Horses Starlight. Belle. Prancer. Garnet. Comanche. Patch. Is Starlight a mare or gelding? Starlight is a 5yo b/br Gelding from Australia trained by Michael J Clements, who is based at . It is sired by the stallion Headwater out of the dam Zalila. What breed of horse was Belle from Read more…
Scientists previously thought the Przewalski’s horses were a wild species native to the Eurasian steppes. They were officially declared “extinct in the wild” in 1969, and today, there are still only about 2,000. How many horses does Przewalski have? 1,900 Przewalski’s horsesThrough breeding programs, Zoos have been instrumental in preventing Read more…
SHB (GB) = Sport Horse Breeding of Great Britain/British Sport Horse. Sv = Swedish Warmblood. TB = Thoroughbred. What does AES stand for in horse breeds? Anglo European Studbook UKAnglo European Studbook UK The AES is a highly regarded studbook registering quality sport horses. With members throughout Europe via our Read more…
Lumps, bumps and swellings around a horse’s lips or mouth are common, and can result from a variety of causes. Abscesses and swellings can develop from an infected wound, traumatic injury. Sharp seed heads grass awns and other foreign bodies can embed themselves in the lips, causing hard swellings or Read more…
The cause of the problem. Puncture Wound of Head, Jaw & Upper Neck. Poisonous Snake Bite, Rattlesnake or Pit Viper. Vesicular Stomatitis, VS. Melanoma. Equine Sarcoid, Generally. Wound or Laceration to Mouth, Lips & Muzzle. Burn, Chemical, Toxin, Caustic Substances Ingested & Irritating Mouth, Lips, Tongue. What are the first Read more…
When a horse is lame, it means they have a gait or a stance that is abnormal for their breed. It is caused by an issue with the structure or function of the horse’s locomotor system. Because of that disorder, the horse is unwilling or may be unable to stand Read more…
Personality. Bambi ― as with most of his friends ― is similar to any deer in any forest. What animal is a Bambi? white-tailed deerBambi is a white-tailed deer, but he wasn’t supposed to be. Bambi may be a fictional deer, but he’s based on a real one. The movie Read more…
Founder, sometimes called laminitis, can be caused by several things, including diet, genetic predisposition, and overmedicating; Founder usually refers to chronic inflammation of the coffin bone in the horse’s hoof. It is a very serious condition that can result in the horse’s death. What horses are prone to founder? Horses Read more…
Most horses do not die directly because of their injuries on the race course, but are instead put down, often by being shot or euthanased. Do horses get shot on the track? Though the practise seems cruel, but ‘destroying’ a racehorse is usually more humane than forcing the horse to Read more…
Some of the more common oral antibiotics in horses include trimethoprim sulfa, metronidazole, enrofloxacin, and chloramphenicol. Trimethoprim sulfa (SMZ, TMS, sulfa tabs) is an antibiotic which has a broad spectrum of activity against a variety of bacteria. It is broken down by the liver and excreted in the urine. What Read more…