The American Quarter Horse
The American Quarter horse is sometimes called "the world’s fastest athlete" for good reason. The Quarter horse got its name because of its incredible speed over short distances, making it being able to beat almost every other breed of horse over a quarter mile track. American Quarter horses can reach speeds of fifty five miles an hour.
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The American Qarter horse breed is most popular breed today in America. It is well known as a race horse and is seen performing in rodeos and horse shows, but the American Quarterhorse is also a real working horse on ranches all over America. The compact body is perfect for the fast intricate maneuvers of the reining and the work of the cow horse. He is able to do barrel racing, roping of calves, and various rodeo riding things, in particular the ones that involve calves and cows, too.
The American Quarterhorse that we know today began to emerge in the 1600s, as a result of early settlers cross-breeding thoroughbred horses, imported from England, with the wild horses native to what would soon become America. Though the term “native” is actually erroneous as the horses in question were actually Chickasaw, a breed brought over from Spain by the Conquistadors. These “native” horses were actually developed from Iberian, Arabian and Barb stock!
During the time period that the modern American West was being settled, the main requirement for the settlers was a horse, who was not only strong, but also must have been keen to working long hard days. The American Quarterhorse filled the bill. The Quarterhorses were bred with Mustangs by the indians to domesticate them during this westward movement. A natural instinct for working cattle is called “cow sense”. That was the result.
