Cocadari and JWP475 are both kind of making my point about quarter horses.
JWP, Yes I know Doc Bar was a "quarter horse". A quarter horse bred to run and couldn't, turned halter horse and did well for a while but really excelled when they bred him to those Poco Tivio mare's. Turned the cutting horse world upside down you might say.
You won't get any argument from me about the quarter horse being a good breed, but surely you will agree that the breed has been specialized to death. From halter horses to cutters to ranch horses to the point that sometimes I find it hard to recognize a common type.
Cocodari, In the mountains it's whole different ballgame isn't it.
As much as I love my quarter horses, The best mountain horse I ever had was a paint foxtrotter. She out performed all the quarter horses and walking horses in our group. Her nickname with our friends was the "Energizer Bunny". Was well gaited, and she really liked the running walk.
Last edited by byron; 05/23/13.
