Horses Horses The Appaloosa Horse Club, located in Moscow, Idaho is dedicated to preserving and promoting the Appaloosa breed. More than 630,000 Appaloosas have been registered with the Appaloosa Horse Club since its founding in 1938. ...more on Wikipedia about "Appaloosa Horse Club"
A breed registry, also known as a stud book or register, is an official list of animals within a specific breed whose parents are known. Animals are usually registered by their breeders when they are still young. The terms "stud book" and "register" are also used to refer to lists of male animals "standing at stud", that is, those animals actively breeding, as opposed to every known specimen of that breed. ...more on Wikipedia about "Breed registry"
Cavalia is an equestrian program from Canada similar to a horse circus, involving trick riding, vaulting, haute école and pas de deux, unbridled displays, and Cirque du Soleil-like performances. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cavalia"
Charqui is a form of jerky common in South America made from dried and salted meat, usually from horse, but also beef. The word comes the Quechuan word ch'arki. Charqui is often eaten as a snack with beer. ...more on Wikipedia about "Charqui"
The list of classic equitation books will never be complete, but here is a start: ...more on Wikipedia about "Classic equitation books"
Classical dressage evolved from cavalry movements trained for the battlefield, and has since developed into competitive dressage seen today. Classical riding is the art of riding with, rather than against the horse, in harmony. ...more on Wikipedia about "Classical dressage"
Collection is a natural attitude of mind and body of the horse. When at its leisure, the horse will move with its body naturally relaxed. When the horse senses a challenge of some sort, it will prepare itself for action both by greater arousal of attention, and also by collecting its body. That means to draw the body in upon itself so that it becomes like a giant spring whose stored energy can be reclaimed and directed against the outside world by releasing whatever has held it under compression. The largest organic spring in the horse's body, and therefore the easiest one to observe in action, is composed of the spine and the associated musculature that draws it together in much the same way that a bow is drawn by an archer. ...more on Wikipedia about "Collection (horse)"
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There are a number of theories regarding the domestication of the horse. Although horses began appearing in cave art as early as 30,000 BC, these were truly wild horses and were probably hunted for meat; how and when they became domesticated is less clear. The most common date of domestication and use as a means of transport is c. 2000 BC, although there is some evidence horses might have been domesticated earlier, e.g. in the Kurgan hypothesis the domestication of horses is dated as early as 4500 BC. ...more on Wikipedia about "Domestication of the horse"
The evolutionary line of horses began in the lower Eocene epoch in a form called Hyracotherium. This “horse” was approximately the size of a fox and had various characteristics reminding us of its older predecessors: a relatively short head, 44 teeth with uneven, dull and bumpy molars, a short neck, a “springy”, arched back, and “wrist” and hock joints that are still low to the ground. The limbs are relatively long, obviously showing the beginnings of adaptation to gaining more speed. The forelimbs had developed five toes out of which only four were equipped with a small hoof; the fifth large “toe–thumb” was off the ground. The hind limbs had three out of the five toes equipped with small hooves, while the first and fifth toes did not touch the ground. ...more on Wikipedia about "Evolution of the horse"
Filly is also a town in Belgium. ...more on Wikipedia about "Filly"
A gelding is a castrated animal—usually, a castrated male horse. The word comes from the Old Norse geldr ("barren"). In flat racing it is a reasonble big risk castrating a horse as they loose their breeding value, however it may be considered worth it if the animals passion is stopping him running to his full potential. Several Kentucky Derby winners have been geldings, including 2003 winner Funny Cide. In Europe Geldings are excluded from most big races including the Classics and the Prix de L'arc De Triomph, so it is an even bigger risk. Under National Hunt rules nearly all horses are geldings as they would hurt themselves badly when they jumped otherwise. ...more on Wikipedia about "Gelding"
A hand (or handbreadth) is a unit of length measurement, usually based on the breadth of a male human hand and thus around 1 dm, i.e. 10 cm. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hand (unit)"
The horse (Equus caballus) is a sizeable ungulate mammal, one of ten modern species of the genus Equus. Horses have long been one of the most economically important domesticated animals, and have played an important role in the transport of people and cargo for thousands of years. Most notably, horses can be ridden by a person perched on a saddle attached to the animal, and are also widely harnessed to pull objects like wheeled vehicles or plows. In some human cultures, horses are also widely used as a source of food. Though isolated domestication may have occurred as early as 4500 BC, clear evidence of widespread use by humans dates to no earlier than 2000 BC, as evidenced by the Sintashta chariot burials (see Domestication of the horse). ...more on Wikipedia about "Horse"
The term "Horse culture" is used to define a tribal group or community whose day to day life revolves around the herding and breeding of horses. Notable examples are the American Indians of the Great Plains and the Mongols of Mongolia. ...more on Wikipedia about "Horse culture"
Horse meat is tender, low in fat and high in protein. Just like beef and pork, in some societies there is a social taboo regarding the consumption of horse meat. ...more on Wikipedia about "Horse meat"
A horse show is a judged exhibition of horses and ponies. Horse shows in the United States take several forms: the ones sponsored by a particular breed club, or the more general "open" horse show, which is not restricted to any particular breed. ...more on Wikipedia about "Horse show"
Horse slaughter is the practice of slaughtering horses for meat (to be consumed by humans or other animals) or other purposes, such as the manufacture of gelatin. ...more on Wikipedia about "Horse slaughter"
A horse whisperer is a horse trainer who adopts a sympathetic view of the motives, needs, and desires of the horse, based on modern equine psychology. The term goes back to the early nineteenth century when an Irish horseman, Daniel Sullivan, made a name for himself in England by rehabilitating horses that had become vicious and intractable due to abuse or accidental trauma. He kept his methods secret, but people who managed to observe him noticed that he would stand face to face with the troubled horse. They seemed to think that he must be saying something to the horse in a way the horse could understand and accept because the horses were quickly gentled by his mysterious techniques. His techniques were passed over to Willis J. Powell, who learned them well and traveled widely in the New World to help the most seriously traumatized horses. His fame spread, and more and more people sought help from him. He wrote his own book and later cooperated with John Solomon Rarey. Rarey was protective of the tradition he had thus learned, and in early versions of his own book did not reveal how the most severely traumatized horses were salvaged by the methods originated by Sullivan and passed to him by Powell. He did, however, always give Powell full credit for his methods of gentling horses. Finally he became convinced that it was better to reveal the secret method to the world than to risk its loss. That method is fairly faithfully represented in the novel and motion picture The Horse Whisperer. ...more on Wikipedia about "Horse whisperer"
The International Spotted Horse Registry, founded in 1990, is an international organization dedicated to the registration of spotted horses. ...more on Wikipedia about "International Spotted Horse Registry"
Jennet, a small Spanish horse; the word is sometimes applied in English to a mule, the offspring of a she-ass and a stallion. ...more on Wikipedia about "Jennet"
The Kentucky Horse Park (web page) is a working horse farm and an educational theme park located in a rural area of Lexington, Kentucky in the United States. Dedicated to man's relationship with the horse, the Park opened in 1978 and each year since has hosted a large number of special events and horse shows and attracts almost a million visitors annually. ...more on Wikipedia about "Kentucky Horse Park"
Kumis (called airag by the Mongolians), is a traditional drink of the people of Central Asia. It can also be spelled "kymys". ...more on Wikipedia about "Kumis"
This is a list of equine-related topics and articles. ...more on Wikipedia about "List of equine topics"
Longeing or lungeing is a technique for training horses. It is performed on a large circle with the horse traveling around the trainer in the middle. ...more on Wikipedia about "Longeing"
A horse responds to neck rein techniques when it has learnt that a light pressure of the right rein against its neck on that side means for the horse to turn left, and a light pressure of the other rein against its neck on the left side means for the horse to turn right. ...more on Wikipedia about "Neck rein"
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