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Average Height: 14 - 16 hh Average Height: Up to 9.5 hh Average Weight: 950 - 1200 lbs Average Weight: 150 - 350 lbs Distinguishing Features: Muscular body, Distinguishing Features: Small stature, deep chest, wide forehead, at prole compact, similar features to larger horses but in a smaller body Fun Fact: The name "Quarter Horse" refers to the distance, a quarter of a mile, Fun Fact: Though Miniature Horses are often that the horses often raced companion animals, many drive carts or compete in conformation, obstacle, or jumping classes Thoroughbred Arabian Average Height: 15 - 17 hh Average Weight: 1000 - 1200 lbs Average Height: 14 - 16 hh Distinguishing Features: Delicate head, Average Weight: 800 - 1000 lbs slim body, powerful hind end, long stride Distinguishing Features: Small head, large eyes, Fun Fact: Thoroughbreds are very versatile concave prole below the eyes, arched neck, horses that are most widely known for racing, high tail carriage but are commonly found in showjumping, Fun Fact: Superior endurance and stamina hunters, dressage, driving, and more made the Arabian the original racehorse, and there are more than 700 all-Arabian races in the U.S. every year Warmblood

Average Height: 15 - 17 hh Morgan Average Weight: 1000 - 1500 lbs Average Height: 14 - 15 hh Distinguishing Features: Well-proportioned build, deep chest, muscular neck, Average Weight: 900 - 1000 lbs powerful hind end Distinguishing Features: Compact and Fun Fact: The term "Warmblood" refers to smaller build, broad forehead, muscular, a horse's typical temperament and disposition, high head carriage, thick mane and tail rather than a temperature. Warmbloods are Fun Fact: Every Morgan today traces back middle-weight horses that are more agile than to the stallion Justin Morgan, who was cold-blooded Draft horses and more docile than foaled in 1789 hot-blooded Thoroughbreds

Paint Horse Mustang Average Height: 13 - 15 hh Average Height: 14 - 16 hh Average Weight: 650 - 1100 lbs Average Weight: 950 - 1200 lbs Distinguishing Features: Rounded Distinguishing Features: Colorful coat back end, short back, low tail set, patterns, well-balanced body, powerful smooth muscled hind end Fun Fact: Mustangs are known to be Fun Fact: Paint Horses come in many color very hardy and sturdy horses because patterns, such as tobiano, overo, tovero, of their time in the wild and solid paint-bred

Appaloosa Tennessee Walking Horse Average Height: 14.3 - 17 hh Average Height: 14 - 15 hh Average Weight: 900 - 1200 lbs Average Weight: 950 - 1200 lbs Distinguishing Features: Sloping shoulder Distinguishing Features: Mottled skin, and hip, longer bottom-line than top-line spotted coat patterns, striped hooves, for a long stride eyes with a white sclera Fun Fact: The Tennnessee Walking Horse Fun Fact: There are many coat patterns for has three distinct gaits: at foot walk, running Appaloosas, including sports, snow ake, walk, and canter leopard, blanket, blanket with spots, Appaloosa roan, roan blanket, and solid

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