THE AMERICAN QUARTER HORSE
This page provides a few resource links for those who desire to study the history and current state of this versatile breed of horse. Thankfully, there has been a ton of information written and filmed throughout the world about the American Quarter Horse.
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One's first stop should
always be,
The American Quarter Horse
Association
The American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame and Museum
Quarter Horse Legends - A detailed history of the breed with photos.
Early books and articles about this working Breed:
Robert M. Denhardt ,A Story of Two Centuries: Quarter Horses, 1967
Lewis and Clark Journal flora and fauna winter 1805-06
Robert Denhardt, Pioneer Breeder, Warren Shoemaker, Western Horseman, July 1988
Diane Ciarloni Simmons, Joe Hancock, Western Horseman, November 1990
Lisa Dines, The American Mustang Guidebook, 2002
Oklahoma State University Department of Animal Science who kindly supplied the
following sources:
Nelson, C. Nye, Outstanding Modern Quarter Horse Sires, 1948
Dan Casement, Steel Dusts as I Have Known Them, The Hereford Journal, June 1,
1927.
Helen Michaelis, History of the Quarter Horse, The AQHA Stud Book and Registry,
1 (2), 1943
A.O. Rhoad and Robert J. Kleberg, Jr., Development of Superior Families in the
Modern Quarter Horse, The Journal of Heredity, 37 (8), 237-258, 1946