look on horwse
you should train a trotting horse at the age of 5 years old.
look at horse and hound article
1. Bowed tendon- serious discrimination involving any or all of a group of tendons and ligaments, but usually the superflexor tendon, the deep flexor tendon and the suspensory ligament. Caused by severe strain and wear and shows up as a thickened enlargement of the tendon which occupies the posterior space in the cannon region between the knee and ankle or between the hock and ankle. Usually occurs on the front legs. The lameness that accompanies an acute condition may not be permanent. 2. Bog spavin- serious discrimination, a soft fluctuating enlargement located at the upper part of the hock and due to a distention of the joint capsule. 3. Heaves- the horse can't expel all the air from his lungs and uses abdominal muscles trying to do this 4. Stifled- a displaced patella (similar to man's kneecap) of the stifle joint. It sometimes cripples the horse permanently. 5. Thrush- inflammation of the fleshy frog of the foot, blackish in color, foul smelling, and associated with filthy stalls.
At least they should be 5-6 years old to ride a horse. If they are actually competing, then they should be at least 5-6 with at least 4 years of riding under their belt. However, if they are just sitting on or walking the horse then they could do that as soon as they can sit.
No. You should never walk close to a horse's hindquarters. Stay at least 5 to 7 feet behind. Even if the horse is not a "kicker" any horse can be frightened and their reflexes are so fast you would not have time to get out of the way.
You can pick a bad horse and put the horse in a competition and that should get you in last place in the competition.
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NO! your horse should be up to 1,000 lbs by now especially for a a 15 hand horse. you need to get him checked out by your local vet.
A suckling horse should gain 5 pounds a day depending on the size and breed! if any questions e-mail me at coba4dog@hotmail.com or coba4dog@gmail.com either is fine
For Howrse riding level 5 its ask someone to hold your horse while you mount and use a mounting block
There are more than 5 points on a horse. You can easily look up all the points of a horse on google images, or on horse information websites.;)
Michael Horse is 5' 11".