What is the difference between a quarter horse and a thoroughbred?

Answer 1

Yes there is. A pony is shorter than a horse and is somtimes mistaken for a child horse. That and MANY other reasons is why there is no difference between a quarter horse and a quarter pony. Look it up. It's not rocket science.

Answer 2

Yes. There is a difference between every breed of horse. A Thoroughbred horse tends to be around 16 hands high and its ancestry can be traced back to the Arabian horse. The characteristics of a Thoroughbred include tall, slender frame, good for racing, a great lung capacity and strong competitive spirit. A Quarter Horse is often short and stocky and is named after the quarter mile race that it was bred for. Their propensity as sprinters is tested at tracks nation wide. The Quarter horse is a mix of mostly Thoroughbred, Barb, Mustang, Arab.

Answer 3

Well, first of they are completely different breeds. The quarter horse is rather stocky and has medium size legs, TBs are lean and have long skinny legs, which is why they are used for racing.

Answer 4

Thoroughbreds were created hundreds of years ago from 'Turk' (Akhal-Teke), Barb and Arabian stock crossed on British running mares that were of native bloodlines. The Thoroughbred is a 'hotblood' type of horse that is the worlds premier racehorse capable of racing at speeds of 35 to nearly 50 mph over distances of 1/2 to 3 miles. They are tall,long legged, and lanky with smoother muscling. Quarter horses were created by crossing Thoroughbreds onto mustang and crossbred stock that was used for racing in the early colonial US. The Quarter horse can sprint at speeds of 40 to 55 mph over a 1/4 mile. They also have Iberian bloodlines in them which gave them an ability to work with cattle naturally. They tend to be smaller, stocky, and have bulky muscles.

Answer 5

The word thoroughbred is often used interchangably with the word purebred, however, Thoroughbred is a breed in it's own right.

Thoroughbreds can be used to produce appendix quarter horses when bred to AQHA registered horses.

Answer 6

its how thay walk and run gallop jog its all different just watch how the horse walks and jogs runs gallop you will see

Answer 7

A quarter horse is stock breed that was bred to race the 1/4 mile. A saddlebred is a gaited, more refined horse.

Answer 8

Height, a horse is larger then a pony, Usually ponys are 13 hands and smaller from the shoulder to the ground, horses are 13 hands and up from shoulder to ground.

Answer 9

Both are different breeds of horses.