Quarter Horses can be soo many colors.I don't think there is a 'usual' but I usually see them in bay, dun, buckskin and palomino. They can be other colors though.
Buckskin is a color not a breed. There are buckskin Quarter Horses, Paints, ect. So the color of the horse has nothing to do with what they are used for.
Quarter horses generally eat what any other horse would but if you are considering on working it more than usual you may consider putting extra vitamins or fish oil in his/her feed.
Most of the horses that are used in the movie industry today are Quarter Horses or Quarter crossbreeds, unless of course the script calls for a certain breed or color, such as an Appaloosa.
The most common color of an American Quarter horse is sorrel (a brownish red, which is part of th color group called chestnut by most other breed registries) But they do come in nearly all colors.
Quarter horses are named that because they can run a Quarter of a mile really fast. They had races in the old days for a quarter of a mile and they would use Quarter horses for them. Now Quarter Horses aren't as popular for racing, because Thoroughbreds have better stamina.
Quarter horses get their name from the quarter mile races. A quarter horse is energetic enough to gallop a whole quarter of a mile.
Quarter horses originated as an American breed
The Quarter Horse is an American breed so the majority of Quarter horses are in America.
Palomino is a denomination of a color, not a breed, because you can find peruvian horses that are palomino colored, or quarter mile horses that are palomino colored, etc
quarter horses have been clocked at 55mph (88.5k) in the quarter mile.
Quarter horses can come in any color. Though every horse has a differant conformation, most quarter horses are big bodied horses. They tend to have large butts, broad shoulders, large cheeks, and are quite stocky. They stand around 15 hands, but can be much taller or smaller than that. Most quarter horses are very sensible, calm, and easy-going. They are pretty much the opposite of most thoroughbreds, lol.
There is no way to answer this question. A palomino is a color not a breed or type of horse. Many different breeds accept the palomino color in their registries, from miniature horses to Quarter Horses and everything in between.