February 17, 2010 January 1, 2018 By Kentucky Equine Research Staff. A horse that has lain down too close to a fence or wall and gotten into a position from which he can’t get up is referred to as a “cast” horse. Cast horses sometimes panic and struggle, while others Read more…
Sweet chestnuts will have a husk that looks “furry,” while the horse chestnut has sparser spikes on its husk. Water chestnuts are an entirely different thing. They are not really a chestnut at all, but the bulb of a plant that grows in marshes and is considered a vegetable and Read more…
One of the most common diseases of horse chestnut trees is leaf blight. Leaf blight is a fungal disease which causes large, brownish spots to develop on the tree’s leaves. Often, these brown spots will also be surrounded by yellow discoloration. What does a chestnut blight look like? Symptoms include Read more…
Piebald – black and white – coats are amongst the most common colors for this breed. But Gypsy Vanners can also have skewbald coats – that’s white patches on a bay or chestnut coat (or any other color, as long as it isn’t black). What is a black and white Read more…
Fiend or Foe? Fast and Furious is an achievement in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt and requires one to win all the horse races in the base game, thus making this a missable achievement. Can you win the horse race Witcher 3? If you win the 11 horse races in Read more…
Summary. A short front phase of the stride of a hind limb is seen commonly in horses with a variety of hind limb hind limb conditions. It may be noticeable at the walk and the trot. This pattern may result from problems affecting the upper or lower limb, and can Read more…
The White Arabian Horse. Of all the Arabian Horses, The White Arabian Horse is the only elite horse that can be found in the wild instead of having to be purchased, saving you a thousand dollars! You can find this special horse on the northwestern side of Lake Isabella in Read more…
A seahorse is a type of fish closely related to pipefishes and belonging to the scientific family Syngnathidae. Roughly 35 species of seahorse occur worldwide. Is a seahorse part of the fish family? seahorse, (genus Hippocampus), also spelled sea horse, any of about 50 species of marine fishes allied to Read more…
The longsnout seahorse (Hippocampus reidi) and the Northern seahorse (Hippocampus erectus) live in the Caribbean region of the Western Atlantic. The common seahorse (Hippocampus guttulatus) lives in the Mediterranean Sea and warm areas of the Atlantic. The yellow seahorse (Hippocampus kuda) lives in the Indo-Pacific. Do seahorses have another name? Read more…
No, seahorses are not marsupials; they are fish. What are seahorses similar to? 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 Read more…