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Title:	Equine Notes Conference
Notice:	Topics List=4, Horses 4Sale/Wanted=150, Equip 4Sale/Wanted=151
Moderator:	MTADMS::COBURNIO

Created:	Tue Feb 11 1986
Last Modified:	Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	2080
Total number of notes:	22383

1710.0. "Quarterhorse or Mustang?" by LABC::PENN (Equestrian Lady) Fri Feb 05 1993 15:19

Hi all,

My Buckskin gelding was trucked into the Los Angeles basin last May. I was 
told he had been doing cattle work on a ranch in Colorado when I purchased him.
There were no papers for him.

So my question is how can I tell by looking at him if he has quarterhorse or 
mustang in him?

Several people have commented that he looks like the wild mustangs that we 
always see pictures of.

Thanks,

Linda

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
1710.1		DELNI::MANDILE	Toepick!	`Mon Feb 08 1993 09:30`	5
	Pick up a copy of the Quarterhorse Journal. There is information in there that could give you a good idea on what a typical QH looks like. Also, there are contacts to get other magazines that relate directly to the Buckskin breeds....(also look under "Dun", which is the catagory a "buckskin" falls under)
1710.2	The mirror often lies - don't count on it	TOMLIN::ROMBERG	I feel a vacation coming on...	`Mon Feb 08 1993 12:43`	15
	The really short answer is that you can't tell just by looking at him. Q-horses, even registered, come in lots of different shapes and sizes. (Most folks tell me that my 16.3+ registered Q-horse (with papers, not appendix), looks more like a warmblood :^) These folks may be reacting to his color, as that's what they think a mustang should look like. Also, the pictures in the Q-horse Journal are primarily show horses, which may have a completely different appearance than a horse bred for or used for doing real work (my bias is showing here). This difference in appearance is due to different muscling, different feed conditions, different blood lines, etc. In the equine work world, it's survival of the fittest (i.e., the horses that work best will tend to be used for breeding at some point). In the show world, beauty plays a big part.