{"id":47462,"date":"2025-01-22T10:37:55","date_gmt":"2025-01-22T15:37:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ehorses.com\/magazine\/?post_type=horse-breed&p=47462"},"modified":"2025-01-22T10:37:55","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T15:37:55","slug":"quarter-horse","status":"publish","type":"horse-breed","link":"https:\/\/www.ehorses.com\/magazine\/horse-breed\/quarter-horse\/","title":{"rendered":"Quarter Horse"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t\tThe Quarter Horse, often also called the American Quarter Horse, is the world’s most numerous breed with over five million horses and is considered the Western horse par excellence. Compact and agile, fast and versatile – the robust but remarkably noble horse breed proves itself in all disciplines of western riding, but also cuts a fine figure as a jumping, driving or leisure horse. At the same time, the Quarter Horse captivates with its charming, sociable nature, its pronounced willingness to perform and probably also enjoys worldwide popularity for this reason. From cowhorses and purebreds to the hunter type and foundation horses with a low percentage of thoroughbreds, various breeding directions are pursued according to the sporting suitability..<\/strong>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Breeding history of the Quarter Horse<\/h2>

The Quarter Horse has developed as an independent breed in North America since the 18th century and traces its origins back to several other horse breeds. Initially, it was oriental horses such as Berbers, Andalusians<\/a> and Arabs<\/a><\/strong> that came to the continent through the Spanish conquerors in the 16th and 17th centuries. During the settlement of North America, where all native horses were already extinct, the European settlers brought with them mainly English Thoroughbreds, Percherons<\/a> from France and Irish ponies.<\/p>

From the various breeds, the Quarter Horse gradually emerged as the first North American horse breed, along with the increasing prevalence of horse racing. As before in England, the settlers cultivated the tradition of horse racing in their new homeland in the course of Quarter Mile Races, in which two horses competed against each other over a course of about 437 yards. With its speed, the Quarter Horse proved to be the ideal racehorse<\/strong> for this distance. At the same time, however, it also proved itself as a draft and work horse on the ranches, so that its popularity and thus also its breeding continued to increase. Since 1940, breeders of the Quarter Horse have been united in the American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA), which today represents the breeding association with the largest number of members worldwide.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Origin of the Quarter Horse<\/h2>

After breeding started successfully in the States, Quarter Horses were soon exported to Europe. As early as May 25, 1964, the first two horses arrived in Switzerland. They were imported by the Swiss Jean-Claude Dysli, who had acquired the Quarter Horses in California.<\/strong> With these two animals, the breeding in Europe began, which for a long time was characterized by the import and export of the animals, since fresh blood was always needed to keep the good qualities and appearance of the horses pure. Due to the successful breeding in Switzerland, the first Quarter Horses were “imported” to Germany in 1970.<\/strong> There, too, began its own breeding of the beautiful animals, which now does without imports from Switzerland or the States and is managed by the DQHA.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\tQuarter Horses for sale<\/strong>\r\n\r\n