If you do use a radio for music, make sure the tuner is directly on the station and not creating “white noise”, which is irritating to the horse’s ears. What noise scares horses? Start with a sound like a metal bucket hitting the pavement, or a metal spoon striking a Read more…
Most horses kick by lifting the hind legs forward and kicking back in a sideways motion. Can horses kick out to the side? Horses can kick with all four legs. Most commonly when we refer to kicking, we are referring to the hind legs. But, all four legs can be Read more…
D pulls out, so what happens now? Well, you get your single unit stake back for D not running and then all multiple bets that include D are reduced accordingly. So, your four-fold of A, B, C and D becomes a treble of A, B and C. Any treble including Read more…
If he kicks, he has to work hard. A good thing to do here would be to yield the horse’s hindquarters around with a lot of energy. Hustle the horse’s feet in the circle until you feel that he’s got his attention back on you, and then go back to Read more…
You’ll often see horses frolicking in a field, galloping, bucking and kicking as they go. It’s a way to burn off steam and stretch their limbs. This type of kicking isn’t intended to cause harm but may do so by accident. Playful kicking isn’t something you need to–or even can–correct. Read more…
No, you can’t fault bone material itself for being weak and breakable, yet broken limbs happen to all species–even to horses, whose bones are among the hardest, most densely mineralized in the animal kingdom. Do horses have weak bones? Horses are fragile because of the structure of their anatomy. The Read more…
A stud is a stallion (male horse) used for breeding. Stallion. A stallion is a male horse that’s capable of reproducing. Sire. A sire is a horse’s father. What is a female stud horse called? Broodmare: An adult female horse that is kept specifically for breeding purposes. Stud: An adult Read more…
Protecting the Other Horses Build an extra paddock, or perhaps section off a portion of a field with an electric fence. Or, you can try changing the members of the herd around so that the bully is pastured with a more dominant but confident horse that will keep it in Read more…
In repeated distance runs, horses can cover about 20 kilometers a day. Vast throngs of human runners, by comparison, routinely run 42.2-kilometer marathons in just a few hours, and each year tens of thousands of people complete ultra-marathons of 100 kilometers and longer. How fast can a horse run compared Read more…
Ride and Tie is an endurance racing sport combining running and horse riding. Teams consist of two runners and one horse who complete a 20–100 mile trail course by “leapfrogging” one another. One person starts the race on the horse, the other on foot. Can 2 people ride a horse Read more…