Friesians, in general, are calm, quiet, and very forgiving of a novice rider. Friesians are also highly intelligent, reliable, and want to please their owners. Are Friesian horses calm? The Friesian horse may appear both powerful and majestic, however this belies a gentle, docile temperament. Considered to be a warm Read more…
Most horses have some markings, and they help to identify the horse as a unique individual. Markings are present at birth and do not change over the course of the horse’s life. Can a horse change colors? While most horses remain the same color throughout life, a few, over the Read more…
Wild horses couldn’t drag me: This idiom, always in negative form, is believed to have replaced wild horses couldn’t draw it from me, referring to the medieval torture of using horses to stretch a prisoner and thereby force a confession. [First half of 1800s ] Where does the expression wild Read more…
Horses need constant access to a dry, safe, comfortable shelter to protect them from rain, wind, and snow. In warm and sunny weather, the shelter you supply will provide your companion with much needed shade and relief from biting insects. Are horses OK with no shelter? A domestic horse needs Read more…
Palomino Feed Rations A ‘white’ cereal-based diet of grains, pollard or mill-run cereal chaff, cereal or grass hay can help to reduce the risk of smutting in Palominos. A ‘white feed’ diet is also beneficial for maintaining optimum coat colour intensity in Buckskins. How do I make my palomino more Read more…
Instead, as horse owners know, horses actually begin to grow their winter coats as early as September, or even August in northern climates. The real trigger for winter coat growth is diminishing light. What do horses wear in the winter? Why do horses wear blankets? Horse blankets are typically used Read more…
Likewise, as the daylight hours and temperatures begin to increase in the springtime, you will notice that the thick, long winter hair starts to shed. It is actually the horse’s pituitary gland that recognizes this change in daylight hours and produces hormones that cause a horse to shed its winter Read more…
The skin is the horse’s largest organ and is made up of two layers: the epidermis and the dermis. How thick is a horse’s skin? between 1.2 to 7 mm.In recent decades, limited scientific data have become available that document the full skin thickness of horses, with it reportedly ranging Read more…
Curlies, also called Bashkir Curlies, American Bashkir Curlies, and North American Curly Horses, come in all sizes, colors, and body types but all carry a gene for a unique curly coat of hair. What does it mean if a horse has curly hair? Now we know, however, horses with curly Read more…
Many breeds perform these gaits. They include stock horse breeds like the Quarter Horse, Paint Horse, Appaloosa, etc. and hunter or English type horses such as the Thoroughbred, Arabian, Saddlebred, Morgan, etc. What breed of horses are gaited? The best-gaited horse breeds include Paso Fino, American Saddlebred, the Icelandic horse, Read more…