I've always told people that I have a 8 year old Appendix gelding, but recently I've had a lot of people tell me they've never heard of that before and I have to tell them he's 1/2 QH, 1/2 TB. It's making me wonder if Appendix is an actual term or not.
When I tell them what Appendix means everyone says they can see how he looks all TB is his body, but his head and personality are all QH.
Thank you! Supposedly he is registered, but I've never seen his papers. I bought him from a friend who bought him at an auction and was never sent them. I don't really care though, I don't show, and he's gelded, so not going to breed. I love how both breeds come out so nicely in his personality. He's got the spunk of the TB, but he's smart, and he's totally a people lover. He would be content to follow me around all day. He's a sweetheart
An appendix is a first generation QH that is bred w/ a first generation TB (registered). The horse is registered into the AQHA w/ an X in front of the number. If you show successfully then you can earn full AQHA status and then are able to breed and register the offspring.
I have a question and I don't mean to hijack but since we're talking about Appendixes, (which by the way is a perfectly legit term and I would continue to use it with your horse if he is indeed half quarter horse and half thoroughbred), but if a registered Appendix is crossed with a registered paint and the foal is born a solid color, do you now call the foal a paint or is it still considered appendix or does that term just apply to first generation crosses?
Just breeding a TB and a QH together doesn't make the horse an "appendix". That's a breed registry term, meaning when you register the offspring of a registered QH and a numbered/registered TB you get a horse that is registered as an appendix QH. If you breed that horse, I dont' believe you can register it QH unless it achieves QH status through a show record.
I don't know a ton about the paint registry, but I THINK as long as the horse is registered with the AQHA you can register it as a paint regardless of the appendix status but I'm not positive. The TB portion, not sure...
Oh and I realize there are solid paints. I was just wondering if the foal would still be an Appendix with an Appendix parent or if it's now simply a paint.
...sorry mammakatja.... I didn't read your post as well as I thought I did. I'm not sure if paints have an appendix type breed or if it just becomes a paint...?
Actually you did answer a good portion of this thread and part of my confusion as well. So you can only refer to them as Appendix if they are registered as such. That makes sense. Otherwise they are just a quarter/thoroughbred cross. Is that right? When I bought my barrel mare, she was referred to as an Appendix so I continued to call her that but after studying her papers, I have become unsure. Her sire is a registered QH Appendix. Her dam is a registered sorrel tobiano with points. My mare is a bay and is registered as a solid paint-bred, but I guess she's not really an Appendix afterall then? She sure looks like one though. LOL! She's got the killer whithers of an appendix and the chiseled head of a QH. She actually looks a lot like the horse of the OP here. Not that it matters. She's an awesome ride. I was just curious and like to have my facts straight.
Appendix isn't a breed, not really, which is probably why there is the confusion. There is no "Appendix" breed registry or anything. These horses are registered with the Quarter Horse Association so if anything I'd refer to them as Appendix Quarter Horses. The word "appendix" literally means basically an "additional section/list". So an appendix is a horse that isn't eligible for the regular registry, but can be registered on the "appendix" list. In the case of QHs only the progeny of registered Thoroughbreds crossed with registered Quarter Horses can make the appendix list (to my knowledge). There will be different rules for these horses, and they may be able to be bred back to QHs, or perhaps not.
Many breed registries have this. Like if you cross a Paint and a TB and get a solid foal its called "Paint Bred" and it has it's own classification. The Australian Stock Horses Society has registrable "First Cross" horses.
Without being registered with these associations the horse is not a Paintbred or Appendix, its just a QHxTB or PaintxTB etc.
Thanks y'all. My girl's papers do say solid paint bred so I guess that is what she is (with an Appendix QH sire) even though she does look almost identical to Kmk's horse here on this thread except for one short white half pastern in the back. Kmk, again apologies for my own questions. I hope this helped you as well. Whatever our horses are, I think they are gorgeous.
If you breed an Appendix (A) with a full QH (Q) you get an A1 (Appendix first cross?)
If you breed an A1 with a Q you get an A2 (Appendix Second Cross?)
If you breed an A2 with a Q you get an A3 (Appendix Third Cross?)
Then finally, if you breed an A3 to a Q the progeny is a Q.
If you breed an A with an A you get an A, and if you breed it with an A1, A2 or A3 you still get an A.
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