Since Fabio has been feeling better, I've started hearing all kinds of "crazy" guesses for his breed.
He was sold to me as an Arab cross, sold to his previous owner as a Arab X QH cross, and was listed at the killpen as a "suspected Arab cross."
I've heard, from others, Morgan cross, Hispano-Arab/some kind of PRE cross....
He's changed hands a ton of times in his life, so it's anybody's guess what his breed really is.
I'm gonna send in a breed DNA test for him this week, just for fun - to see what they come up with, but it'd be interesting to hear what you guys think!
He does have a genetic muscle disease [suspected RER, he's still in the testing process but is responding wonderfully to RER treatment/management protocol] that is relatively common in TBs, Arabs, and Standardbreds predominantly. It's also known in Andalusians, and, to a much smaller extent, in Quarter Horses.
Personally, I don't see much QH in him - other than his classic QH color and chunkiness..ie, things that are not QH-exclusive.
Personality-wise, he's VERY intelligent, thinks a lot, very sensitive, very intense, no "off" button! He's like a Border Collie...but a horse. He always needs a project, and he LOVES to work if he understands what's going on. If he doesn't understand - forget it. haha
Here he is walking around:
A smidge of trot, mostly canter:
He also has HUGE ears for a Quarter Horse, or an Arab. Basically donkey ears, adorable, adorable donkey ears. haha
And he takes a 5.5inch bit. His head is way too big for cob-sized bridles and halters, he's the definition of "horse size."
He was sold to me as an Arab cross, sold to his previous owner as a Arab X QH cross, and was listed at the killpen as a "suspected Arab cross."
I've heard, from others, Morgan cross, Hispano-Arab/some kind of PRE cross....
He's changed hands a ton of times in his life, so it's anybody's guess what his breed really is.
I'm gonna send in a breed DNA test for him this week, just for fun - to see what they come up with, but it'd be interesting to hear what you guys think!
He does have a genetic muscle disease [suspected RER, he's still in the testing process but is responding wonderfully to RER treatment/management protocol] that is relatively common in TBs, Arabs, and Standardbreds predominantly. It's also known in Andalusians, and, to a much smaller extent, in Quarter Horses.
Personally, I don't see much QH in him - other than his classic QH color and chunkiness..ie, things that are not QH-exclusive.
Personality-wise, he's VERY intelligent, thinks a lot, very sensitive, very intense, no "off" button! He's like a Border Collie...but a horse. He always needs a project, and he LOVES to work if he understands what's going on. If he doesn't understand - forget it. haha
Here he is walking around:
A smidge of trot, mostly canter:
He also has HUGE ears for a Quarter Horse, or an Arab. Basically donkey ears, adorable, adorable donkey ears. haha
And he takes a 5.5inch bit. His head is way too big for cob-sized bridles and halters, he's the definition of "horse size."