Limited turnout can vary from as little as 30 minutes to up to 12 hours per day. The extent of your horse’s turnout time, the quality of the pasture he is turned out on, and your horse’s metabolic type will Read more…
Horses need stables during the night to protect them from bad weather such as rain and snow. All horses need some protection from the weather and a professionally built stable can offer just that. Can horses be left out all Read more…
1. countable noun. A jockey is someone who rides a horse in a race. Synonyms: horse-rider, rider, equestrian More Synonyms of jockey. What is a female rider called? Strictly speaking “equestrian” refers only to male horse riders, and a woman Read more…
Horses can thrive with a combination of being stabled and having free rein of the pasture. Being pastured during the day and stabling your horse at night helps ensure time outside whilst staying safe overnight. Should you stall your horse Read more…
Draft horses are the gentle giants of the horse kingdom. Also called heavy horses and workhorses, these are horses whose primary purpose is to pull heavy loads. There are many dozens of draft horse breeds throughout the world. The most Read more…
Sometimes a sport horse is described with ‘flashy’ movement because it throws the front legs out in an extreme way in the trot. While it is a good thing for a horse to have a free shoulder and be able Read more…
two horses. The ancient Egyptians used chariots — typically with one or two riders and pulled by two horses — for hunting and warfare as well as in processions. How many horses can a chariot have? chariot racing, in the Read more…
A stallion is a male horse that is over the age of four that has not been castrated. What is a male horse over 4 called? A stallion is a mature male horse at the age of four or older; Read more…
Horses aren’t like cars; four horses can’t go any faster than one horse of the same breeding and quality, and these four would be dragging a heavy cart behind them. Does more horses mean more speed? Horses have an inherent Read more…
24/7 turnout means that the horse spends all day and night at pasture and lives primarily on forage, the way his ancestors did in ancient times. Knowing this, one could think that 24/7 turnout is the optimum in horse husbandry, Read more…