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 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 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 Read more…
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 Read more…
For the 1950s TV series, the Cisco Kid’s sidekick Pancho was portrayed by Leo Carrillo, riding a Palomino named Loco. The Cisco Kid’s horse was named Diablo. After a long absence, the character galloped back onto TV screens in the Read more…
Przewalski’s horses are often described as small and stocky. They are heavily built, with a large head, thick neck and short legs. They are dun-colored with a dark zebra-like erect mane and no forelock. A dark stripe continues from the Read more…
Cisco was a buckskin American Quarter Horse. Where possible Kevin Costner insists on doing his own stunts as he did in ‘Dancing With Wolves’, including riding bareback and shooting his gun without holding his reins in the buffalo sequence. What Read more…
Billy the Kid rode a pinto horse. Nowhere’s petty gun strapped on his boot like a farrier’s rasp. Guts wrenched. What breed was Billy the Kids horse? thoroughbred horseBilly The Kid is a thoroughbred horse born in New Zealand in Read more…
Some mutton-withered horses may have a slightly shorter range of motion in the shoulder due to the thoracic vertebrae of a mutton-withered horse being shorter than is normal for most horses. What are mutton withers on a horse? Low Withers Read more…
A hunter horse must be athletic and agile and good breeds for the purpose include the Hanoverian, the Holsteiner, the Arabian, the Quarter horse, and the Trakehner. Both thoroughbreds and warmbloods perform well at the training and junior competition stages. Read more…