The simplest and most effective way to protect trees from horse teeth is fencing them off out of horses’ reach, said van den Berg. “You can block individual trees with standard fencing or use electric fence ribbon around a row of trees,” she says. What to put around small trees Read more…
Stocking. A stocking is a white leg marking that extends as far up the horse’s leg as the knee or hock. Why do horses have white legs? White markings in horses result from the lack of melanocytes in the skin and hairs. The trait is characteristic of most breeds of Read more…
Dressage. an oblique movement of a horse in which the forehand and hindquarters move on two distinct parallel tracks and the body is maintained uniformly in the direction of the movement. (of a horse) to execute a two-track. What is tracking in a horse? What is tracking up? In medium Read more…
Typically, horse fat comes from the kidneys, neck, leaf, back, and heart, but most horse oil comes from a horse’s hooves. Image via Wikimedia Commons / Rasbak (CC BY-SA 3.0) What is horse fat used for? Horse fat is refined into Horse Oil (still sounds wrong), and has its roots Read more…
Osteochondral fractures (carpal chip fractures) of the carpal bones are a common cause of lameness in racehorses. The primary etiologic factor is trauma, usually associated with fast exercise. Do horses have Carpals? The horse’s carpus or knee is also made of 8 bones called the radial carpal bone, ulnar, middle, Read more…
Tie the Horse to a Fence With one end of the lead tied around the horse’s neck and the other end of the lead in your hand, position your pointer on one of the fence posts. The game control to tie the lead to the fence depends on the version Read more…
For growing horses, it is safe to feed to a young horse and provides calories needed for growth and development. Performance horses also benefit from Stabilized Rice Bran, as it provides the additional calories needed for their high caloric expenditure and will help maintain the body condition of these athletes. Read more…
This is a hobble that attaches to the ring in your breast collar to keep your tie down strap in place. What is a tie down used for on a horse? Tie-downs are straps that connect the horse’s head, via a noseband, to the cinch or girth, which is the Read more…
left side. Although it is traditional to lead on the left side, you should be able to lead from the right (offside) as well. Walking obediently beside you is the basis for many other things you’ll ask your horse to do such as loading on a trailer and longeing. Why Read more…
approximately 1.25 metres. Pliohippus stood approximately 1.25 metres, similar to the modern horse. How old is the Pliohippus horse? 12-6 million years agoFossils of Pliohippus are found at many late Miocene localities in Colorado, the Great Plains of the US (Nebraska and the Dakotas) and Canada. Species in this genus Read more…