Gaited Horse Breeds Trivia Quiz

Answer: Tennessee Walking Horse

The TWH is a gaited breed known for its "rocking chair" canter, which is a collected gallop. While doing the running walk, the TWH can quickly outdistance many other horses without spending much energy.

The TWH can come in many colors, both solid and paint. It can also range from 14.2 to 17 hands.

Answer: American Saddlebred

If you go to a Saddlebred show, you'll find the announcer calling for the specific gaits, called the rack, the foxtrot, the running walk and the slow pace. At the show I went to, when the announcer called for the rack, he called out "Ladies and gentlemen, time to go for the doctor!" The horses raced around the arena in the rack.

The American Saddlebred is also a known western horse, and several famous horses were saddlebreds. One famous Saddlebred was Robert E Lee's horse Traveller.

Answer: true

The Morgan can preform a gait called "single footing." This gait is also called pacing. The Morgan has contributed to the creation of several gaited breeds, including the Tennessee Walking Horse and the racking horse.

Answer: American Curly Horse

The American Curly Horse (known as "Curlies") are sometimes gaited. Though they are generally thought of as a coat type, much like the palomino, there is a registry for them. They are primarily gaited when crossed to breeds such as the Missouri Foxtrotter, the Tennessee Walking Horse and Paso Finos. They are known as "Curlies" because of the condition of their coats, which is "soft, fine body hair that is longer and curlier in the winter than in the summer. Depending on the degree of curliness, horses may shed some hair or none at all. Their manes often have ringlets or tendrils, and split down the middle, parting to both sides. Coat textures among Curlies vary, from the tight curls of a micro pin Curly, to the crushed velvet types, to the gentle wavy coats of some minimally expressed Curlies."

The Russian Curly Horse isn't real, and the Russian Bashkir doesn't have the curly coat. The American Sporthorse isn't a gaited breed, nor does it have a curly coat.

Information from http://www.thegaitedhorse.com/curlies.htm

Answer: Standardbred

Yes, the Standardbred is a gaited horse. They can out-pace and out-trot many other breeds. Not only good for racing, the Standardbred is also a steady trail horse.

Answer: Icelandic Horse

The Icelandic Horse is an average of 13.2 hands, but it has one of the most unusual horse gaits-the tolt. The tolt is a four beat, lateral gait that always has one foot on the ground. It's said to be similar to the running walk of the Tennessee Walking Horse. With the flying pace, the Icelandic Horse can reach speeds of 30 miles per hour.

Answer: All are gaited

All three "mountain horses" are gaited breeds. The Rocky Mountain Horse must have a natural four beat gait, either the single foot or the rack, with no evidence of pacing. It's interesting to note that to the breed is born with this gait, and therefore needs no training aids.

Answer: Racking Horse

The racking horse is known for its rack. The rack is a four-beat lateral gait, which is also known as single-footing, because only one foot is on the ground at a time. Something to note is that the rack has no head movement, and with very active hindquarters and shoulders.

The Racking Horse can come in nearly any color, with the pinto colors being called "spotted", which can also be registered with the National Spotted Saddle Horse Association.

Answer: Narragansett Pacer

The Narragansett Pacer is responsible for the development of many gaited horse breeds, including the Tennessee Walking Horse, the American Saddlebred, the Morgan and the Standardbred. It was a small breed, barely reaching 14.2 hands, and from reports, not a good looking horse.

The Florida Cracker Horse can also be gaited, but it isn't extinct. There is no such thing as the American Pacer nor the Narragansett Racker.

Answer: yes

By breeding a jack (a male donkey) to a mare (a female horse), you get a mule. By breeding a jack to a gaited mare, such as a Saddlebred or a Walking Horse, you can get a gaited mule. Such mules are rising in popularity due to the smoothness of the gaits, and the hardiness and stamina of the mule.

My information came of breed sites, and www.gaitedhorses.net and www.thegaitedhorse.com