Stiff or rigid limbs can result from a variety of injuries or illnesses such as foot soreness, muscle soreness, abdominal pain (colic), chest pain, or many other other neurologic or muscular diseases. This condition becomes more evident when a horse moves forward. How can I help my horses stiff legs? Read more…
to stop a. What word is used to stop a horse? The most common word used to stop a horse is “whoa.” It can also be used for any large animal pulling a load. The word may come from the word “ho,” which is also a command to stop. Why Read more…
Just like in real life, Horse Reality’s colour genes are either recessive or dominant. Dominant genes trump recessive genes. It is recessive, meaning that only horses with two copies of the flaxen gene f/f have a blonde mane: F/F = dark mane. F/f = dark mane. f/f = blonde mane. Read more…
This is sometimes called free longeing or work at liberty, because the horse is asked to travel in a circle and obey human commands, only without a longe line attached. What’s it called when you run a horse in a circle? Horse lunging is simply the practice of moving your Read more…
With a little bit of patience and persistence, you can teach your horse to come when called, so long as you mind a few discouraging behaviors. While this is a cool trick for any horse to learn, it’s also extremely useful for horses that are difficult to pull from the Read more…
Genetics E Black Factor EE – homozygous black. Horse has ability to form black pigment in skin and hair. Black pigment in hair may be either in a points pattern or distributed overall. Cr Cream CrCr – Homozygous for cream. Both red and black pigments are diluted to pale cream. Read more…
WHAT IS WORKING IN AN OUTLINE? ‘On the bit’ and ‘in an outline’ are generally terms that all mean the same thing. The aim is for the horse to be working forward into the contact with his quarters engaged and hind legs stepping up and under so that the horse Read more…
Training schedules to get a horse fit for Eventing Depending on how much work your horse has been doing, and at which level you plan to compete, it is likely to take 8-10 weeks to attain the necessary level of fitness. How long does it take to get horse in Read more…
Archery is also one of the Sunnah sports activities encouraged by Islam. Hadith narrated by Imam Bukhari, Rasulullah SAW advised his companions to master the sports of archery, swimming and horse riding. Is horseback riding a Sunnah? EQUESTRIANISM & ISLAM Particularly amongst Muslims in the Western World ‘Horse Riding’ is Read more…
According to the Holy Quran, gambling was an evil habit of the Arab society. The Arabs used the horse-races for the purpose of gambling also. One party was always the looser while the other was winner and gainer. The Holy Prophet (peace be upon him) disallowed such type of betting. Read more…