Sodashi is a pure white white bred in Japan by Northern Farm, the breeding operation of her owner Makoto Kaneko. What does the name sodashi mean? A Sanskrit word, Sodashi means wholeness, purity and radiance. Has a white horse ever won a race? Sodashi is the first white horse in Read more…
Hoof rot is caused by bacteria. When your horses, cattle, or other animals stand in contaminated soil or on contaminated ground, they are at risk for this bacterial infection of the feet. How do you get rid of foot rot in horses? The horse should be moved to a clean, Read more…
A female horse and a male donkey produce a “mule”. What is a male donkey bred to a female horse called? MuleMule: The result of a donkey stallion mating with a female horse. Mules tend to have the head of a donkey and the extremities of a horse. Hinny: The Read more…
The BHS are a membership-based charity with currently over 115,000 members with an aim to protect and promote the interest of all equines and those that care about them. The BHS as an entire organisation fall under 4 key core foundations: Education. Welfare. Access. What does BHS stand for in Read more…
At a gallop, a horse can run at an average speed of 55km per hour. The fastest recorded gallop is 89km per hour. Running at such speeds requires a lot of energy and as such a horse can only maintain these speeds for a short period of time and will Read more…
60 horses. Hong Kong trainers The HKJC has 24 trainers licensed, with a maximum of 60 horses each. How many horse trainers are there in Hong Kong? Presently there are 24 licensed trainers in Hong Kong. Can trainers own horses? Every racehorse active in the sport has a dedicated trainer Read more…
to do things in the wrong order. to do things in the wrong order: Aren’t you putting the cart before the horse by deciding what to wear for the wedding before you’ve even been invited to it? What does it mean to put the horse before the carriage? to do Read more…
Draft horses were bred to pull freight and can pull the equivalent of their body weight for short distances, such as the average commercial carriage ride. Draft horses weigh between 1,600 and 2,400 pounds, depending on the breed. Is it cruel for horses to pull carts? Making horses pull oversized Read more…
Young, weaned horses below the age of one year are called weanlings. What is the difference between a yearling and a weanling? A weanling is an animal that has just been weaned. The term is usually used to refer to a type of young horse, a foal that has been Read more…
The process to form the nails consists of a wire of a specific cross section being fed to a machine that has eight consecutive sets of roller dies that form the shank of the nail from that blank piece of wire. The process is very gradual in forming the shank Read more…