You don’t see too many horses catching fire, and that’s almost certainly in part because their hair is a natural fire repellent. You really want your mattress to resist fire, which is why we use not only horsehair, but also Read more…
Why Would A Horse Stand In The Rain? Sometimes it suits some horses to stand in the rain. Horses’ hair is like a shield for these weather conditions. Whenever it’s not raining too hard, horses love to go out in Read more…
Noun. A small horse; specifically, any of several small breeds of horse under 14.2 hands at the withers. Is a pony a noun? noun, plural po·nies. Is pony a adjective? Pony can be a verb, a noun or an adjective. Read more…
Hairs are laid upon a hot surface, that have just come out from the kiln, they will burn onto the pieces leaving localised carbon marks. The process can equally be used with other types of horse hair, sawdust, sugar, feathers, Read more…
An outer coat of shiny, stiff guard hairs affords protection from the elements. The undercoat, or down, composed of short, fine, soft fibre, provides insulation against heat and cold. What can horsehair be used for? It is used for various Read more…
the mane. On horses, the mane is the hair that grows from the top of the neck of a horse or other equine, reaching from the poll to the withers, and includes the forelock or foretop. What is a horses Read more…
While hair and fur are terms that are used interchangeably for some animals, you will never hear an equestrian refer to their horse’s coat as fur. A horse’s coat is known as hair, however, it is often referred to as Read more…
Horses may not experience all of the facets of grief that humans do but they do grieve in their own way. They don’t miss many of the same types of things we miss such as Twister’s snowy white rump, or Read more…
Horsehair is hair from the tails or manes of horses and was used in the past to fill mattresses and furniture such as armchairs. What kind of hair is horse hair? Horsehair is much like human hair when it comes Read more…
Feathering or feather is the long hair on the lower legs of some breeds of horse and pony. On some horses, especially draft breeds, the hair can almost cover the hooves. What are horse chestnuts on legs? Horses also have Read more…