two main body types. The stock type, which is more compact and muscular yet extremely agile, and the racing type that may be slightly taller with smoother muscles typically trained for running quarter mile sprints. The quarter horse breeds usually shown in competition are larger, more muscular horses. And they are also a great horse to have around the farm for trail rides and giving ridding lessons.