Italy is also home to some of the most beautiful horse breeds in the world. There are over 25 horse breeds with whole or partial Italian heritage. The most common Italian horse breeds are the Italian Heavy Draft, Italian Trotter, Read more…
American quarter horses, Appaloosas and Paint horses are all descendants of hot-Paint breeds. Are quarter horses hot or cold? Outside of Europe many of the popular American breeds are also warmbloods–the Quarter Horse and Tennessee Walking Horse are both so Read more…
Red horses (chestnuts, sorrels, palominos and red duns, to name a few) are homozygous, that is they have two alleles, for the recessive red allele ee. Can Palominos be homozygous? Palominos that are homozygous for the agouti will never produce Read more…
Birth to Weanling At birth, a palomino foal can be born in one of several colors. They may be a dull palomino color that ranges from close to their adult color to an odd shade of peach. Some foals are Read more…
Enter racing silks. The word “silks” refers to the colors that jockeys wear during races. They consist of a shirt that covers the rider’s safety equipment and a cap that covers his or her helmet. They represent the owner of Read more…
a place where horses are kept for people to ride. What is a horse stable? A stable is a building in which livestock, especially horses, are kept. It most commonly means a building that is divided into separate stalls for Read more…
Indoor riding arena prices are $5 to $50 per square foot, or $40,000 to $500,000 for the most common sizes. Cost depends mostly on materials. Indoor Riding Arena Prices by Material. Material Cost Per Square Foot Average Cost per Square Read more…
One of the more common horse racing betting strategies is known as “laying the field”. A “lay” bet, as we know, is a bet against a result. So in horse racing, you’re betting on a horse to lose. So to Read more…
The phrase high horse grew to mean “pompous or self-righteous” from there. Is high horse an idiom? To be on one’s high horse means to act in an arrogant or haughty fashion. Get off your high horse is a related Read more…
Mini horses don’t need as much space as standard horses, but it is typically recommended to have ¼ of an acre per mini horse. How much space does a mini Shetland need? about 2 acresThey may look small but they Read more…