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Equine articles by quality and importance
Quality	Importance
	Top	High	Mid	Low	NA	???	Total
FA	1	1	8	26			36
FL				4			4
FM					8		8
A		1					1
GA	3	2	17	80			102
B	4	12	32	98	1	69	216
C	4	11	57	406		19	497
Start		26	91	1,863		27	2,007
Stub		2	5	2,897		7	2,911
List		1	12	80		3	96
Category				19	1,578		1,597
Disambig				1	21		22
File					9		9
Portal					1		1
Project					19		19
Redirect			3	64	113		180
Template	1			1	149		151
Other				1	7		8
Assessed	13	56	225	5,540	1,906	125	7,865
Unassessed				2		56	58
Total	13	56	225	5,542	1,906	181	7,923
WikiWork factors (?)		ω = 30,222			Ω = 5.26

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Draft horse showing

I officially declare Montanabw pwned thus by this very barrel racing Percheron. Pitke (talk) 06:41, 29 March 2010 (UTC)

The article Draft Horse Showing asserts that draft shows are primarily driving events. That has not been true for many years. Draft shows today in the US generally include riding classes. Those classes can include Western, English, Obstacle, Barrel Racing or others.

A recent survey of the membership in my breed association reveals that 60% of the membership rides their Shires. I'd expect a similar portion in other breeds. I've also heard draft breeders say that the majority of their sales are to people who plan to ride.

Simply ignoring or dismissing half or more of the people in the draft horse community is not helpful. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tldoran (talk • contribs) 16:58, 5 February 2010 (UTC)

Hi Tldoran, and welcome to Wikipedia. Part of the wonderful thing about WP is that anyone can edit - so if you have information you would like to add to the draft horse showing article, please do so, preferably with reliable sources. While we appreciate your concern, there are over 2,000 articles in the Equine WikiProject, and quite a few of them are in bad shape. We are slowly working to get them cleaned up, but there have so far been other priorities. It would be great to see someone with a true interest in draft breed showing come in to work on some of our draft horse articles - please feel free to have at it! :) Dana boomer (talk) 17:26, 5 February 2010 (UTC)

Whoever started that article seemed to know what they were doing, but as Dana said, as long as there are verifiable sources properly referenced, go for it. I gotta say, though: Barrel racing Shires??? Montanabw^(talk) 18:30, 5 February 2010 (UTC)

Barrel Racing Percherons??? Well, OK, slightly more feasible than Shires, they at least have been known to canter voluntarily (I even saw one in an English class, and I know a Clydesdale who does western pleasure)...but still, something about that image is just a little disturbing (kind of like photos of a jumping Tennessee Walking horse...it's not that they can't you just wish they wouldn't)... though I have to say that from a safety viewpoint, probably not going to be a lot of shin cuts on the cans!  :-)

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Do we prod tag??

Just spotted this. Thoughts on whether this is WP:FRINGE and not wroth keeping, or is it significant enough to tag for improvement? Horse Hair Whorl. I think the hangup on hair whorls is cuckoo baloney, but that IS my "POV" so because I can't be fair, I am tossing its fate out to the rest of the gang for input. Montanabw^(talk) 02:24, 29 March 2010 (UTC)

Another one I'm trying to dump

FYI, for anyone who wants to weigh in, I got this dumped once, am trying to dump it again. This "breed" is listed in Hendricks, but it's basically one guy's crossbred program. To call this a breed is a stretch. Cannot find a source with more than about three sentences...this is kind of like that other guy who was trying to make some draft cross scrub mustangs in Oregon into a "breed."

AfD nomination of Moyle horse

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Categories for discussion nomination of Category:FEI World Cup Jumping 2008–09

Category:FEI World Cup Jumping 2008–09, which is under the purview of this WikiProject, has been nominated for deletion, merging, or renaming. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the Categories for discussion page. Thank you. -- Black Falcon ^(talk) 02:46, 12 April 2010 (UTC)