Owning a horse is both rewarding and challenging. Horse owners must be knowledgable, responsible, and have enough time in their schedules to take care of the daily needs of their horse. When done properly, owning a horse is a fun and therapeutic experience that greatly improves your life. Can a Read more…
Jumps racing results in the death of racehorses for several reasons including catastrophic injuries, performance-restricting injuries and poor performance. Why is horse racing so cruel? Racing exposes horses to significant risk of injury and sometimes, catastrophic injury and death through trauma (e.g. broken neck) or emergency euthanasia. The odds are Read more…
Black Beauty Was Based on a Real Horse Author of the books Anne Sewell had a horse called Bess when she was growing up and people believe Bess is the inspiration for the horse Black Beauty. Where is the horse from Black Beauty? After starting his life in Russia and Read more…
While horses of both genders can display a variety of personalities, there is some evidence to suggest that male horses (geldings) tend to be calmer than their female counterparts. Stallions are typically more aggressive than mares. Is a male horse better than a female horse? Generally speaking, male horses are Read more…
Best Horse Breeds for Kids American Quarter Horse. Arabian. Miniature Horse. Morgan. Pony of the Americas. Shetland Pony. Welsh Pony. Grade Horse. What horse is good for a 11 year old? Typically, children up to the age of 12 ride 12.2hh ponies, at age 12 to 16 years they ride Read more…
Though the practise seems cruel, but ‘destroying’ a racehorse is usually more humane than forcing the horse to endure the recovery. Around 150 horses are ‘destroyed’, as the racing community calls it, mostly by lethal injection, at racecourses each year, usually after sustaining badly broken legs. Do they kill horses Read more…
THE MOVIE IS BASED ON THE BOOK, BEAUTIFUL JIM KEY: THE LOST HISTORY OF THE WORLD’S SMARTEST HORSE, BY MIM EICHLER RIVAS. What kind of horse was Jim Key? Arabian horseBeautiful Jim Key. Beautiful JIM KEY – A HORSE & A MAN Who Changed The World! A mixed-breed Hambletonian and Read more…
Horses probably cannot telepathically read a person’s mind, but some horses might seem to do so by learning to respond to subtle and unconscious intention movements that precede a rider’s deliberate cues. Can horses read your emotions? Research shows that horses recognize and react to human emotions expressed by facial Read more…
Thoroughbred horses. The Kentucky Derby, presented by Woodford Reserve, is a top rank, Grade I stakes race for 3 year old Thoroughbred horses. The race distance is one and one-quarter miles long, and it is run on the dirt racetrack at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. What type of horse Read more…
Male horses have more earning potential. Over 60 percent of the racehorses in North America and Europe are male. There could be a couple of reasons for this. First, owners hope to find the rare horse that can earn them millions standing at stud after its racing career. Are most Read more…