GotCow wrote:
See N Spots, I think it's great what you do with your horse, I'd never have anything against it. My point is that WP or the other rail classes can't measure if a horse has the typical abilities that have defined QHs for decades. Other than a good mind, which I'm sure good WP horses gotta have, how can you tell if your horse has the rest of those qualities. If you are attending a WP show, can you tell which horses are quick? how many of them can "turn on a dime" pretty fast? can you tell which horses can stop harder from a full speed gallop?

I understand WP horses have become specialized and that they are better at it than any other horse, but their specialty doesn't allow people to be certain about their potential for having many qualities that have been required from Quarter Horses since their birth - (which was for racing - not cow work). And that's why I said I don't care about many AQHA Championships, because they don't say much about the horses That's why I can't have any faith on Impressive passing great athletic genes to his descendants, because those horses weren't tested on more physically demanding disciplines.

If I was only interested in working cows with my horses, then I would probably agree with you. Sad that you don't see the value of other's likes and abilities though. You remind me of some of the foundation people I knew in texas. They would talk smack about all the other horses citing not bred for original purpose, too specialized etc.