What is my horse's lineage?

[patandchickens]

From what I can see from the angle of the picture, I agree on the QH/paint look of him -- most likely there is some TB in him back someplace(s) in his pedigree (as is true of an awful lot of that sort of horse these days), but quite possibly not in the last generation or two.

Playing 'guess the breeding' from a photo is never a very reliable business, though.

Just enjoy him

Have fun,

Pat

 

[verthandi]

Lots of good input here, but you have a pinto instead of a paint if he is unregistered. Just a little technicality in how the words are used. The words get used interchangeable most of the time.

A good horse is a good horse no matter what his background, the only worry I would have with an unregistered horse is if he might be carrying one of the genetic problems linked with some breeds. HYPP comes to mind.

 

[Calebs Acre]

HYPP would only be a concern if he has Impressive in his background. Plus, if he is a grade paint, his chance of HYPP would be pretty low. Also, he doesn't look like an Impressive offspring. Even if he is N/H instead of N/N doesn't mean he would ever show any symptoms of the disease. If he showed any tendencies, she could test him, but if he's healthy and a gelding, why worry?

 

[miss_thenorth]

I wish you knew the answer and this was a game, and that you would tell us who was right.

 

[Haviris]

He looks like a stock horse, I'd guess Paint, obviously something esle could be mixed in there, but I'd say mostly Paint.

And yes, technically he's a pinto. He's really pretty!

 

[lorieMN]

from APHA

[edit] Paint or Pinto?
A Pinto differs from a Paint solely by bloodlines. A Pinto may be of any breed or combination of breeds, though some Pinto registries may have additional restrictions. (Some do not register draft horses or mules, for example.) For a horse to be registered as an American Paint Horse however, it must have registered American Quarter Horse, American Paint Horse, or Thoroughbred parents. Therefore, all Paint horses (except for the small number of "solids" allowed into the Paint registry) could be registered as Pintos, but not all Pintos qualify to be registered as Paints.


[edit] History
The American Paint Horse shares a common ancestry with the American Quarter Horse and the Thoroughbred. A registered Paint horse should conform to the same "stock horse" body type desired in Quarter Horses: a muscular animal that is heavy but not too tall, with a low center of gravity for maneuverability, and powerful hindquarters suitable for rapid acceleration and sprinting.

When the American Quarter Horse Association emerged in 1940 to preserve horses of the "stock" type, it excluded those with pinto coat patterns and "crop out" horses, those born with white body spots or white above the knees and hocks. Undeterred, fans of colorful stock horses formed a variety of organizations to preserve and promote Paint horses. In 1965 some of these groups merged to form the American Paint Horse Association.

 

[riderken]

You have a good looking horse.
He is 5.5 yrs old you only have to trace him back 6.5 yrs that is not long at all.
He is a gelding. So there is not much of a problem with his his off spring.
Good Luck

 

[Buff Hooligans]

In that first picture, his eyeball looks a little Appy-like...

 

[miss_thenorth]

Quote:
I think it might ber part-blue----like a paint's might be.

 

[Stella1964]

WOW! Thanks for all the responses, you horsey people out there!

I have received so many different opinions on the difference and true definition of Paint vs Pinto, that frankly I'm very confused by it all. No one has given me the same answer twice!

Oh well, no matter. We love him and he's turning out to be a fantastic horse for us.