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American
Quarter
Horse
The
quarter horse is considered by many to be one of the most
successful breeds in the world. He has a pleasant disposition
and gentleness. Quarter Horses make excellent horses for
schooling, trail riding and especially for children and
families. The breed seems to have an innate cow sense and
is used almost exclusively in rodeo events.
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Quarter
Horse
Products
Unique
designs of the wonderful Quarter Horse on a variety of products.
Perfect for gifts, door prizes, expos, shows. These are copyrighted
designs you won't find anywhere else on the web!
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Quarter Horse products
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Quarter
Horse
Stickers & Custom
Decals
Peel & Place Stickers
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Vinyl Die-Cuts
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Quarter
Horse Stickers & Decals
Unique
stickers and decals of your favorite breed. Perfect
for gifts, door prizes, expos, shows, or just
to put on your own car, truck, trailer, luggage
- whatever! These are copyrighted designs you
won't find anywhere else on the web! Choose from
three styles:
- 4
1/2 inch round peel-and-place stickers
- 5,
10, 20 inch round vinyl die-cut with custom text in white,
silver, gold, red or black
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All
designs are silk screened onto high quality, all
weather vinyl, rated for 5-7 years, depending on
conditions. All designs are the best of quality to assure
they are easily seen and printed by a professional printer.
You will not be disappointed with our products!
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4
1/2 inch round Peel & Place Sticker, black
text on white vinyl
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Peel-&-Place
Sticker
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Pack
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Pack
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4
1/2 inch round Peel & Place Sticker, black
text on white vinyl
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Peel-&-Place
Sticker
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Pack
of Three Stickers
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Pack
of Ten Stickers
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Custom
Quarter Horse Horse Die-Cut Decal
Permanent adhesive, outdoor all-weather vinyl decals
with no background
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Order your die-cut decal with the text as shown or replace the text with your own.
We will send you a draft of your custom decal prior to shipping to allow you to make any changes you may need.
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Custom
Western Pleasure Horse Horse Die-Cut Decal
Permanent adhesive, outdoor all-weather vinyl decals
with no background
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Custom
Quarter Horse Die-Cut Decal
Permanent adhesive, outdoor all-weather vinyl decals
with no background
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8.5" x
12.5" Decal - $14.00
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Custom
Pleasure Horse Die-Cut Decal
Permanent adhesive, outdoor all-weather vinyl decals
with no background
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10" x
8.5" Decal - $14.00
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Custom
Cutting Horse Die-Cut Decal
Permanent adhesive, outdoor all-weather vinyl decals
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Quarter
Horse History
It is
difficult to give the exact origin of the present-day Quarter
Horse because the blending of bloodlines produce a suitable
short-distance horse started in colonial areas prior to
the Revolutionary War. This blending of bloodlines and
the infusion of Thoroughbred blood was continued in the
southwestern range territory as the cow country developed.
Cowboys wanted to be well mounted. Ranchers tried to breed
the kind of horses on which these men could work cattle
and that could also be used in the age-old sport of racing.
The Quarter Horse was not raced on carefully prepared tracks
but was raced on any suitable open space. Organized races
were the exception rather than the rule with many of the
races being run as a “match race” after a private
wager between owner or riders.
In the
Southwest country as in the East, no particular attention
was made to keep short-distance horses as a distinct breed.
Fast horses whose offspring made good cow ponies were crossed
on existing stock of mares. Many times these mares carried
Spanish, Arabian, Morgan, or Standardbred breeding, and
some have been referred to as “cold blooded” mares.
The naming of horses after persons was a common practice,
and often when the horses were sold their names were changed;
such practices have led to no end of confusion in attempting
to verify pedigrees after the horses, breeders, and owners
were deceased.
The first
horse of Quarter type that attracted a great deal of attention
in the Southwest was Steel Dust, foaled in Illinois in
1843, and taken to Lancaster, Texas, in 1846. He was a
blood bay that stood 15 hands high and weighed approximately
1,200 pounds. Steel Dust was sired by Harry Bluff and traced
to Sir Archy. The popularity of Steel Dust as a running
horse and as a sire of running horses and cow horses caused
many horses that descended from him, or were of similar
type, to be called “Steel Dust” horses2. This
name was quite common until the American Quarter Horse
Association was established and the name Quarter Horse
was officially adopted.
In 1889,
Traveler, a horse of unknown pedigree, was shipped to Texas
in a carload of horses, and legend has it that he had originated
in Kentucky. Traveler was apparently not considered a valuable
horse because he was used on a scraper and at one time
changed hands in a crap game. Traveler and his descendants
were mated to some excellent mares, and many Quarter Horses
today trace to him in male line of descent.
The most
famous of all sires in the establishment of the Quarter
Horse breed was Peter McCue, foaled in 1895, and bred by
Samuel Watkins of Petersburg, Illinois. Peter McCue was
registered as a Thoroughbred but evidence was later presented
that he was not sired by the horse indicated in his official
pedigree but was instead sired by Dan Tucker, who in turn
traced his male line to Shiloh. Peter McCue stood for service
in Texas, western Oklahoma, and in Colorado, and most modern
Quarter Horses trace to him. |
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