In fact, wild horses are present on just a tiny fraction of BLM land in the West and ranchers have access to livestock grazing on over 80 percent of BLM rangelands without any wild horses present. Except in a handful Read more…
A female horse and a male donkey produce a “mule”. What is a male donkey bred to a female horse called? MuleMule: The result of a donkey stallion mating with a female horse. Mules tend to have the head of Read more…
Give your horse some paddock time at his new home. To acclimate a horse to pasture life in his new home, start gradually. After you finish grooming, instead of returning the animal to its stall, put him in a paddock Read more…
Though many horse owners may simply breed a family mare to a local stallion in order to produce a companion animal, most professional breeders use selective breeding to produce individuals of a given phenotype, or breed. What is the most Read more…
The nuckelavee ( /nʌklɑːˈviː/) or nuckalavee is a horse-like demon from Orcadian mythology that combines equine and human elements. It has its origins in Norse mythology, and British folklorist Katharine Briggs called it “the nastiest” of all the demons of Read more…
Napoleon. NAP is actually short for Napoleon and comes from a card game iof the same name. The game, which originated in France, sees a player call ‘Napoleon’ when they believe that they have won the game. In horse racing, Read more…
Horse insurance exclusions Exclusions vary by policy and insurer, but below are some common exclusions: Pre-existing medical conditions – Cover will not be offered for illnesses or injuries your horse suffered before you took out the policy. This means if Read more…
The BHS are a membership-based charity with currently over 115,000 members with an aim to protect and promote the interest of all equines and those that care about them. The BHS as an entire organisation fall under 4 key core Read more…
The HKJC not only operates all the betting, but everything else to do with horse racing – they run the two racecourses, Happy Valley and Sha Tin, employ all the vets and stable hands and have around 25,000 employees in Read more…
At a gallop, a horse can run at an average speed of 55km per hour. The fastest recorded gallop is 89km per hour. Running at such speeds requires a lot of energy and as such a horse can only maintain Read more…