quarter horse

Domaines: sportpolo

sportsport équestre
Date: 1979

Définition :

((Cheval de selle)) originaire de Virginie, au démarrage rapide, très bon sur les courtes distances (quart de mile), souvent employé pour le polo.

Terme :

quarter horse

Traductions

anglais
Date : 1979
Définition

((...)) a thick, short-muscled horse, varying in height from 14.1 to 15.2 hands and in weight from 900 to 1,250 lb. In addition to the usual colours, buckskin, Palomino, and grullo (smoky) colours exist, reflecting the Spanish ancestry.

Notes :

The British North American colonies had short distance running horses called Quarter horses.

The name was derived from its speed in quarter-mile races.

Terme :
1. quarter horse
Terme associé :
1. American quarter horse