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I need opinions on what breed my horse is.

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Hello, my horse a 26 year old mare. Her name is Flicker. I've had her for about 8 years now. For a while now I've been wanting to know what her breed is! A lot of people told me she looks like a Quarter Horse/ Belgian. I would like to see what your thoughts on it.

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I can post more pictures soon if that is not enough! :)
 
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she looks quarter, foundation type, but then she could also be Morgan, or have a bit of draft in there . Paint is a Color breed and was started for quarter horses that had to much white to registered as quarter horse.
Pinto is a cross breed multi color, Appaloosa is a color breed, Palamino ,Bucksin and Albino are a few more color breeds..
The basic Body shapes are TB, Warmblood (tb draft cross) Draft, Arab, Quarter. Pony under 14 hands.
 
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Paint is a Color breed and was started for quarter horses that had to much white to registered as quarter horse.
Pinto is a cross breed multi color, Appaloosa is a color breed, Palamino ,Bucksin and Albino are a few more color breeds...
Ah how wrong you are. Paint is a breed, sure a lot of them have white patterns, but that is not the breed standard. There are plenty of Paints that have no white at all.

Pinto does not mean a cross bred. Every Paint that has a white pattern is also a pinto. Pinto refers ONLY to the horse's colour, not to their breeding.

Appaloosa, again, is a breed that can have the appaloosa colouring, but there are plenty of Appaloosas that don't have spots. There are also other breeds that have the appaloosa colour pattern, which is still called appaloosa even though they aren't Appaloosas (note the capital A for the breed, non capital for the colour).

Palomino, buckskin and albino are not breeds. They are colours. Well, palomino and buckskin are, albino is just not anything. They started the albino registry years before anyone understood the cream gene and how it works, and so they stuffed double creams in there, thinking they were albino. But they aren't.
 
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They still register the "solid" coloured ones, which proves that it is a breed that conforms to a physical standard, not a colour one. Paints have to be built a certain way to win in breed classes, which are judged to the standards set by the APHA. Breeding stock or not, they must still meet these standards to be good examples of the breed. In fact, I dare say that a well conformed solid will beat out a poorly conformed coloured Paint every time.

PS - I suggest you go back and research how the Paint breed was created. It wasn't just from QH crop-outs. Just for your own information.
 
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I'd also just like to mention that breeds have to start somewhere, so saying 'look back' to show that it's not a breed isn't really proof of anything- if you look back at quarter horse history, they started from a mix of english plow horses and spanish barbs from the Chickasaws, are they not a breed now? Although it may not be the oldest horse breed, the paint is now still an actual breed. And solid paints are called breeding stock paints. :)
My very first thought was 'belgian', lol- I think belgian quarter horse makes a lot of sense. :)
 
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I would comment on this whole breed stuff that you guys are talking about, but its a tad bit Confusing. Lol. I understand the breeds you are talking about though lol.

And yes! You can definitely tell she has some Belgian in her. As well as Quarter horse. Thank you for your help! :)
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