Australian Stock Horse

The Australian Stock Horse - Too Stock Horse Australian Stock Horse or - is a horse breed that is primarily bred as a utility horse of the Australian ranchers for agricultural work.

Background information on the evaluation and breeding horses can be found at: exterior, interior and horse breeding.

Exterior

The Australian Stock Horse is a the American Quarter Horse in type resembling, medium-sized and sturdy workhorse. In the mixed type, it is close to the English Thoroughbred, with a medium size head and a strong, short neck. The shoulder is well placed and wide, the withers pronounced weak. The middle section is sufficiently wide and is characterized by its good carrying capacity. The well muscled croup is falling away at a low set tail. The legs are dry and hard, the hooves of excellent quality.

The motion mechanism is the purpose of use shallow, at a high maneuverability and pronounced sure-footedness.

Interior

As the representatives of the North American Western horse breeds also owns the Australian Stock Horse, a calm demeanor, and often has a pronounced cow sense, which is essential for working with the cattle rancher.

The Australian Stock Horse is considered to be persistent and gehfreudiger rounder and is an agile, leichtfuttriges and rideable horse. It is characterized by its high strength and endurance. Often possible to find spring talented and fast copies.

Breeding history

The origin of the Australian Stock Horse is seen in the Waler, which was drawn through crossovers imported from South Africa and Chile horses with Thoroughbreds and Arabs by the colonialists Australia. The Waler was a popular horse as Kavallerieremonte and ranch horse, especially for sheep and cattle husbandry, long time. However, one can not speak as a breed by the Waler, since no single breeding rules existed.

For the formation of the breed Australian Stock Horse Thoroughbred and Quarter Horse has been increasingly introduced into the population at the beginning of the 20th century. At times some Percheronhengste were used to give the type more mass and size.

The name is the Australian Stockman borrowed, which means as much as drovers. The monitoring of breeding and registrations are the responsibility of the Australian Stock Horse Society. The Rules provide for the pursuit of a whole blood or Quarter Horse related type, which, however, should be slightly longer in the back line and although the external features of the Waler were lost, should maintain its usefulness.

The best known representative of this breed is Regal Realm with which it Lucinda Green managed to erreiten the world title in eventing.