🐴 QUARTER HORSE gets a GENTLE LOVING CHIROPRACTIC ADJUSTMENT!

Sammy, is a 16 year old quarter horse living out his days at Rising Starr Horse Rescue. He is part of the riding program, giving children and adults riding lessons. As an older horse, Sammy gets achey at times, and today we can see Sammy getting a session with Dr. Doug, the Animal Cracker.

[From the AQHA website: https://www.aqha.com/-/what-is-a-quarter-horse]
The American Quarter Horse is one of the oldest recognized breeds of horses in the United States. Today, with more than 6 million horses registered, the American Quarter Horse Association is the world’s largest equine breed registry, making the American Quarter Horse the world’s most popular horse breed.

The requirement of speed and dependability has long been a tenet of the breed. At its April 22, 1940, meeting, the AQHA Executive Committee established:

“All Quarter Horses must be able to run a quarter of a mile in twenty-three seconds, or show that they are capable of Quarter Horse Performance under ranch conditions.”

Facts About the American Quarter Horse
More than 6 million horses have been registered by AQHA, making the American Quarter Horse the world’s most popular horse breed.
The Quarter Horse name is derived from the breed’s ability to outrun other horse breeds in races of a quarter mile or less. Some horses have been clocked at speeds up to 55 mph (88.5 km/h).
Quarter Horses are the preferred horses of American ranchers, with the world renown King Ranch and Four Sixes Ranch – among many others – raising impressive remudas.
Quarter Horses dominate rodeo timed events. In team roping, barrel racing, tie-down roping and steer wrestling, the top horses you’ll see in professional rodeo and at the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo are Quarter Horses.
Quarter Horses also dominate in reining, the only western sport to have ever been added to the FEI World Equestrian Games.
It’s not just racing, ranching and western events in which Quarter Horses excel – Quarter Horses compete in a wide range of events, from jumping to dressage.
Read on for more Quarter Horses and AQHA facts.

What Does a Quarter Horse Look Like?
Since the inception of the registry, AQHA has held halter classes to judge horses on their conformation proximity to the breed ideal. The AQHA Official Handbook of Rules and Regulations, specifically Rule SHW350, states that the ideal American Quarter Horse shown at halter is a horse that is generally considered to be solid in color and possesses the following characteristics:

The horse should possess eye appeal that is the result of a harmonious blending of an attractive head.
Refined throat latch.
Well-proportioned, trim neck.
Long, sloping shoulder.
Deep heart girth.
Short back.
Strong loin and coupling.
Long hip and croup.
Well-defined and muscular stifle, gaskin, forearm and chest.
All stallions 2 years old and over shall have two visible testicles.
These characteristics should be coupled with straight and structurally correct legs and feet that are free of blemishes.
The horse should be a balanced athlete that is muscled uniformly throughout.
Quarter Horses come in a wide array of colors, from classic sorrel to stunning buckskin and eye-catching blue roan.
RISING STARR HORSE RESCUE saves, rehabilitates, retrains and rehomes abandoned, neglected or abused horses and educate about at-risk horses and the importance of protecting them.

By giving America's horses a second chance at life we give the community the chance to experience the love, patience and compassion horses have for humans.

When Kelly Stackpole decided to open her barn to teach noncompetitive horse lessons in 2005, her goal was to bring her passion and love for these incredible animals to others and guide them toward finding a similar love and connection to horses. She did not expect, while looking for horses to fill her barn, to discover that young, sound and healthy horses as well as older horses were being disregarded and often sent off to slaughter. As soon as she became aware that any of the animals beloved to her were not treated in a humane way, she found another mission, and Rising Starr Horse Rescue was born.
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