Young, weaned horses below the age of one year are called weanlings. What is the difference between a yearling and a weanling? A weanling is an animal that has just been weaned. The term is usually used to refer to a type of young horse, a foal that has been Read more…
Draft horses were bred to pull freight and can pull the equivalent of their body weight for short distances, such as the average commercial carriage ride. Draft horses weigh between 1,600 and 2,400 pounds, depending on the breed. Is it cruel for horses to pull carts? Making horses pull oversized Read more…
to do things in the wrong order. to do things in the wrong order: Aren’t you putting the cart before the horse by deciding what to wear for the wedding before you’ve even been invited to it? What does it mean to put the horse before the carriage? to do Read more…
A: When you see-saw, the bit’s metal mouth piece drags back and forth across your horse’s sensitive lips, mouth and tongue. This causes pain, which your horse has learned to ease by lowering his head. Is it OK to punch a horse? 1: Never, ever punch your horse. Does being Read more…
60 horses. Hong Kong trainers The HKJC has 24 trainers licensed, with a maximum of 60 horses each. How many horse trainers are there in Hong Kong? Presently there are 24 licensed trainers in Hong Kong. Can trainers own horses? Every racehorse active in the sport has a dedicated trainer Read more…
At a gallop, a horse can run at an average speed of 55km per hour. The fastest recorded gallop is 89km per hour. Running at such speeds requires a lot of energy and as such a horse can only maintain these speeds for a short period of time and will Read more…
The HKJC not only operates all the betting, but everything else to do with horse racing – they run the two racecourses, Happy Valley and Sha Tin, employ all the vets and stable hands and have around 25,000 employees in total. Most of the racehorses are stabled at the HKJC’s Read more…
The BHS are a membership-based charity with currently over 115,000 members with an aim to protect and promote the interest of all equines and those that care about them. The BHS as an entire organisation fall under 4 key core foundations: Education. Welfare. Access. What does BHS stand for in Read more…
Horse insurance exclusions Exclusions vary by policy and insurer, but below are some common exclusions: Pre-existing medical conditions – Cover will not be offered for illnesses or injuries your horse suffered before you took out the policy. This means if the same problem occurs again, your horse will not be Read more…
Napoleon. NAP is actually short for Napoleon and comes from a card game iof the same name. The game, which originated in France, sees a player call ‘Napoleon’ when they believe that they have won the game. In horse racing, it is used by tipsters to refer to the best Read more…