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Quiz about The American PaintPinto Horse
Quiz about The American PaintPinto Horse

The American Paint/Pinto Horse Quiz


Have you seen that flashy black and white horse cutting those cows? That's a Paint horse-take this quiz to learn all about the American Paint Horse. This quiz covers both the American Paint Horse Association and the Pinto Horse Association.

A multiple-choice quiz by morrigan. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
morrigan
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
255,122
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Tough
Avg Score
5 / 10
Plays
2651
Awards
Top 35% Quiz
Last 3 plays: Guest 91 (0/10), Guest 174 (5/10), Jaydel (4/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. The Paint (American Paint Horse Association) can come in every color and coat pattern.


Question 2 of 10
2. Can a horse be registered with the American Paint Horse Association as a Paint if it's solid colored?


Question 3 of 10
3. Which of these is not a coat pattern according to the APHA? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. A Paint (APHA) cannot be what breed? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. There are four divisions of the APHA: hunter, pleasure, stock and saddle.


Question 6 of 10
6. From the founding of the American Paint Stock Horse Association, the aim of the Association was to preserve what type of horse? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. The American Paint Horse Association is a result of the merging of the American Paint Stock Horse Association and what other Association? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. The Paint was favored by many tribes of Native Americans.


Question 9 of 10
9. Can a pinto horse of unknown breeding be registered with the Pinto Horse Association? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Both APHA and PHA require visual proof for what identifying factor? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. The Paint (American Paint Horse Association) can come in every color and coat pattern.

Answer: False

The Paint can come in every color but spotted, Appaloosa style. The base colors can range from white (with some patterns) to grulla, to gray, to chestnut, to black and all the in-between colors. There's no limit to what the base color can be.
2. Can a horse be registered with the American Paint Horse Association as a Paint if it's solid colored?

Answer: Yes

A solid colored horse may be registered as a Paint (called a Solid-bred Paint) if both parents are registered Paints. The registration costs less, and there are less classes in APHA shows for a Solid-bred Paint. The lineage is the same, the only thing that's missing is the flashy coloring.

Many people (breeders and owners of Solid-bred Paints) are arguing whether a SBP should be able to show in the same classes with Paints. As of March 2007, it's still undecided.
3. Which of these is not a coat pattern according to the APHA?

Answer: Skewbald

The APHA recognizes three patterns: tovero, overo and tobiano.

The tobiano: "Generally, the spots are regular and distinct as ovals or round patterns that extend down over the neck and chest, giving the appearance of a shield. Head markings are like those of a solid-colored horse--solid, or with a blaze, strip, star or snip."

The overo: "Generally, the white is irregular, and is rather scattered or splashy. Head markings are distinctive, often bald-faced, apron-faced or bonnet-faced."

The tovero: "Dark pigmentation around the ears, which may expand to cover the forehead and/or eyes. One or both eyes blue. Dark pigmentation around the mouth, which may extend up the sides of the face and form spots."

The Pinto Horse Association only recognizes Tobiano and Overo.
4. A Paint (APHA) cannot be what breed?

Answer: American Saddlebred

To be a registered Paint (with APHA), a horse must have either Paint, Quarter Horse or Thoroughbred bloodlines. Other breeds that have Paint colorings, such as Tennessee Walking Horses, American Saddlebreds and Miniature Horses, can be registered with the Pinto Horse Association.
5. There are four divisions of the APHA: hunter, pleasure, stock and saddle.

Answer: False

The Pinto Horse Association recognizes four types of horse, saddle, pleasure, stock and hunter. The APHA pushes toward stock types, such as the American Quarter Horse, which is why most Paints excel in Western riding.
6. From the founding of the American Paint Stock Horse Association, the aim of the Association was to preserve what type of horse?

Answer: Stock

According to www.apha.com, "this group was dedicated to preserving both color and stock-type conformation-the American Paint Stock Horse Association (APSHA)."
7. The American Paint Horse Association is a result of the merging of the American Paint Stock Horse Association and what other Association?

Answer: American Paint Quarter Horse Association

The APSHA merged with the APQHA to form the American Paint Horse Association. According to www.apha.com "in Abilene, Texas, a group of struggling spotted-horse lovers had organized the American Paint Quarter Horse Association. This group was never able to gather momentum, so it struggled along for two or three years before approaching APSHA about a merger.

After lengthy and heated debate, members of both groups were able to reach an agreement in May of 1965 and the consolidation resulted in the American Paint Horse Association.

The old group with the new name now had 1,300 members and 3,800 registered horses."
8. The Paint was favored by many tribes of Native Americans.

Answer: True

Many tribes favored "loud" colored horses, including the Comanche. According to the International Museum of the Horse, in Kentucky Horse Park: "Descended from horses introduced by the Spanish conquistadors, Paints became part of the herds of wild horses that roamed the Western deserts and plains. Once domesticated, because of their working ability and heart, the Paint was cherished by cowboys for cattle work. Native Americans revered the Paint, which they believed to possess magical powers."
9. Can a pinto horse of unknown breeding be registered with the Pinto Horse Association?

Answer: Only with mares and geldings

According to www.pinto.org "For minis and ponies, we can register mares, geldings, AND stallions with unknown parents. Just put Unknown/Unknown for the sire and dams names on the application. The registration fee is based upon the age. For horses, we can register only mares and gelding on their color alone.

The registration fee for horses with unknown parentage is $100 no matter what the age. We CANNOT register stallion HORSES without both parents being registered horses."
10. Both APHA and PHA require visual proof for what identifying factor?

Answer: The amount of white

Both associations require visual proof, either in photographs (the PHA only accepts photographs) or an inspection of the horse because "the major requirements for registration in the APHA is a minimum amount of white, each horse must be "seen" by Registration Department personnel."

All of my info came from the following sites:
http://www.pinto.org/faqs.html
http://www.kyhorsepark.com/imh/bw/paint.html
http://www.apha.com/breed/regguide03.html
And the magazine Horse & Rider, March 2007, page 66 "A Breed Apart" by Juli S. Thorson about Solid-bred Paints.
Source: Author morrigan

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