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What breed do you think he is?

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I am new to the forum so still trying to figure it all out. :) I put this under a different topic but maybe it would fit better here. I got Bo in May of this year and was told he was a Missouri Fox Trotter. But he looks more like a Tennessee Walker to me. He is gaited but mostly paces but it is pretty smooth. He has a very goofy personality. He is about 16.5 HH and real long legged. I wish I had a video of him gaited but he reminds me alot of the Standardbreds when they are pace racing. He can pace and outrun almost any horses canter. His gallop is so fast that it will bring tears to your eyes. I would really like to know what breed he might be. He was a bit thin when I got him but I still haven't got him to put on much weight. If anyone has any ideas on putting weight on him would also be appreciated. He is just tall and lanky. I would appreciate anyones input on his breeding and his confirmation if you can tell anything from the photos. He is constantly eating so I don't have the best confirmation shots. Thanks
 

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There doesn't appear o be any Saddlebred in her. I agree with My2Geldings about the thoroughbred cross.
 
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Thanks everyone for their opinions so far. i don't think he is a thourobred because he is gaited. Where BubbleGum pointed out about his feet being long well that's a long story. The people we got him from messed his feet up pretty bad and he even had an abcess in his right front when we got him. They let his feet grow out so much that his feet look sprayed out. We are working with our farrier about every 6 weeks and getting him trimmed and his feet to looking normal. It has something to do with the white line being to big which is causing his hoof wall to grow out. Something like that anyway. Thanks
 
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I think he's definately a Tennssee Walking Horse. He's got the face and the hip bones, plus the smooth pacing. A breed characteristic of Tennssee Walking Horses is that their hip bones are more prominent then most breeds. I do see what you're saying about the throughbred though . . . but I only see it a little bit in his face . . . could be wrong though, but I think he's a TN Walker.
 
#9 ·
16.5 hands? Thats not correct...........just say how many inches, divided by 4. the highest anything can go up to is a 3, so like 16.3, 17.3, and then(ex.)14.3 goes to 15 hands. 15 goes to 15.1, etc. and he looks like a ten. walker to me.
 
#10 ·
Thanks Thunderhooves for pointing that out. He was 16.3 but just a smudge over though lol. I am just an country girl so all that technical math is just too compicated lol. But you are right he isn't 16.5 he is 16.3.

Mountainhorse44, I wish i could get a video of him gaiting. All I can get him to do is pace. He can go slow kinda like a regular gait that is smooth and then he can pace as fast as most horse canter which is pretty rough.

Does anyone have any ideas of how I could get more weight on him or is he supposed to look like that? I have always had quarter horse so he is my first gaited horse so it is all new to me. Thanks again.
 
#11 ·
He looks like a TWH to me, though his head reminds me of some of the fox trotter heads I have seen. Maybe a mix? I see absolutely no TB in him what so ever.

What are you feeding him? Maybe alfalfa added to his diet would help.
 
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Cat, I feed him Safe Choice everyday about 2 1/2 big coffee cans and 1/2 can of sweet feed. I split it up into 2 different feedings. He has grass and Bermuda hay at all time. I have been thinking about adding some alphafa pellets to his feed and see if that helps. Our feed store was out the other day so I didn't get to get any. How much would you recommend feeding a horse his size? Thanks
 
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I was always told to avoid sweetfeed for pleasure horses because it is formulated for preformance horses and is very high in starch and sugars. It can and will make them hot. If they dont have the proper turn out to run it off. Like if he's stalled alot. Sweetfeed is like candy for horses.

I've used sweetfeed for our horses and have never had good experiences with it. It always made our animals extremely hot when exercised. Once we cut it off and switched to pelleted grain, after about a month of switching we noticed a difference in their attitudes.

As for how much weight he should gain. It's hard to tell with gaiteds, as there are quite a few gaiteds that are very stocky and there are some that are slender of build too. He does look like he needs alittle bit more weight though. Your doing a good job :)
 
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I would keep the safe choice, but remove the sweet feed and replace that with alfalfa pellets. Then see how he does. If it looks like he needs a bit more, then slowly increase the alfalfa until you see some positive results. Since the alfalfa is a forage and not a concentrated feed, you can increase it quite a bit and not have problems.
 
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Hard to say, Judging by the front shot hes 100 pounds underweight and if he is a Missouri Fox Trotter then obviously he wont look very bulky being as underweight as he appears. He looks like a thin Fox Trotter to me but I'm not big on gaited breeds so could be wrong :)
Also 16.5hh is 17.1 (A hand is four inches)
 
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