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Quarter horse

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Quarter horse
an American light horse of compact build and muscular hindquarters, about 15.2 hands high, often chestnut but any solid color. It originated from thoroughbred and criollo. Primarily a cattle horse but also used in short sprint races.
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Quarter crack in a horse. By permission from Pascoe R, Knottenbelt DC, Manual of Equine Dermatology, Saunders, 1999


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