What is quarterhorse? And what is quarterhorse racing? What is the country of origin?

Answer 1

A quarter horse is one of a breed of strong horses developed in the U.S. for short-distance races, usually a quarter of a mile or less (hence the "quarter" part of the name). These horses have reportedly been clocked at 55 mph (over 88 km/H) in speed.

Quarter Horses are the most popular breed in the United States, and is the largest breed society in the world.

In the 1600s, American colonists on the eastern seaboard began to crossbreed imported English horses with "native" horses. The influence of some of these thoroughbreds contributed genes crucial to the developement of the colonial "Quarter Miler," or "Quarter Mile Horse".

So the country of origin is the United States, and "Quarter Horse Racing" is the racing of horses at high speeds for short distances on a straightaway course, originally a quarter of a mile.

Quarter-horse racing was begun by the early settlers in Virginia shortly after Jamestown was established in 1607.

I hope this is helpful.

Answer 2

A Quarter Horse is any horse that is registered in the American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA) stud book. http://www.aqha.com/

The kind of Quarter Horses that race and the kind of Quarter Horses that are found in the show ring are almost two different breeds of horses, for all practical purposes. The Quarter Horse as a physical type had been around in the west and southwest of America for many, many years as a working cattle horse that could, outside of working hours, be raced at the "bush" tracks in the southwest for distances up to a quarter of a mile (which is how the breed got its name).

In 1940, a group of horse breeders decided to get together to found a registry for these horses. They created the registry rules and began to register horses that met the physical type requirements. The number P-1, for first Permanent Registered Quarter Horse, was awarded to the stallion that went grand champion at the 1941 Fort Worth Stock Show. The stallion that won was a King Ranch-bred horse named Wimpy.

The show and stock-horse types of Quarter Horses tend to have pedigrees that are heavily weighted towards the old foundation-stock Quarter Horses.

The racing-type Quarter Horses, on the other hand, tend to be have pedigrees heavily loaded with Thoroughbred ancestors. Many racing Quarter Horses are half, 3/4, 7/8, or as much as 15/16 Thoroughbred. This is because the Quarter Horse stud book allows the "appendix" registration of horses that are the product of mating a Permanent-registered Quarter Horse with a Thoroughbred; and the "appendix" registration can be advanced to Permanent if the horse meets certain performance criteria.

Quarter Horse racing is open to horses registered in the AQHA studbook and is conducted at distances from 220 yards (one furlong) to 870 yards. At some race meets, Thoroughbreds are allowed to enter and race against Quarter Horses.

The Quarter Horse and Quarter Horse racing are purely American phenomena. No other country conducts Quarter Horse racing.

Answer 3

This question has already been asked & answered many times in this Category. Your answers are also found in Wikipedia under Quarterhorse.

Answer 4

The quarter horse is a breed from the western United States. It is a horse used primarily for cattle drives. The racing is between horses of this background. These are the "rodeo horses"; the ones cowboys rode.