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It seems to be the halter classes that have been the detriment of the horse for many breeds.

 

You have to look for non-halter bloodlines in QHs to find ones with normal butts :)  They are probably always going to look more muscular compared to an Arab but there is average muscle and then there is halter horses, a whole "breed" apart so to speak. There are still some good working horses out there that can work all day, you just have to go towards the ones bred for performance like cutting or working ranch, even racing.

 

Lysane

ie <rdcarrie@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Oops, accidentally clicked send before typing my message...

 

I have no doubt that those deformed creatures on that webpage could hold a roped steer...I don't think the steer has been born that could budge one of those towering mounds of flesh!  The sheer weight alone would be enough to stop a steer.  <G>

 

Those QHs are grotesque...they look like beef bulls with little horse heads tacked on...and with tiny little feet and short upright pasterns.  They are every bit as deformed from the original working QH as today's showring Arab is deformed from the original working Arab...just in a different way.  And they are just about as worthless as the average showring Arab in terms of working ability.  The QH people have gone for huge bulky bodies, tiny feet, downhill builds, etc.  The Arab people have gone for freaky deformed heads, scrawny bodies, thin bones, and flat croups.  Neither is attractive, nor useful as a serious working horse.

 

Dawn in East Texas

 

On 6/19/07, Barbara McCrary <bigcreekranch@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Quarter Horses have changed hugely since the originals, I have observed.
They appear to be bred nowadays to meet a show-ring style, just as many dogs
have been.  While I haven't ridden a QH in 35 years, I see them as almost
deformed, just to meet that "style."  We're looking (in those photos) at
1400# animals on 00 or 000 feet, with huge hind ends and chest and forearm
muscling.  I also noticed that they all have goose-rumps, but that must be
designed for getting under themselves for those sliding stops.  Even a
slight dropped rump is better than a flat one for climbing and descending
hills, and the show-ring Arabs have been bred for those "gorgeous" table-top
croups.  Of course, one of the QH's original jobs was roping and holding
cattle, and for that they were/are most suitable.  I wonder if the horses in
that ad are even suitable for that, or for getting out and covering ground
to get to the cattle.

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