Everything About Horses

But when the average horse breaks into a full gallop, meaning he’s running at this top speed, he can reach up to 30 mph to 40 mph. However, one wild mustang horse was reportedly recorded running at a speed of Read more…

It’s very important not to be leaning forward when you’re going down, and not to be leaning back when you’re going up. That will unbalance you and your horse, which makes his job twice as difficult. Why do horse riders Read more…

Former racehorses are typically athletic and intelligent and, with the constant handling they have received during their racing career, they can make excellent riding horses in the right hands. But the time and effort involved in retraining them off the Read more…

Therefore, they’re not truly “wild” horses. They’re domesticated horses that haven’t been tamed. To be truly “wild,” these feral horses would need to have ancestors that were never domesticated. However, they are “wild” in the sense that they are untamed Read more…

The hips should neither tip forward (an arched back) nor tip back (a rounded back). From this neutral position, the hip simply swings in a forward and upward motion toward the hand with every step of the horse. The hip Read more…

White, white mutations or just dominant white, is very rare and has been recorded as an instant mutation multiple times. It gives rise to white or partially white horses. The Franches-montage horses and the thoroughbreds are some well known breeds Read more…

Przewalski’s horse (UK: /ˌpɜːrʒəˈvælskiz/, US: /-ˈvɑːl-/, Russian: [prʐɨˈvalʲskʲɪj], Polish: [pʂɛˈvalskʲi]) (Equus ferus przewalskii or Equus przewalskii), also called the takhi, Mongolian wild horse or Dzungarian horse, is a rare and endangered horse originally native to the steppes of Central Asia. Read more…

Close breeding such as a mating between sire and daughter will test the good and the bad genes in that family. Such matings are used on an experimental basis to discover if there are any undesirable recessives in the family Read more…

As we mentioned previously, a colt is a male horse that is between the ages of one and four years old. Before they reach their first birthday, both male and female horses are called foals. After a horse reaches five Read more…

brought down. What does B mean on a horse? A horse wearing blinkers is denoted on a racecard by a small b next to the horse’s weight (b1 indicates that the horse is wearing blinkers in a race for the Read more…