Tell It Like It Is said,

Ummmm... actually they were working horses that the cowboys used and then raced for fun when they went to town. They got their name for their ability to run a quarter mile... but they were working horses first an foremost.........


You really do need to do more research on the Quarter Horse origins. The Quarter Horse was a race horse first and they (the race horses) were taken west as the settlers moved west and then used for everything including general ranch work with race on the weekends.

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