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<blockquote data-quote="Travlr" data-source="post: 1813462" data-attributes="member: 42463"><p>I saw a couple of guys standing together over at the sale barn, and they were laughing about the looks of a horse standing in one of the pens.</p><p></p><p>The mare was old, a red roan appaloosa with no distinct appy markings, and huge feet, a deep narrow chest with her two front legs coming out of the "same hole", and a spindly neck with a huge ugly head. Thin, bony hind quarters, ribs showing, high withers, no mane worth the mention and a bobbed tail.</p><p></p><p>I could only shake my head as I overheard their derogatory conversation.</p><p></p><p>They were experienced cowboys, used to fine horses of a specific breed and look. Meaty, thick quarter horses with fine heads and short front legs, built for short distance speed and quick action working cattle.</p><p></p><p>The old appy made them laugh.</p><p></p><p>Most of the appaloosas they were familiar with looked a lot like the quarter horses they preferred. Big, thick mountain ponies with short heads, the only distinction being loud coats from a distant appaloosa ancestor.</p><p></p><p>But I knew the old mare would have amazed them in her prime had they tried to run with her. She was an old style appy. Built for speed over distance. Those huge feet wouldn't accelerate fast, but once they got going they would increase momentum in a flat out run. The narrow, deep chest held a huge heart and lungs that would better supply oxygen to the thinly muscled legs than to thick, overly muscular limbs. The big ugly head would act much as the feet did, swinging on the end of a long neck to provide momentum. She wouldn't be a speed horse over a quarter mile, but she would get from here to there in half the time a quarter horse could run five miles.</p><p></p><p>A real Nez Perce war pony…</p><p></p><p>But yeah, by present standards she was ugly.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Travlr, post: 1813462, member: 42463"] I saw a couple of guys standing together over at the sale barn, and they were laughing about the looks of a horse standing in one of the pens. The mare was old, a red roan appaloosa with no distinct appy markings, and huge feet, a deep narrow chest with her two front legs coming out of the "same hole", and a spindly neck with a huge ugly head. Thin, bony hind quarters, ribs showing, high withers, no mane worth the mention and a bobbed tail. I could only shake my head as I overheard their derogatory conversation. They were experienced cowboys, used to fine horses of a specific breed and look. Meaty, thick quarter horses with fine heads and short front legs, built for short distance speed and quick action working cattle. The old appy made them laugh. Most of the appaloosas they were familiar with looked a lot like the quarter horses they preferred. Big, thick mountain ponies with short heads, the only distinction being loud coats from a distant appaloosa ancestor. But I knew the old mare would have amazed them in her prime had they tried to run with her. She was an old style appy. Built for speed over distance. Those huge feet wouldn't accelerate fast, but once they got going they would increase momentum in a flat out run. The narrow, deep chest held a huge heart and lungs that would better supply oxygen to the thinly muscled legs than to thick, overly muscular limbs. The big ugly head would act much as the feet did, swinging on the end of a long neck to provide momentum. She wouldn't be a speed horse over a quarter mile, but she would get from here to there in half the time a quarter horse could run five miles. A real Nez Perce war pony… But yeah, by present standards she was ugly. [/QUOTE]
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