Everything About Horses

This look can mean that your horse is very sensitive. A larger eye • A large eye means an alert horse. When the top of the eye gets bigger, the horse is alarmed or worried about something. A smaller eye Read more…

One blind spot is directly in front of his nose extending around four feet in front of it. The second blind spot is behind the tail. That blind spot extends about ten feet long, beyond the horse’s tail. The field Read more…

The guttural pouches are unique to a small number of animal species, including the horse. They are sacs of air that expand from the Eustachian tube, with one on each side of the horse’s head. They are positioned beneath the Read more…

This problem can be explained by the first law of Newton or the law of inertia. When the horse suddenly stops, the rider falls in the forward direction due to the inertia of motion. The lower portion of the rider Read more…

Sometimes, a horse may have no withers at all. Low withers are common among American Quarter horses, ponies, and Arabians. Due to its conformation, your horse may have a decreased range of motion compared to those with normal or higher Read more…

Choose the Best Material Cotton and fleece are among the most well-known options due to they are wicking properties. The fleece can be made of synthetic or could be genuine wool or sheepskin. Synthetic fleece pads and cotton tend to Read more…

Use one saddle pad. It’s best to use one pad, and the thinnest pad possible. Stacked pads will first lift the saddle too high. Then, as the pads compress, they’ll create painful pressure points on your horse’s back by the Read more…

A cow horse saddle is used for the reined cow horse/working cow horse events. The tree(frame) is nearly identical to a cutter a Buster Welch being the most common. A big difference is the seat of a cow horse saddle Read more…

The position they use is called the “monkey crouch.” This position reduces the amount of energy a horse uses to run while carrying the jockeys’ weight. Since ancient times, horses have raced, but the riders stayed seated in the saddle Read more…

Saddle pads are measured by their length and width. The length refers to how long the pad runs along your horse’s spine, while the width refers to how wide the pad is from one side, across the withers, and down Read more…