Talk:Racking Horse

message: The rulebook says nothing about pintos being accepted: , open to discussion if there is some other standard out there.  Montanabw(talk) 04:51, 28 August 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Looks like there are two competing web sites?  Rackinghorse.com and Rackinghorse.org?  I have to say that whoever wrote the color guidelines was a moron - they come in "yellow?"  Really.   :-P  I did see later on in the bylaws, they say "BODY: Sometimes has white markings." so I guess we can add that language.  (They could just say "pinto" though...) While I agree that the OSU site (and the proper link is now here: ) shows photos of pintos, they don't list colors there at the moment.  I'll tweak the language, see what you think.  Montanabw(talk) 06:33, 1 September 2015 (UTC)

text: Amazing how often those happen; usually people politics, someone gets mad as someone else.. sigh.  Montanabw(talk) 02:09, 5 September 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Spots 

message: Maybe we should note that the RHBAA has open registration?  As of now, any horse can be registered as a Racking Horse if it meets the gait, height, and temperament requirements. Most of them are actually double-registered Tennessee Walkers, Standardbreds and Single-Footing horses. The registry had been closed for a while, but has been reopened to let in new bloodlines. White Arabian mare (Neigh) 02:22, 20 September 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: If it has a source, go ahead, yes.  Montanabw(talk) 06:16, 20 September 2015 (UTC)

text: Check out stud book, we discuss open stud books, closed stud books, and semi- or partially-open stud books.  Montanabw(talk) 01:45, 21 September 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Open registration  

message: Maybe it's time to put 'Showing' into a separate section of it's own, and change the heading to 'Showing and Uses'. Racking Horses are popular as trail horses too (probably more popular as trail horses than show  White Arabian mare (Neigh) 00:50, 27 September 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: No, I don't think so yet, maybe later; I think it would be more interesting to add stuff on the history and characteristics.  See how we handle "normal" breeds that don't have the controversy the TWH has, American Saddlebred and Morgan horse are both GA-class, not too long, nice models to see the direction you could take with this one.  But if you want to see how a long, complex breed article could be structured, look at Arabian horse - Uses section. Montanabw(talk) 05:41, 27 September 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Maybe time to break showing into separate section? 

message: *Decatur Daily
*Possible el video
The top is an interesting article on why they decided to allow showing with chains. Discusses the pros and cons and the mixed feelings, so could be handy as a ref. Bottom is a video of a Racking Horse of the type they call a style horse. We have an el video of speed horses, but not of one going at a slower rack where you can see the action. White Arabian Filly Neigh 22:39, 29 December 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Add: I just added some info sourced from a very helpful article from the Decatur newspaper on the similarities between Rackers and Walkers. The other sources don't really cover this. (One book on Google, not used here, says a cross was made but discarded--they don't know what the heck they're talking about, because I've been looking up the World Grand Champions and at least half were sired by a Walking Horse. There's Generator, Pusher and Jose lines in Rackers just like Walkers. Anyway...) I'm going to try to add some more and make it flow better, probably using the ref above as well. White Arabian Filly Neigh 23:20, 31 December 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Parking here