Tetanus is a bacterial infection, where the toxins produced by the bacteria attack the horse’s nervous system. The condition is also known as ‘lockjaw‘, because as the disease progresses, the mouth clamps shut so the animal cannot eat or drink. Read more…
A bit consists of two basic components, the bit mouthpiece that goes inside the horse’s mouth, and the bit rings of a snaffle bit or shanks of a curb bit, to which the bridle and reins attach. What holds a Read more…
Suppleness of the joints refers to the horse’s ability to bend the joints without stiffness and the range of motion of the joints that the horse can achieve. Those joints include the horse’s hocks, hips, knees, shoulders, jaw, and poll. Read more…
John Dunbar’s horse is an AQHA gelding named Justin Plain Bars. Is the horse from Dances With Wolves still alive? “Buck” (Cisco), one of the horses ridden in the movie, lived at 1880 TOWN until he passed away in 2008 Read more…
When the young horse starts under saddle, execute all transitions in small sequential steps like going up and down a ladder. For example, a horse making an upward and downward transition through all three gaits would transition from walk to Read more…
A draw is made at random by Weatherbys (think of them as the governors of British racing) on the day declarations are made. It is done to decide which stall a horse comes out of (a horse drawn 1 will Read more…
Natural Gaits There are five natural gaits of horses. These natural gaits include the walk, Gaits, Gaits/lope, gallop and back. Many breeds perform these gaits. How many moves can the horse move? It moves three squares in total, two squares Read more…
An average untrained horse can jump as high as 2 to 3 feet (0.6 to 0.9 m). Still, you can train your animal to jump much higher, depending on its fitness, breed, age, and obstacle type. Your riding skills have Read more…
A horse trainer is a person who tends to horses and teaches them different disciplines. Some of the responsibilities trainers have are caring for the animals’ physical needs, as well as teaching them submissive behaviors and/or coaching them for events, Read more…