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Animals (Basel). 2021 Sep 30;11(10). doi: 10.3390/ani11102861.

Comparison of American Quarter Horses Competing in Western Pleasure, Hunter under Saddle, and Reining Using Linear Traits.

Animals : an open access journal from MDPI

Isabel Thea Roth, Britta Schielke, Markus Rensing, Maren Bernau

Affiliations

  1. Fakultät Agrarwirtschaft, Volkswirtschaft und Management, Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Umwelt Nürtingen-Geislingen, Neckarsteige 6-10, 72622 Nürtingen, Germany.
  2. Independent Researcher (former: Deutsche Quarter Horse Association Breeding Management), Wickengartenstraße 3, 35428 Langgöns, Germany.
  3. Independent Researcher (former: Deutsche Quarter Horse Association Breeding Management), Astenstraße 13, 57392 Schmallenberg, Germany.

PMID: 34679888 PMCID: PMC8532615 DOI: 10.3390/ani11102861

Abstract

To investigate differences in American Quarter Horses conformation suggesting specialization and subpopulations within the breed, a total of 45 horses were studied. These horses were classified according to their specific sport discipline: Western Pleasure (WPL,

Keywords: American quarter horse; hunter under saddle; linear traits; reining; western pleasure

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