American Quarter Horse

The American Quarter Horse stands to be one of the, if not THE, most popular horse breed in the world, with an estimated more than 5 million American Quarter Horses populating the breed’s registry.

Known for its capacity for short-distance speed bursts, the American Quarter Horse is essentially an American horse breed, as its name would already imply, with its name taken from the fact that it could easily outrace any other horse breed within a quarter mile or less gap.

The 1994 released movie, Black Beauty, featured an American Quarter Horse as its main character, with the story bringing viewers to the life experiences a horse is subjected to during its lifetime. An American Quarter breed named Docs Keepin Time played the character of Black Beauty in the film, with his voice narrated by Alan Cumming, resulting to a beautiful movie that can be enjoyed by everyone in the family.

As a horse breed, the American Quarter Horse can be best described as powerful, with a strong physique and large body that exudes and says volumes about its physical prowess and capabilities as a horse.

Its regal and majestic stance have led many in basing the ideal visuals of proud race horses after American Quarter Horses, whose color coats come in almost all known color varieties of horses and horse breeds, though the browning hued “sorrel” is the most commonly encountered color type of American Quarter Horses.

Bearing the largest number in breed population, the American Quarter Horse is truly a popular breed, one whose physical attributes and speed stands to be the more evident reasons why it is so loved by horse owners based in different parts of the world.

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