Mary Allen
Introduction: Quarter Ponies
ʻO Quarter Ponies he mau lio ʻAmelika liʻiliʻi, paʻakikī, a he keʻa ma waena o ka American Quarter Horse a me nā ʻano like ʻole o nā lio. Ua ʻike ʻia lākou no ko lākou maʻalahi, hoʻomanawanui, a me ka ikaika, e kūpono ai lākou no nā ʻano aʻoaʻo like ʻole, e like me ka hana hānai holoholona, rodeo, ka holo wāwae, a me nā hōʻike lio.
Moolelo o na Ponie Hapa
Ua hoʻomohala ʻia nā Quarter Ponies i ka makahiki 1950 i ka wā i makemake ai nā mea hoʻohua ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa e hoʻohui i ka wikiwiki, agility, a me ka manaʻo pipi o ka American Quarter Horse me ka nui paʻa, ka ikaika, a me ka paʻakikī o nā ponies. Ua hoʻohana lākou i nā ʻano pony like ʻole, e like me Welsh, Shetland, a me Arabian, e hana i kahi mana liʻiliʻi o ka Quarter Horse e hiki ke mālama i nā koi o ka hana hānai holoholona a me nā hanana rodeo. Ua hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻia nā Quarter Ponies mua me ka American Quarter Pony Association ma 1964.
Nā ʻano kino o nā poni ʻehā
He kino ʻiʻo, paʻa, a kaulike ka Quarter Ponies me ke kua pōkole, ka umauma ākea, a me nā wāwae ikaika. He poʻo maʻemaʻe ko lākou me nā maka maka a me nā pepeiao liʻiliʻi. Piʻo ko lākou ʻāʻī a hoʻopaʻa maikaʻi ʻia, a mānoanoa a kahe ko lākou mane a me ka huelo. He poʻohiwi hili lākou a me ke kāʻei hohonu, e hiki ai iā lākou ke lawe i ke kaumaha a me ka wikiwiki. Ua ʻike ʻia nō hoʻi lākou no ko lākou mau māiʻuʻu a paʻa, hiki ke mālama i nā ʻano ʻāina like ʻole a me ke ʻano o ka wā.
Ke Kiʻekiʻe a me ke Kaumaha o nā Poni Haʻahaʻa
He 11 a 14 mau lima ke kiʻekiʻe o Quarter Ponies, e like me 44 a 56 iniha a i ʻole 112 a 142 kenimika. ʻO ko lākou kaumaha ma waena o 500 a 900 paona, ma muli o ko lākou kiʻekiʻe, makahiki, a me ke kūlana. He liʻiliʻi lākou ma mua o American Quarter Horses akā ʻoi aku ka nui ma mua o ka hapa nui o nā ʻano pony.
ʻO nā waihoʻoluʻu o nā poni ʻehā
Hiki mai nā Quarter Ponies i nā ʻano kala like ʻole, me ka bay, chestnut, ʻeleʻele, palomino, buckskin, dun, roan, hina, a keʻokeʻo. Loaʻa paha iā lākou nā hōʻailona ʻokoʻa, e like me ke ahi, ka hōkū, ka snip, a me nā soka. Hoʻoholo ʻia ka waihoʻoluʻu o ko lākou ʻaʻahu a me ke ʻano e ko lākou genetics a hiki ke ʻokoʻa i waena o kēlā me kēia kanaka.
Nā ʻAno Pilikino o nā Ponie Haʻahaʻa
Ua ʻike ʻia ʻo Quarter Ponies no ko lākou ʻano naʻauao, ʻimi, a me ke aloha. He maʻalahi lākou e mālama, hoʻomaʻamaʻa, a holo, a hauʻoli lākou i ka pilina kanaka. Ua ʻike ʻia lākou no ko lākou hiki ke hoʻololi a me ke kūpaʻa, no ka mea hiki iā lākou ke mālama i nā kūlana like ʻole a me nā kaiapuni me ka maʻalahi. He kūpaʻa lākou a he aloha, a ke ulu nei lākou i ka nānā a me ka mahalo.
ʻO ke ʻano o nā poni ʻehā
He ʻano mālie, kūpaʻa, a hilinaʻi hoʻi nā Quarter Ponies i kūpono iā lākou no nā poʻe hoʻomaka a me nā mea hoʻokele akamai. ʻAʻole maʻalahi lākou i ka makaʻu a i ʻole ka hoʻohuli ʻia, a loaʻa iā lākou ka makemake maoli e ʻoluʻolu. Hiki iā lākou ke hana i nā hola lōʻihi a hana i nā hana paʻakikī, e like me ka mālama ʻana i nā pipi, ka lele ʻana i nā pā, a me nā pahu holo.
Pehea e hoʻomaʻamaʻa ai i nā Ponie Quarter
He maʻalahi ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana i nā Quarter Ponies, ʻoiai he poʻe aʻo wikiwiki lākou a pane i ka hoʻoikaika maikaʻi. Loaʻa iā lākou ka pōmaikaʻi mai ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa kūpaʻa a hoʻomanawanui e kālele ana i ke kūkulu ʻana i ka hilinaʻi, ka mahalo, a me ke kamaʻilio ʻana ma waena o ka mea holo a me ka lio. Ua pane maikaʻi lākou i nā ʻano hoʻomaʻamaʻa like ʻole, e like me ka holo lio maoli, ka lole kahiko, a me ka holo komohana. Loaʻa iā lākou ka pōmaikaʻi mai ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa maʻamau, ka launa pū ʻana, a me ka hoʻoulu ʻana i ka noʻonoʻo.
Nā Hoʻohana ʻana i nā Poni Haʻahaʻa
ʻO Quarter Ponies nā lio maʻamau i hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia no nā ʻano hana like ʻole, e like me ka hana hānai holoholona, nā hanana rodeo, ka holo ala, nā hōʻike lio, a me nā poni keiki. ʻOi aku lākou i nā hoʻopaʻapaʻa e like me ka ʻoki ʻana, ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana, ka heihei barela, a me ka roping hui. Hana lākou i nā lio leʻaleʻa maikaʻi loa a me nā holoholona ʻohana, no ka mea he akahai, hilinaʻi, a leʻaleʻa i ka holo.
Na Pilikia Ola o na Poni Hapa
ʻO Quarter Ponies, e like me nā lio a pau, hiki i nā pilikia olakino like ʻole, e like me ka colic, lameness, a me nā pilikia hanu. Hiki paha iā lākou ke loaʻa i nā maʻi genetic, e like me ka hyperkalemic periodic paralysis (HYPP) a me ka hereditary equine regional dermal asthenia (HERDA). He mea nui ia e hoʻolako iā lākou i ka mālama holoholona maʻamau, ka meaʻai kūpono, a me ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa kūpono e mālama i ko lākou olakino a maikaʻi.
ʻO ka meaʻai a me ka mālama ʻana i ka Quarter Ponies
Pono ka Quarter Ponies i ka meaʻai kaulike e loaʻa ana i ka mauʻu a i ʻole ka ʻai, ka palaoa, a me nā mea hoʻohui, e like me nā huaora a me nā minela. Pono lākou e komo i ka wai maʻemaʻe a me kahi hoʻomaha, a me ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe maʻamau, mālama maiʻu, a me ka mālama parasite. Loaʻa iā lākou ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa maʻamau, ka launa pū ʻana, a me ka hoʻoulu ʻana i ka noʻonoʻo e mālama iā lākou i ke olakino a hauʻoli.
Ka Hopena: ʻO ka Pony Wahine Nui
ʻO Quarter Ponies kahi ʻano ʻano like ʻole o nā lio ʻAmelika e hui pū ana i nā ʻano maikaʻi loa o ka American Quarter Horse a me nā ʻano pony like ʻole. Ua ʻike ʻia lākou no ko lākou ikaika, hoʻomanawanui, naʻauao, a me ke ʻano aloha, a ʻoi aku lākou ma nā ʻano aʻoaʻo like ʻole, e like me ka hana hānai holoholona, nā hanana rodeo, ka holo wāwae, a me nā hōʻike lio. Pono lākou i ka meaʻai kūpono, ka mālama, a me ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana e mālama i ko lākou olakino a maikaʻi, akā he mau hoa aloha a leʻaleʻa lākou no ka poʻe makemake i nā lio.