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Wow the selections.

Ya, there are a ton of options, all suggestions people made in the thread. I think I may take the top ones and then run the poll again with just them.

Team American Shetland and Foundation Quarter Horse ;)
Also I’ve never heard of a Sugarbush Harlequin until this moment lol!

They are awesome The Sugarbush Harlequin Draft horse is an American made draft, it is rare and the founder of the breed crossed draft horses with the Appaloosa horses, he wanted a draft horse with the beautiful Appaloosa coat and so the Sugarbush Harlequin Draft horse was born. Team AQH, Kladruber and ASBH Draft :D

This is Harley Quinn the foundation sire for the ASBH draft horse, his son is even better Harley's Classic O

Harley's Classic O

I had thought from the first feedback posts that morgans would be more popular but looks like the Teke's are significantly more popular.

Anything with feathers and/or a nice exotic body build. :x

Current standing as of this evening including their scores this time.


132 Andalusian
116 Lusitano
84 Ahkal Teke
77 Mustang
74 Vanner
61 Thoroughbred
58 Lippizan
52 Foundation Morgan
46 Fjord
45 Foundation Quarter Horse
40 Shire
37 Clydesdale
31 Percheron
27 Icelandic
22 Dutch Warmblood
14 Hanoverian
2 Irish Sport horse
-4 Irish Draught
-6 Fell
-8 Welsh A/B
-9 Modern Morgan
-15 Halflinger
-16 Holsteiner
-29 Connemara
-33 Oldenburg
-38 Cleveland Bay
-40 Hackney
-45 Brabant
-47 Ardennes
-48 Belgian
-56 American Shetland
-61 Tennessee Walker
-65 Welsh C/D
-65 Kladruber
-69 British Shetland
-76 Sugarbush Harlequin
-77 Caspian
-111 Tarpan

@annismyrph I think for each vote between two choices the one voted for must have gotten a +1 and the one voted against must have gotten a -1, so some in the end got negative total scores.

^:)^

I like Mustangs too, some Mustangs are also
Gaited too and they remind me of Paso Fino looking horses too, I go to the extreme Mustang make over shows in my state. But I do hope all the horses listed will be added some day.

Like with the Arabian, if it gets picked we would see what reference images we liked and decide from there.

Ranking as of this morning. I will close voting mid-afternoon today.

163 Andalusian
115 Lusitano
107 Vanner
95 Foundation Quarter Horse
88 Ahkal Teke
79 Mustang
78 Fjord
63 Percheron
62 Thoroughbred
58 Lippizan
47 Icelandic
45 Shire
38 Foundation Morgan
27 Clydesdale
27 Hanoverian
13 Fell
9 Holsteiner
8 Welsh A/B
7 Dutch Warmblood
-7 Irish Draught
-11 Irish Sport horse
-25 Connemara
-39 Halflinger
-41 Brabant
-41 Belgian
-42 Oldenburg
-42 Cleveland Bay
-44 Modern Morgan
-56 Welsh C/D
-59 Ardennes
-61 American Shetland
-71 Caspian
-82 British Shetland
-87 Hackney
-99 Kladruber
-103 Tennessee Walker
-107 Sugarbush Harlequin
-112 Tarpan

Well I was hoping that the Sugarbush and Kladruber would have done a bit better, but having the Quarter Horse and Mustang higher in the ranking now is great. Also is the Andy and Luci going to be combined for the top 10 vote? They are very similar in looks except for maybe tail set but everything else are similar in many ways. Don't get me wrong I think both breeds are amazing but between the two I believe the Andy is an older breed, just wondering.

Kind of sad that very few of the light horse types are ranked high. Especially since I primarily breed light horses.

I might potentially be able to breed their weight up if a BC caught my fancy enough, but I’m also just a light breed fan in general.

When I went through the voting it didn’t seem like many light horse options showed up. I got TB and Teke a little bit and Morgan once, but mostly it was the other weights.

I'm a little sad the Shire dropped out of the top ten but I'm thrilled about a bunch of the others in the lead. I'm already hunting down some Andalusian/Lusitano conformation shots. :)

I understand why it is easy to think that they are similar, but when you look closer, you will see the differences, they are bred for two completely different uses.

Spanish horses (PRE) is bred for beauty, show, carriage, parades and exaggerated movements and high knee lift, and tend to have big, powerfull front part, and a more open ("banana shaped") topline/pelvis and longer backs. The head is usually more straight than the Lusitano.



PRE champion:











Portuguese horses (Lusitano) is bred as a working horse under rider. They should be convex in all lines, with the pelvis under them, ready to move forward with power from a big engine behind. The body is more quadratic, and the nose convex


Lusitano:







(I have several more examples of course, and I really understand that a game may need to create an "Iberian horse", but the differences is bigger than many think from the first look)

Beautiful horses, the bay Lusi almost reminds me of a Kladruber with that big roman nose.
I found a King bred horse and many others too :)

Mare

Foal

That top 10 has a really good balance of variety <3