What Izzit?
Sep 05 2011
Tell me the breed of each horse we’re looking at here and we’ll talk more tomorrow….
Horse A:
Horse B:
Horse C:
Horse D:
Horse E: 
Horse F:
Horse G:
Horse H:
Horse I:
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They’re all mustangs?
i’ll say the are all QH . i know they dont look it but in these days its hard to tell
They are all BLM Mustangs. That is my guess.
I’m guessing they’re all mustangs.
My first guess is that these are all being advertised as Mustangs, but if not, here goes.
horse A: Morgan
horse B: Spanish Mustang
horse C: Pot bellied pig
horse D: QH/Parrot cross
horse E: Western Spotted Yak
horse F: Pinto
horse G: Mustang or QH
horse H: Arab/Camel cross
horse I: WB of some type
I second this guess.
I third it.
Actually, call ‘em all ZOMGWTF except A looks kind of functional, the last horse looks somewhat decent, and Horse H, while fugly, has a rawboned useful quality and an ADORABLE expression.
Oddly, the MOST functional looking horses come in the boringest colors, so the rest, all exotically colored, must be Hideozygous.
I’m gonna go out on a limb and say they are all mustangs! I think I see a freeze brand on horse F and somehow feel that this is a trick question.
I can’t tell if horse C is just horribly over-weight, or if he’s a draft horse in disguise.
Either this is a desperate-need-of-a-diet situation, or an evil scientist spliced regular-sized horsey legs on a draft body. Because surely nature could not be so cruel?!
I think they are all Mustangs.
OH Lord, can’t wait to see what breeds these really are…
Here’s my stab..
Horse A) I’m going with Standardbred
Horse B) Atzeca
Horse C) Belgian Cross
Horse D) Looks pathetic and miserable with a halter that’s way too big and actually looks lame on the left hind just standing there. LOL. Quarter Horse?
Horse E) Appaloosa
Horse F) American Paint Horse
Horse G) Mustang
Horse H) Quarter/Arab
Horse I) Thoroughbred
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(assuming they are suposed to be purebreds, even if they are terrible examples of such)
A. Tenessee Walker
B. Andalusion
C. Arabian
D. Quarter Horse
E. P.O.A. Pony
F. Thoroughbred
G. Morgan
H. Saddlebred
I. Missouri Fox Trotter
I have been horse deprived for quite a few years so lets see if I have lost my touch?
Yes, you have
I want to be a smart*ss and say they’re all quarter horses. I bet I’d get over 50% right.
After further thought, I want to change my answer to mustangs. My guess is, they’re all mustangs. Final answer.
I see I wasn’t the first one to come up with that answer.
From picture B alone (since I recall seeing it elsewhere) I’m guessing Mustang, specifically Kiger Mustangs. I’d say because of the “wild” aspect they’re a good example of variations within breed.
As for conformation, I’m not very good but A and F look post-legged and H, G, E, A (though not so bad) and B (though it’s hard to tell from the angle) all look like they have nests. Although pose and angle aren’t great I can’t see anything significantly wrong with I.
My first thought was “half of these guys look like mustangs”… but I’m guessing from everyone else’s post is, yeah, they’re all mustings. Although I’m not sure if they’re Kieger mustangs, because of the brand on horse F. Aren’t only wild-caught mustangs neck-branded? There’s a horse at my barn who’s a bred-mustang, and he doesn’t have a brand.
I’m willing to bet this is a trick question and they’re all “mustangs”?
Mustangs, but then I have some myself
Horse C-what can I say, sigh.
An afterthought. IMO (to some extent based on what I do for a living
“Mustang” isn’t a breed, per se. It also isn’t a specific physical type (obviously). What we know as Mustangs today have influences of several, if not many breeds, from Draft breeds or types to Thoroughbreds. Viewed as a whole, they are very heterogeneous in terms of type (and color). They also often show undesirable conformation (in terms of what we find desirable/acceptable for domestic horses), because they breed for the most part under conditions of natural selection, rather than imposed selective breeding for specific traits or within a closed population/studbook. There are certainly also Mustangs with “good” or “desirable” conformation, there is just no systematic selection pressure for that at this time. However, in the past, stallions (remount TBs come to mind) were occasionally introduced into range herds in an effort to improve type.
A: Florida Cracker
Everything else: I’m going to take an educated guess and try various strains of Mustang? And by educated, I mean I read the image names XD
I wasn’t going to “guess” because I too noticed the image names.
TB and something, Wildthang, QH and something, Arabsomething, Wildthang, Pinto, Arabsomething, Arabsomething, TBQuarterDraftsomething…
I know those are not official breeds, but the way horse breeding is going I am afraid these are becoming the popular breeds…
I don’t hate horse G if it is a pony as it looks like it could be really cute pulling a cart. The little dun doesn’t look like it could carry more than a toddler and a bareback pad. Horse F appears to be two horses grafted together in the middle. I’m also not hating horse I, I’m just not really sure of the breed(s)
My first instinct is that they are all supposed to be stock horses – AQHA, Paints, or Appies OR they are all mustangs – (I add mustangs because they are nearly all little, look like they have stock blood but poor stock blood, and nearly all look like total crap (if in different ways). I say this based on the vast variation in type that is more common with those breeds than others, as well as the colors shown, and a normal complete distrust of blog posts like this. There’s always a trick.
Below is the choices if I had to guess that there WERE differences in breed, and that someone was being honest (and even if there are differences, the variation isn’t an honest “Hey, let’s guess the breed!” game, that much is clear from the type of photos/horses selected).
1) Looks like either an appendix/tb/anglo-arab, or even with that type of hindquarters could be gaited. My money would be on the appendix qh (If not just a badly bred QH)
2) QH or mustang, I’d guess mustang only due to the hair, it otherwise looks very stockish.
3) First guess is QH but I’ve seen arabs look like that from time to time.
4) I’d shoot it myself so that a better horse could take its place, but I still say some kind of warped stock breed.
5) A hancock QH or mustang with Hancock lines that someone dumped for being a shithead.
6) This freak is built like a badly-formed TWH but the color and head are all wrong for that. I see that freeze brand which could make me think mustang, but I still say Paint. Hell, most mustangs have stock horse in them anyway, especially bad ones no one wanted.
7) Still looks like a stock horse, or mustang with stock horse blood.
9) This horse COULD be lots of things. From the angle and what little we can see, he’s the nicest looking one here. My first guess would be AQHA, second TB or warmblood, third arab. He is not typey for arab and more compact than I’d expect to see on a TB and not the halter/foundation-type QH. BUT he has a nice head, a nice neck with arch (not like most pencil necked QH’s) and nice size hooves/bone.
I still think they are all stock breeds or mustangs with stock heritage.
Umm…a good QH should not have a pencil neck. Check how much TB blood is in that pencil-necked QH before you generalize. Things may have changed but it used to be that a horse could be 7/8 TB and still be registered Appendix; therefore by technicality was a QH.
True, QH’s should NOT have pencil necks – but you tell that to the neck sweat people.
Didn’t say they *should* or *shouldn’t* just said that I’ve seen an awful lot of them. Reading comprehension fail.
I’m going to stick my neck out here and say they are all what we term mustangs. They seem to be from different herds. B and G look to be from the Kiger herds. D looks alot like my spanish mustang from the southwest. F and C are either very overweight or from the northern states of Montana or the Dakotas where the Calvary dumped alot of their larger stock, drafts etc. F and H look like the Nevada herds. The others no I have no idea.
Spelling correction: That would be Cavalry.
I think these are all mustangs so maybe this is a trick question? But I am going to say these are all BLM mustangs as my guess.
They are all mustangs!
Er, small problem, Mugly. If you mouse over the images, it shows the URL of each image, which includes the breed of most of them. (Gotta brag – I only noticed this after guessing on several and was thrilled to see that I was right about your general theme.)
G sure looks like a nice usable horse, I’d be proud to ride a horse like that. Letter I is the only one that obviously says ‘quality’ to me, although I couldn’t guess a breed. Nice quality youngsters tend to look a lot alike. C looks like the poster child for founder. Poor girl.
Several of these look like mustangs to me – A garden variety, B some Spanish ancestry, C(cresty neck) looks to have some morgan influence, D just YUCK, E some appy, F no idea (!), G very nice, again spanish influence, G kiger with an araby butt? H looks thoroughbred or appendix to me. No telling….the worst example of a breed can look nothing like the standard, after all. Still, I wouldn’t throw B,G,or H out of my pasture, whatever they are!
Only chiming in here b/c I have time on my hands and have been doing a lot of Morgan research lately….I don’t think any Morgan ever had a neck put on as low as that C horse has.
Is “Indiscriminate Horse Shape with Occasional Primitive Markings” a breed?
No? Damn! Ok then, here’s my guesses:
Horse A) Thoroughbred – Overall slender build, prominent wither and that length from stifle to hock jump out at me, plus it has a rather longish face. Poor thing looks bored to tears.
Horse B) Kiger Mustang – I based that guess solely on the shape of his head, lack of halter, copious amounts of hair and those killer primitive markings. All other considerations aside, the look of that horse is very striking. A second, harder look made me think ranch-raised Quarter Horse, but I’m going to stick by my initial instinct. The way he’s standing all relaxed like that makes me think he’s broke, or at least been handled.
Horse C) FAT is not a breed, but other than that, I’ve got no idea. Draft cross? Quarter Horse? Not enough hair/wrong color to be a Vanner. Something that lends itself to crestiness and obesity, that’s for sure.
Horse D) That pic is too bad to even hazard a guess. I can’t see all of the horse and his mane is covering up half of what I can see. It’s probably Something, but that terrible setup and photograph make him/her/it look like just another Grade Fugly.
Horse E) BLM Mustang? Or a blue roan Quarter Horse. Could be a Mustang with App coloring? Quite honestly, the tones and the distance in that pic make it difficult to tell much other than it is built like a brick shit house and can probably go a hundred miles in the mountains carrying a 200# man without even breathing hard.
Horse F) Mustang – Brand on the neck makes that one easy. A little too easy so it might be a trick question. I’ll stick with my original answer and wait to be educated.
Horse G) G for Gorgeous Grulla? LOL, I know, grulla is a color/pattern, not a breed. Despite the awkward snapshot mid-movement, it looks like a nice little Quarter Horse. I won’t lie, I’d ride it and find it a job just because it’s an awesome color.
Horse H) Again going with Mustang or Quarter Horse, although something about the ears and the set of the neck and tail makes me think there’s an Arabian that jumped a fence one or two generations ago. Those primitive markings are so awesome…another one I’d totally take on as a project if I could, just because he’s different.
Horse I) Warmblood of Indeterminate Flavor – No real reason, other than this one has a similar look to a friend’s Oldenburg filly. The brand (if there is one) on the other hip would be a dead giveaway.
Ok Mugly! Thanks for the entertainment on this fine Labor Day, although I have more than certainly outed myself as a Krazy Kolor fan! Can’t wait to check my guesses against the real answers.
Whoops, I messed up some letters!!! It’s I that looks thoroughbred to me, H that looks kiger with an arab butt. And I like B, H and I !!! Though I’d want to see B from the side to be sure. There are some majorly fugly necks in this bunch!
All mustangs
Are they all mustangs?
A. TB? Probably some sort of Mustang….There seems to be a theme here.
B. Spanish Mustang
C. Mustang
D. Mustang
E. Nocota Mustang
F. Saltwell’s Herd Mustang
G. Sorria Mustang
H. Kiger Mustang
I. No clue, but, again, there seems to be a theme here so I’m going with Mustang of some sort. Or maybe a cross.
I’ll expect a rant about how everyone stereotypes Mustangs and how they aren’t all pieces of conformational crap tomorrow.
It’s true, most mustangs are actually fugly grades. IMHO there actually is a mustang phenotype, which horse G shows the best – generally stock type, but heavier, with lots of bone, good angles, and hooves like iron. I’m told there are some mental differences as well – they won’t take crap, but make great partners once they decide they can trust you. I have no problem with people breeding for that (or carefully maintaining the herds that show that type), as it makes a pretty useful horse that is low maintenance and competitive in western disciplines. The rest… well, that’s what the gelding bus is for!
You sound like you know mustangs better than most around here! Or at least better than most of us who post regularly. I’d be interested in hearing more if you wanted to elaborate!
I don’t claim to know Mustangs- The only one I’ve worked around is a posterchild for all bad stereotypes about her breed. Bad conformation, bad movement, bad temperament….You name it, she has it. She’d make a decent trail animal if she wasn’t so manipulative.
I DO, however, know how to right click and select Copy URL. All of the ones I named had the breed within the URL, except the first and last ones, which were listed as “horse”.
This is what I do for all of these “Name the breed of the horse” type questions- It saves so much time.
I was really surprised about the S. Mustang though- I was totally expecting it to be some TWH/Paint cross (And not a good one).
“This is what I do for all of these “Name the breed of the horse” type questions- It saves so much time. ”
…and defeats the purpose rather nicely too.
They’re Mustangs – but I noticed the image names so my guess doesn’t count.
Interesting selection of colors, though. Particularly the scarred-up roan who has so many spots he’s starting to look Appaloosa. Love to see more pics of him for artistic reference.
I thought I’d make another post about what I would have guessed not knowing they were Mustangs.
The truth is being a Southerner I’ve never really seen any Mustangs, so that would not have been my guess. They mostly look vaguely Iberian and “horse shaped” but none of the examples have outstanding conformation which would tie them to any specific breed. Long backs, goose rumps, mostly short necks, and several out of condition/overweight. So my answer was going to be “no idea – grade?”
Oh, how fun. I have an idea, I won’t get many right, but it’s fun anyway.
A) I’m thinking Paso Fino. (But since a good portion of these seem to be mustangs or mustang crossed, I guess I will have to say just a general mustang)
B) My first inclination is Kiger or Spanish Mustang, due to the color and massive mane. But could also be a QH. Someone’s foundation-bred range stallion.
C) I dunno. All I see is blubber and can’t stop the thoughts of Insulin Resistance and founder that are running through my head.
D) That poor unfortunate thing. That’s a pretty classic head for the mustangs I have seen.
E) I’m praying that is actually a mustang or a bucking stock horse. I seem to remember those Nokota?, (Dakota?, whatever they are) mustangs being a heavier type. The color is classic Blue Valentine, but if that is something that someone deliberately bred for to be a high-percentage Hancock-bred horse, they failed miserably. That is one ugly horse.
F) Is that a BLM freeze brand? Interesting Tovero markings.
G) Looks like a neat little foundation-bred QH to me, but since there seems to be a theme here, probably another Kiger or Sonorian mustang.
H) Looks like a young ArabX to me. Red dun is most commonly found in QH’s (that I know of) and a few mustangs. Aren’t the Kiger mustangs all about the dun factor?
I) This one is hard to tell from that picture. It actually looks to me to be some sort of warmblood or cross. But let me guess? Another mustang?
It’s interesting to me that the two grulla stallions (or once was stallions?) either are or could easily be mistaken for foundation-bred QH’s. Historically, the QH has a lot of what was called The Choctaw Horse influence. Tough, little horses of pure Spanish decent. They were crossed on English-bred horses to increase the offspring’s ability to run distances and low and behold, the beginnings of the sprint horse that was to become the foundation of how the QH came to be.
That blue roan atrocity, if it is in fact something that someone bred as a high-percentage Blue Valentine/Hancock-bred horse is NOTHING like what the Hancocks were like or are supposed to look like.
A) I’m thinking Paso Fino. (But since a good portion of these seem to be mustangs or mustang crossed, I guess I will have to say just a general mustang)
Um…
Saw this and had to post a … “WHA?” Or maybe something along the lines of “WTF you talkin’ bout?”
This is a really new piece of information to me. I’ve owned and known MANY MANY Pasos.. Columbian/American/Puertorican and I’ve yet to see one that was a “mustang or a mustang cross.”
Just… wow.
There seems to be a major disconnect in many “equine-affiliated” people and their overall knowledge of breeds.. including mustangs.
I think the original poster meant “since a good portion of THESE” to refer to the horses in the pics and not Paso Finos.
Could be mistaken, but I read this comment as though the commenter was referring to the horses in the original post when they said “A good portion of these seem to …”, not that she was referring to Paso Finos.
@fasthorserule: where on earth did you get the idea that Paso Finos are derived from mustangs?? That’s like saying Thoroughbreds are derived from mustangs because there are some mustangs with TB blood in them LOL.
Having said that, I have in fact seen Pasos built like Item A. However they are not considered breed standard. We’ve got our BYB-boobies, like every other breed…
Well, by now I think most people have figured out that they are all likely to be mustangs. However, trying to shove them into some other breed categories, here’s what I came up with:
A- Peruvian Paso
B- Mustang
C- Percheron/Quarter horse cross
D- FUGLY!! Um, Quarter horse…?
E- Mustang
F- Tennessee Walker/Paint cross
G- Quarter horse
H- A zebra/mule hybrid… again, just Fugly. Those ears!
I- Friesian or Warmblood cross of some kind
As for horse lettered E, that is a blue roan. Not an Appaloosa. All roans can get those dark spots, called Corn Spots, but they are most often seen on blue and bay roans. Strawberry roans get them, but not as often an not usually to the same extent that blue and bay roans do. The corn spots have little to do with injury-scrapes or bite marks, which is what a lot of people used to attribute them to. It’s a genetic pattern that develops as the horse ages.
HeHe…Mustangs! the freeze brand on the paint got me thinking in the right direction.
My two cents are that “C” and “I” are quarter horses, and the rest are mustangs. If ANY of them , except the two mentioend above are considered “purebreds” then they are obviously not of good breeding stock. I guess that means I should say they’re all backyard-breeder horses? None were thin, so that’s always a plus, but only one or two were what I would consider “cute,” although they all deserve to be loved by someone.
I’m going to break from the “they’re all supposedly mustangs” band wagon and assume they are actually all being marketed as purebreds of various breeds. Here are my guesses-
Horse A: At first I thought it was just an unfortunate looking TB, but when I viewed the larger version of the image and saw that face… going way out on a limb here, but is this by chance a Cracker?
Horse B: Spanish Mustang!
Horse C: I’m liking the potbellied pig suggestion. Real breed? …QH?
Horse D: Mustang, likely, though not one I’d want to see bred. Ever.
Horse E: A grade of some sort, I hope.
Horse F: Tennessee Walking Horse (or cross thereof)
Horse G: QH cross
Horse H: Arab cross, with the other breed being something capable of dun markings. “Abstang?”
Horse I: Potentially a very cute WB yearling, given some TLC and a hair cut.
(Ok I did work out what most of them _are_ but I’ll tell you what they look like anyway.)
a) Thoroughbred. Might be a warmblood or something else with a lot of TB blood, could possibly be a Standardbred. Don’t like the back end, but would like to see him move.
b) I’d have said “Quarter Horse’ and not just because of the praerie background – much more solid than a
c) ‘American Warmblood’ – draft cross something else. (also, Call The Fucking Vet)
d) grade pony
e) Appaloosa – I’ve known some who’d come pretty close to this. Not a bad sort.
f) Spotted Saddlebred? THW?
g) grade, possibly QH blood. Doesn’t shout anything to me.
h) saddle horse type, but as it’s a yearling and I’m not familiar with their growth stages (all the pictures of horses that age have been with large men perched on top) I’m not sure;
i) TB/WB. Like much better than the first; this one could live in my barn any day. (b & f look useful but not my type. The first I’d look at in movement, the rest… probably not.
MY guess is Horses! They are all supposed to be horses!
As for the Spotted Yak sighting…I think that is about as close as I want to come to actually seeing one.
Since the vast majority of people here said that our subjects in this Guessing Game are Mustang I am willing to believe them.
So what I want to know is A) Who is it that is in charge of the Whole BLM/Mustang thing? Is there a soul out there In Charge of the BLM/Mustang Thing, that understands the genetic Russian Roulette that occurs in a closed herd? and if so what are they actively doing to correct that issue and if NOT then doesn’t that make them a whole new level of Back Yard Breeders? the sort that all other Back Yard Breeders aspire to be because they have Government Subsidies and a nice little acronym to hide behind.
Aw, well I just think it’s unsporting to say “mustang” for all of them (Even if it’s true)
A. Morgan
B. Mustang
C. Quarter horse
D. Standardbred
E. Mustang
F. Saddlebred
G. Mustang
H. Arabian
I. Thoroughbred
Actually can I revise my vote on D. to something Spanish? Peruvian or Paso Fino?
Grade.
Period.
Full stop.
Looks like all mustangs to me. The diversity is probably from the different collection sites.
Horse A: Is this even a horse? It looks more like a mule.
Horse B: Kiger Mustang- I am almost completely positive.
Horse C: A Quarter Horse gone wrong.
Horse D: A young Morgan- gone wrong, of course.
Horse E: One of those mustangs the government did an experiment on. I happen to love mustangs- I think they are beautiful, but if this is one…
Horse F: A colored Thoroughbred.
Horse G: That thing that happened when Ol’ Bart jumped his fence to play nice with Delilah the unfortunate ranch horse.
Horse H: I’m not sure I want to know, but if I had to guess… A MAGICAL SPORT PONY!
Horse I: The result of breeding a warmbood to a grade blob that conveniently had a uterus.
I think they are all mustangs, or variations of some sort. Horse A looks *exactly* like a Quarter Horse mare I once knew. Pissy ears and all.
Side note: both my comments on “It Pays to be Late” have gone *vamoose!* I understand that me calling out Cathy (Fugly 1.0) may have been unsporting, but I was just trying to make a point. My other comment (correcting someone on their usage of the term “Union Jack”) had nothing to do with my other comment though, so I am wondering why that was deleted as well?? My apologies to you and Cathy if my comment upset either. Just hoping it isn’t going to prevent me from having any future comments published as well. :\
The paint looks to have a mustang tattoo, so I’m jumping on the mustang bandwagon as well. Mustang seems to equal Mutt nowadays, it’s a breed that isn’t a breed.
Gonna go out on a limb here and say mustangs or foundation AQHA on most of them. I do think the last one is cute.
A. Generic GG
B. FAT
C. OMG – founder any day now.
D. Fist Cuz to G.
E. Greater spotted no neck.
F. Pinto
G. Cuz to D.
H. Might be an Arabian when it grows up.
I. Warmblood
And I claim immunity if they are all mustangs ‘cos I live in New Zealand and we don’t have mustangs ! But it’s a fun way to pass the time on a slow day at work.
We do have kaimanawas thou! They come in just about as much of a range of shapes and sizes as those pictured above! 90 mile horses and bush ponies are probally called mustangs in america to!
A. Appendix QH
B. Kiger Mustang
C. QH of some type.
D. Pony Crossbred – What a mistake
E. Nakota
F. Mustang from some special herd that is breeding specifically for color
G. Mustang from another herd that is breeding for certain color
H. Mustang – dun so maybe from UT.
I. Cute intelligent looking horse – probably Mustang and from someplace that is breeding for more warmblood looking animals.
I am also going to say at least the majority of those are mustangs, though I can’t be certain on the first and last.
That said, please send me:
Horse B (it’s just the hair, really…)
Horse G (call me crazy, but I love rolly-polly horses with no withers)
Horse H (fugly as heck though a purty color… and there’s just something about the look on the face and those ears that makes me want to kiss its fugly l’il nose)
They are all feral horses gathered in BLM roundups.
The freeze brand on the paint gives it away Mugs. They are mustangs.
Okay so if Horse F is a mustang then somewhere close up in it’s “pedigree” was a relative that liked to sneak into the Race Track Barns for a little midnight fun. Just sayin.
I’ve seen clones of each and every one of these horses either under my but or on the range. They’re all mustangs… The pinto even has the standard freeze brand visible on it’s neck.
My guess, and reasons for guess. Only one I am 100% sure is E =) … pretty sure on B & E.
A) No real guess except: Poor… whatever breed. I’m guessing poor Appendix.
B) Kiger (color, build)
C) Morgan (weight, mane… could also be a quarter, head is feminine but can’t see much else)
D) Standardbred (only due to heard and bay… may be mustang)
E) Nokota (Nocona, specifically… ’cause I know these guys well.)
F) Mustang (brand, and obviously not a Standie)
G) Quarter (if not a quarter, a really nicely built, heavy Kiger)
H) No real guess. Poor little fellow! Whatever it is, it could be nice when it ages some and fills out. Guessing a mustang.
I) Welsh/TB? (feathers, cute mover… could be a mustang, some are very nice movers, and there are definitely some feathers there.)
“Pretty sure on B & F”… already answered “E”
Nokota was the only one I knew too, likely because I worked with them all summer.
Re: horse C, the fat one – wonder if that’s a thyroid problem. We once had a really cresty overweight mare and it turned out to be her thyroid. With meds she promptly slimmed down and became a more appropriate shape.
OT: I’d like to know what kind of experiences people have had with slobbers. My horse has been in the same pasture off and on for several years and this is our first experience with this scourge. Yuck! Everything I’ve read says it’s harmless, but my mare seemed to be miserable and hard to ride until I moved her to a dry lot, and now she’s back to her old self.
P.S. I thought horse A was a mule and B a sorria (sp); after that just UGH except for the cute grulla and the last one, which I guessed was a WB, probably wrongly.
Mustangs or mutt/unregistered horses….
Horse B is definitely the best looking horse in the bunch.
I have never heard of ‘slobbers” but if you are talking about excessive drooling – like a St. Bernard dog, it may be clover in the pasture. I have had it in one of our horses, just removed her from that pasture. She would just hang her head and goo would just slither in lines from her mouth and she was lethargic. It has been very dry here all year, way different than the past 5 years and I guess the clover was the only thing growing in the pasture.
Well, I am going to say “It doesn’t matter”
Even though I am a huge “Morgan” fan and even do a bit of preservation of old bloodlines; I was prompted to think about different breeds while at a Deb Bennett conformation clinic. She thinks that all breed organizations are a form of prejudice and a good horse is a good horse no matter what. I am still thinking on all of that.
There is no doubt that the “breed organizations” seem to be doing more harm than good and when is the last time that you saw a horse of ANY breed with great bone? How many know what “great bone” would even mean? No bone, no hoof, no horse.
Oh! And to those thinking the first might be a Cracker… they’re just about as varied in looks as Mustangs XD
Wild cracker stallion:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/15770123/cracker1.jpg
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/15770123/cracker2.jpg
Yes he does in fact have a neck… not sure if it’s plain to see in the pics. We’re not supposed to mess with them and he kept trying to walk toward me, so I was backing up and taking pics at the same time.
Are these all the same breed, or different? Purebred, or grade. No time to look at other comments now, but I’m going to go with mustangs. The only one that doesn’t really look mustang-y has an obvious BLM brand. And now, I’m heading out to the barn to ride a mustang!
A: Florida Cracker or Marsh Tacky
B: Spanish Mustang named Grey Eagle
C. ?
D: Mustang
E: Nokota Mustang
F: Mustang
G: Sulphur’s Corderio Cruz. This is a bad photo of him, but he is a very lovely old Spanish type stallion. Genetically proven to be an old Iberian horse and what you are looking at is at a stallion who is apart of a critically endangered breed that descends from the purebred Spanish horses that the famous California vaqueros rode. And yes, this stunning boy is still a stallion up in Oregon. I hope to convince the owners to get him trained for AI so I can breed my mare to him. Here is a picture of my mare and her daughter Catarina from this year: http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff208/barbhorses/La%20Victoria/VictoriaCatarinashow8-14-11–9.jpg
F: Kiger Mustang colt by Kiger Capitano
H: This sorrel colt is out of two mixed bred type Sulphur Mustangs. Surprisingly enough, both parents are grulla. Dad looks very drafty and mom does too.
I was going to say that “G” looked more like a proper Paso Fino than “A” — nice rounded butt and you can see hock action.
You would have had the most closest accurate guess!
The Puerto Rican Paso Fino is the breed that this one is the most related to. 
Here is a video of Catarina at two months old showing off her lovely extended trot.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2e9M0jwBlk
And of Catarina at 3 months old:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdbGiisTla0
It isn’t nice to take bad photos of horses and then post them here. Any horse will look terrible on camera if you snap the shot at just the right moment or make them look like they have conformation that they in fact do not have at the right angle. I didn’t take the photo of Cruz (horse G), so it isn’t as though I am taking bad photos and intentionally posting them all over the internet. Cruz is also going down a hill which makes him look butt high when in fact he isn’t. He is also mislabeled by “FUGLY” as a Sorraia Mustang, that is not his breed. My two mares in the above linked photo and in the videos linked here are the same breed as Cruz. It is also very difficult to find one of these horses without stripes as the Spaniards in California had bred them to be dominantly with dun factor as they were superstitious about the color of their horses and felt that the dun factored horses made the ultimate mount for work and show. Their closest genetic relatives is the Puerto Rican Paso Fino (noted for their purity), Chilean Criollo, and the American Paso Fino. The only genotypes that have been detected in them is the D1 and D3 Iberian/Barb genotype. They also only trot despite looking very similar to the Paso Fino (when I take my mare to Spanish horse events I often get Paso people doing double and triple takes on my mare as she doesn’t amble. I have even had people ask me why my mare isn’t gaiting! lol). Cruz certainly doesn’t deserve to be on this blog because of a bad photo of him!
To be fair, the blogger (Mugly) hasn’t commented one way or the other about these horses, so we have no idea what her take on them is. Several people have actually flat out said that they like him, so I wouldn’t get too worried that the photo is necessarily posted as criticism.
Here’s my Okapi.
http://i991.photobucket.com/albums/af31/SmartChic1/IMG_0503.jpg
Pretty schnazzy Okapi…..
Definitely not your typical downhill QH.
Nice Okapi! She’s making a funny face but I love the head.
Hahaha, I was going to say, cute Okapi, but quit annoying her.
She is a funny girl! She always has a funny expression on her face. She’s got her conformation faults but she has really good breeding and she is perfect for the hubster. She’s just as sweet as she can be too.
Holy Cow, I keep looking at horse #C, because I swear it is a horse I owned! That photo is the spitting image of a Spanish Norman I had (1/2 percheron, 1/2 andalusion). I cant wait to find out what it is! She was definatly a rolly poly horse! She was like sitting on a sofa.
All mustangs. Horse letter C is a FAT Mustang. Few are pretty and few are Fugly.
I think “Mustang F” that pops up when you hold your mouse pointer over it, has kind of given it away to most people.
A. Gonna be a short strided “Stang. Seen better conformationaly
B. Pretty colour ‘stang
C Fat ‘stang
D. Moosehead ‘stang
E. Short backed pot belly ‘stang
F. bus backed Fugly ‘stang
G. Not to bad looking ‘stang
H. Arab cousin ‘stang
I. cute Warmblooded cousin ‘stang.
mustangs- from different areas- of Ca and Nevada and Wyoming , or AZ,
where there were some different stallions thrown into the mix.
a couple were cute, some needed the groceries others were being given- one was absolutely fugly to the T and the last one is a yrling something- either a very cute little mustang with nice movement or a cross.
but for the most part- they were just not good breeding materiasl if all are mares- and if stallions – then geld geld geld.
My first thought on seeing these photos was “What a good depiction of the variety within Mustang herds!” And “I’m lucky #H has a home because I have enough critters and I couldn’t resist that sweet face!”
Well Mustangs are from a variety of breeds so can look like any breed lol.
I do not know what they are, but I sincerely hope that none of them are actually Morgans, I will cry.
I’m actually heartened to read many riders/readers are aware of the spanish mustang aka colonial spanish horse, a breed recognized by the American Livestock Breed Conservancy as a unique and endangered breed of horse. We have a breed registry with pedigrees going back many generations. The spanish mustang breeds true to type whereas the blm mustang comes in many shapes, sizes and types. Many spanish mustangs are gaited and these are my breed lines of choice. They are versatile and easy keepers with great feet.
Uhh… if Horse G is really what the file name says it is, I don’t think they belong in the category of the other horses considering that breed is not native to the U.S. A little bit of research tells me that the breed is being used to supplement wild herds in Canada, but that still doesn’t make them mustangs or having anything to do with any issues surrounding them.
I would say varying types of Mustang.
A looks like a nondescript hodge podge animal
B looks just like a Kiger
C looks like a QH/Belgian or Perch, definitely needs a diet
D looks more like a runty Spanishy type Mustange (incidentally, I do love most Spanish types, but this poor fella is just unfortunate)
E ditto the spotted yaklet
F I’d say a Mustang with humans working on its breeding
G looks like a Stang to me
H looks like the world’s most alert mustang ever…lol
I My first guess would have been a young WB, but I have seen some pretty elegant Mustangs out there.
Very few of them look like they could survive as a mustang.
so my guesses are:
A. Standardbred
B. Quarter Horse
C. Andalusian and Tapir cross
D. Thorougbred cross
E. The love child of horse C and the donkey in the far right of the picture.
F. Hippie School Bus
G. Connemara
H. Dutch Hoe Pony. He uses his front hooves to make holes for planting tulips. Or a Missouri Fox trotter.
I. Some sort of warmblood. Might be cute when he grows up.
Horse G is actually a dead ringer for my mustang Joe, except in color–Joe is a bright bay. But yes, as one person said, he is a “roly-poly little horse with no withers.” He is also smart, independent, fast, brave, sure-footed and hard-footed, essentially tireless, and so tough I like to joke that he’s made out of rocks. He gets along with everyone in the pasture and never has a bite or kick mark on him. I’m an Arab person, and he was a bear to tame and train, but he won me over and I wouldn’t trade him for anything now.
But I would never think he represents all mustangs. A friend of mine adopted several and they were all as different as they could be from each other. One was a big drafty-looking horse so gentle she adopted him in May and had him riding in a halloween parade, *wearing a costume,* by October. Another one, smaller and wiry, simply could never be tamed; he fought just as hard every time as if being handled was new to him every day Another looked like a good, solid ranch horse and behaved like one too. The idea of calling mustangs a “breed” is ridiculous, since except in a few cases like the Nokota horses there’s no standardization or control at all. To survive they have to be trough and generally have good feet and good survival instincts, but any similarity stops there.
As to numbers, I have read some reports that mustang numbers are shrinking in a number of areas due to increased mountain lion predation. It makes sense. The horses have been forced off the open range, which their natural habitat, into mountains and rough country where they are less able to escape and/or more likely to be caught in an ambush. One group I heard about, I think it’s in Idaho, is actually disappearing very rapidly. We can’t really take the government figures at face value, since the BLM is so responsive to the beef ranchers’ lobby.
–Trurl
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nILIFxcMkVA
Oh look, another ‘fugly’ mustang. Guess he needs to be gelded right away, and should never have been born…. (sarcasm. Padre might be an unusual example of a mustang, but he’s a perfect example of why mustangs are valuable, lovely animals)
horse a, b, c, d, e, f, g are all OMG WHAT DID I BREED? and OMG they’re all cute and I would own them all if I could
I hate those smiley’s.
that one looks too evil and snarky.