A whip may also be used to encourage a horse to put more effort into approaching a jump or simply march straight through a field filled with lush grass rather than put its head down to steal mouthfuls as you Read more…
In a recently published study, researchers suggest horses still have all five digits, they’re just in various forms of development. Horses evolved from five toes, to four toes, to three toes, and eventually to a single toe that’s embedded inside Read more…
Plus horses actually walk on their toes — yes, on tiptoes like a ballet dancer, but bigger and clumsier! Why would a horse walk on its toe? Since horses are designed to land on their heels which are their natural Read more…
They can reach speeds of more than 40km an hour, clear hurdles more than eight feet high and even pirouette – and they manage it all with just one toe on each foot. Now researchers say they have unpicked how Read more…
Called Eohippus, this diminutive animal had four toes, and lived in the dense jungles that then covered much of North America. Gradually, over millions of centuries, this tiny creature became larger, lost all but one toe, and developed into the Read more…
The relationship between Sicily and horses is very deep, as is also shown by the presence of the indigenous Sicilian horse, bred in the Nebrodi and Madonie mountains, Palermo, Agrigento and the Val di Noto, and the Sanfratellano, a horse Read more…
350,000 horses live in Italy. 20,000 of these are competition horses. What is horse called in Italy? cavalloMy favourite animal is the horse. A male horse is called a stallone (stallion) whereas a female horse can be called either a Read more…
An important ratio in mineral nutrition of the horse is the Ca to P ratio (Ca:P). The Ca to P ratio should be about 2:1, where there’s twice as much Ca as P. If horses receive adequate P, this ratio Read more…
Generally, horses at rest in ambient temperatures of 70°F consume 2% of their body weight in roughage (hay) per day. A 1,100-pound horse will eat approximately 22 pounds of hay per day. Assuming an energy density of 1.0 Mcal/lb, which Read more…
In horses calcium helps maintain normal brain and nerve function and aids in heart, skeletal muscle, and intestinal contraction. Phosphorus helps regulate muscle and heart contraction, cell integrity, and glucose use. Why is the ratio of calcium to phosphorus important? Read more…