Stable Staff. Stable Staff are the backbone of every racing yard They are the men and women who look after and ride the racehorses every day. Becoming a member of Stable Staff is also the doorway to becoming a Jockey or one of the more senior members of staff in Read more…
Though many horse owners may simply breed a family mare to a local stallion in order to produce a companion animal, most professional breeders use selective breeding to produce individuals of a given phenotype, or breed. What is the most common way to breed horses? Artificial insemination (AI), the most Read more…
Napoleon. NAP is actually short for Napoleon and comes from a card game iof the same name. The game, which originated in France, sees a player call ‘Napoleon’ when they believe that they have won the game. In horse racing, it is used by tipsters to refer to the best Read more…
The HKJC not only operates all the betting, but everything else to do with horse racing – they run the two racecourses, Happy Valley and Sha Tin, employ all the vets and stable hands and have around 25,000 employees in total. Most of the racehorses are stabled at the HKJC’s Read more…
Three roots were seen in all teeth ≥2 years (25 of 26 teeth), with each of the two buccal roots containing one root canal. How many roots are in horse teeth? The endodontic system consists of two roots (the most caudal molar has three roots) in the mandibular teeth. The Read more…
The primary function of clips is to take strain off of the nails. They hold shoes to the feet more securely than just plain nails would. Think of nailing on horseshoes as similar to tying the laces on your shoes; applying clips to a horseshoe would be like double-knotting your Read more…
Signs of a Horse With a Broken Leg It will not want to bear weight on the leg and there will be swelling. 2 The leg may appear to be crooked, or a bone may even appear to protrude through the skin. As soon as possible, have a veterinarian examine Read more…
Digestion, reproduction, circulation, breathing, and the ‘flight or fight’ response are all reptilian brain functions. The second layer is the limbic system. It includes the amygdala and hippocampus and involves emotion and memory. What part of the brain do horses not have? frontal lobeThat’s because horses, unlike humans, don’t have Read more…
Hippocampus. Hippocampus is a complex brain structure embedded deep into temporal lobe. It has a major role in learning and memory. What part of the brain is seahorse shaped? HippocampusHippocampus. The hippocampus is one of several parts of our brain involved in memory. Some intrepid brain-dissector must have thought it Read more…
Seadragons and pipefish are close relations These animals can be found all around the world, mainly near coasts. All have some similarities in their appearances, such as their elongated and fused snouts and rigid bodies. Male seadragons and pipefishes, like seahorses, carry the female’s eggs. What is similar to a Read more…