What breed is he?

Question

ok i'm sorry but i don't have a picture cuz i hate my computer ill just discribe him and please don't guess if you don't have a clue. He is 20 years old now he is pretty moderate speed can run fast but has lots of trouble with leads and speed. I know he is paty apaloosa, he is chest nut with white and black small spots in a few places. He has a very braud head and regular sized ears large eyes. His neck is very muscular and short and thick. The rest of his body is very lean and he is well muscled, not like just from running. His legs are an average length for a quarter horse, his tail is held very high. He has smooth gaits and goes into a running troot, It is not nesasary to post while in an english class tho it is bumpy enogh to post. if you think you can get it with more discriptions email me

Answer 1

he could be a pure appy. possibly appy/t-brednot all of them have that nice sleek head. He sounds very much like our appy who was a quarter thoroughbred

Answer 2

My guess without a picture would be some sort of heavy breed crossed with a Appy, QH, etc. Maybe some draft in him if he's got a muscular neck, but that could be from something else too.

When you like your computer again post some pictures and ask again. ;)

Answer 3

What you PROBABLY have is an Appaloosa, pure and simple.  Not everybody knows what a real Appaloosa looks like and even fewer know that Appaloosas are/were known for the running walk, known as 'Indian shuffle'.

The Appaloosa of the Nez Perce was an 'elegant, stylish' mount as described by Lewis & Clark on their epic journey across the 'Louisiana Purchase'.1804,  (led by a 14 year old Sacagajawea)

Not every answerer here has the years of study and research that I've devoted to the Spanish Blooded horses, particularly the Appaloosa.  The mongrel crossbreds called "Appaloosa" today are no basis for judgment of a REAL Appaloosa.

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Answer 4

The horse you describe sounds like he could just be pure appaloosa.  Not all horses get registered, even if they are eligible.  It seems he doens't have great conformation, but with a high flat croup, and a smooth trot, I'd say he could be just plain appy, or colorado ranger horse.  they can both be smooth gaited it's called a "shuffle" with out actualy being pacy.  Troulbe with leads and speed isn't a breed issue, it's a training/coordination issue, and is a red herring as to breeds.  He could be crossed with any gaited breed, short muscular neck could be from a tennisee walker, but with out actually knowing, it's impossible to tell.

Answer 5

ok so we have appaloosa, possibly a little arabian, QH, maybe tenessee walker, but the short and thick neck makes me think a tiny bit of percheron possibly? could you tell us how tall  he is please?

Answer 6

Maybe a Walkaloosa it is a mix between an Appaloosa and a Tennessee Walker

Answer 7

Without a picture, you are describing any breed.  Many thoroughbreds have very smooth gaits. Many quarter horses have bouncier gaits.  Individuals within a breed will vary in confirmation.  Even with a picture it may be hard.

My mare has been confused for a Quarter Horse and Standardbred before.

Answer 8

I am almost certain you have an Arabian Quater Horse or Thoroughbred cross.  Because Arbaians run moderatly fast and are lean and yet muscular plus they have a high tail.  Plus Quarter Horses have broad heads. Plus it sounds Thoroughbred ish! I am almost certain so

Answer 9

A broad face could mean a Quarter Horse or Draft while the high raised tail could be a Morgan, Arabian, Saddlebred or Tennessee Walker. But, the thick neck points to a Draft or Quarter Horse. Sometimes you can have you horses blood run through a database of registered horses and that can point to what breed he is.

Answer 10

is the face dished in? if so he could be an Arabian/Quarter Horse, but i doubt the Arabian. i think hes more Tennessee Walker/Quarter Horse

Answer 11

I would say its an arabian if its tail is poised high, but with a thick neck it sounds like a Quarter Horse with some Arabian blood... It sounds like hes got a little bit of everything!

Answer 12

well... being that he has a short, thick neck, and a white chest with small black spots, that is definately the appaloosa horse part in him. and the broad head is a clydesdale horse. heres a picture of an appaloosa horse:

http://www.nps.gov/archive/yell/tours/th...

im sure thats kinda what his chest looks like, except the spots im sure are black like you said. heres a picture of a clydesdale horse:

http://artfiles.art.com/images/-/Muhamma...

clydesdale horses have fairly large and broad heads. hope i helped!!!

Answer 13

Perhaps a cross between a POA and an Arabian, the stride is not very long and the pasterns being shorter than a full Arab leads to choppy gait to ride at the trot, however these are very athletic animals, good jumpers and plenty of endurance.

Answer 14

the horse you are describing is most likely a standardbred, arabian, paso fino, or any combination of the above. it IS for certian a gaited horse. you described the gaits of a gaited