Striking occurs when your horse uses its front feet and legs to kick. This kicking can be towards other horses, objects or even people. Many times, striking becomes a habit that can cause dangerous situations for your horse and for yourself. What are signs of aggression in a horse? Signs Read more…
Ride and Tie is an endurance racing sport combining running and horse riding. Teams consist of two runners and one horse who complete a 20–100 mile trail course by “leapfrogging” one another. One person starts the race on the horse, the other on foot. Can 2 people ride a horse Read more…
In repeated distance runs, horses can cover about 20 kilometers a day. Vast throngs of human runners, by comparison, routinely run 42.2-kilometer marathons in just a few hours, and each year tens of thousands of people complete ultra-marathons of 100 kilometers and longer. How fast can a horse run compared Read more…
Protecting the Other Horses Build an extra paddock, or perhaps section off a portion of a field with an electric fence. Or, you can try changing the members of the herd around so that the bully is pastured with a more dominant but confident horse that will keep it in Read more…
A stud is a stallion (male horse) used for breeding. Stallion. A stallion is a male horse that’s capable of reproducing. Sire. A sire is a horse’s father. What is a female stud horse called? Broodmare: An adult female horse that is kept specifically for breeding purposes. Stud: An adult Read more…
No, you can’t fault bone material itself for being weak and breakable, yet broken limbs happen to all species–even to horses, whose bones are among the hardest, most densely mineralized in the animal kingdom. Do horses have weak bones? Horses are fragile because of the structure of their anatomy. The Read more…
This might be due to anxiety, nervousness, fear, or discomfort. First time foaling mares may have a very painful udder. When the foal nudges the udder or attempts to suckle, the pain may cause the mare to refuse to allow the foal to nurse. The second type of foal rejection Read more…
A kick can shatter bones and traumatize soft tissue. In fact, medical journals document people going into cardiac arrest after sustaining a kick to the chest. In addition, a horse can seriously injure himself by kicking; a powerful impact with a cinder block wall, for example, can fracture bones within Read more…
If a horse and zebra successfully mate, their offspring will likely be sterile. Domestic horses have 64 chromosomes; Grevy’s zebras have 46 chromosomes; mountain zebras have 32 and plains zebras have 44. Why shouldn’t zebras and horses breed? While horses, zebras, and donkeys look similar and belong to the same Read more…
Usually horses are not severely injured by these interactions. Occasionally though you will actually see your horse sustain major trauma as a result. The most common severe injury sustained by a bad kick is a fracture. You may be amazed when they you seemingly severe trauma that results in minimal Read more…