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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.
All Breed Database Pedigree of Doc Bar retrieved on June 22, 2007; American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA). "Doc Bar". AQHA Hall of Fame. American Quarter Horse Association; Close, Pat; Simmons, Diane, eds. (1993). Legends: Outstanding Quarter Horse Stallions and Mares. Colorado Springs, CO: Western Horseman. ISBN 0-911647-26-0.
The word pedigree is a corruption of the Anglo-Norman French pé de grue or "crane's foot", either because the typical lines and split lines (each split leading to different offspring of the one parent line) resemble the thin leg and foot of a crane [3] or because such a mark was used to denote succession in pedigree charts. [4] A pedigree ...
All Breed Pedigree Database Pedigree of Grey Badger II retrieved on June 23, 2007; AQHA Hall of Fame accessed on September 11, 2017; American Quarter Horse Association (1961). Official Stud Book and Registry Combined Books 1-2-3-4-5. Amarillo, TX: American Quarter Horse Association.
All Breed Pedigree Database Pedigree of Peter McCue retrieved on June 23, 2007; AQHA Hall of Fame accessed on September 1, 2017; Dover, Otto (April 1953). "How Peter McCue Got His Name". Quarter Horse Journal: 33. Short, Victoria (1998). Unregistered Foundation Sires of the American Quarter Horse. Houston: Loshadt Publishing.
All Breed Pedigree Database Pedigree of Wimpy retrieved on July 17, 2007; AQHA Hall of Fame accessed on September 2, 2017; Beckman, Bruce "Number One" Quarter Horse Journal March 1990 p. 36, 147; Denhardt, Robert "Wimpy P-1 Earned His Number" Quarter Horse Journal June 1964 p. 18, 58, 62, 136-137
Impressive (April 15, 1969 – March 20, 1995) was an Appendix Quarter Horse, who earned his full AQHA registration in 1971.He was the 1974 World Champion Open Aged halter stallion, the first such World Champion in his breed, despite carrying only 48 halter points in total.
The following list of horse and pony breeds includes standardized breeds, some strains within breeds that are considered distinct populations, types of horses with common characteristics that are not necessarily standardized breeds but are sometimes described as such, and terms that describe groupings of several breeds with similar characteristics.