If you enjoy both English and Western riding, you may think you need a separate horse for each discipline. But fortunately some breeds can be ridden in both English and Western and here are 4 versatile horse breeds for riders in all height and weight categories. Can you ride Western Read more…
2022 Faster Horses Festival attracts country music fans for 3 days to Brooklyn, Mich. Jake Owen performs on stage during Faster Horses festival in Brooklyn on Fri., July 22, 2022. What dates are faster horses? Faster Horses Festival will return to the Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Michigan in 2023. Read more…
When asked about customer input in the development of the Ford Model T, Henry Ford famously said, “If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.” Who said faster horses quote? Henry Ford’s“If I would have asked people what they wanted, they would have said Read more…
Ford Mustang Eggert, Ford’s division market research manager in the early 1960s, loved American Quarterhorse breeds. His wife gifted him a book titled The Mustangs by J. Frank Dobie that inspired the pony car’s name. Was the Mustang named after the horse or plane? The plane story The vast majority Read more…
“In general, it shouldn’t be painful for a horse to do dressage, or any other form of riding or driving discipline,” Linda writes. “Dressage is a discipline in which the horse is carefully trained over a considerable period of time (years) for increasingly strenuous and controlled movements. Is dressage stressful Read more…
A two point position is when you only have two points of contact with the saddle. Normally, we ride in a full seat, or three point position, meaning you have three points of contact in the saddle. Your two knees (or legs) and your rear end. What is 2 point Read more…
Three-point contact denotes both legs and the rider’s seat. It is one of the galloping positions used for jumping and turning. The other galloping position, two-point contact when the rider is out of the saddle, is used as an exercise position and for galloping on straight lines. What is 2 Read more…
“Faster Horses (the Cowboy and the Poet)” is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Tom T. Hall. It was released in December 1975 as the second single from the album, Faster Horses. Members of the Western Writers of America chose it as one of the Top Read more…
According to a 1900 source comparing human and horse populations in different towns and cities, Manhattan had 1.8 million people and 3700 horses. But more-rural Queens, NY, just across the East River, had 150,000 people and 6800 horses. Baltimore: 500,000 and 3800. Boston: 500,000 and 4500. Did people ride horses Read more…
The cheetah can sprint at 70 to 75 mph; the horse can attain 44 mph for 300 yds. The cheetah seldom runs more than 1/4mi., the horse can run at 20.5 mph for 20mi., and its rate of travel declines only slowly as distances increase over 30 mi. Which animal Read more…