[Cool Time 84]

How many of you would be willing to believe that Thoroughbred,Arabians, Tennessee Walkers and Quarter Horses/Paints can all be proved to be related ON PAPERS?

Just curious...

Or how many would not be willing to believe it?

Either way...

Stephanie

[EqUeStRiAn]

ok i might not be getting this whole topic but i thought they are all realted: I thought arabs were one of the oldest breeds and all of the above influcened eachother in some way.. ok sorry imay be wrong but thats what ive learned over the years....

[zorse]

Take out the TWH and I would

[Cool Time 84]

Okay yes, in some way all are related, but I mean if someone could prove it on papers, or in a data base that all trace back to the same stallion in 1633 (for example)...

Zorse, TWH are included, because I myself didn't believe it.

[Lou3]

Well we know for a fact that the three founding stallions for TBs were arabs, It makes sense that the Quarter horse is related to the TB since both are bred for racing, The quarter horse i'm guessing was originally mostly TB types that showed a particular talent for running over 1/4 mile. The TWH i can well imagine descended from arabs with parculiar gaits probably crossed with a different gaited horse, you only have to look at their faces to see that - and since we already established how well linked arabs TBs and QH are...

[Cool Time 84]

I was shocked to notice that my TWH's were related to my AQHA mare.. but its true, they all trace back to "Old Maracco Mare" foaled in 1654, who was sired by "Old Marraco Barb" who was foaled in 1633. I about freaked! lol

[QTRgirl]

I definetly think they can all be related in some fashion.

[SyntheticTrust]

hmm thats pretty interesting

[7HL]

From cave paintings it is believed that the equid from which modern horses are derived resemble the modern Przewalski Horse. The large strong heads and erect manes depicted in these paintings bear a striking resemblance to this modern breed.
The first domestication of the horses was probably in the steppes of central Asia between 3000 and 4000 B.C. These first animals were kept for meat and milk. As early man became more mobile undoubtedly horses began to be used as pack animals.

Oxen were being used in the Middle East at approximately 4000 B.C. for plowing. Progressively they were used on sleds, which were eventually mounted on rollers, with the final evolution of wheels. Early in the 3rd millennium B.C. there is archeological evidence that vehicles drawn by equid, generally onagers or *** hybrids, were being used in warfare. As horses from the north became more numerous the carts moved to the familiar two-wheeled chariot with spoked wheels. Due to his greater speed the horse rapidly replaced other equid as harness animals

Guess we could always say there was an "Adam & Eve" of horses.

[cassidy]

i suppose they all have to be related somewhere back in the day!!

i mean bluebell is a welsh cob section d but her papers show that her relatives come from hackneys an morgans!