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Horses
Since man first domesticated the horse around 4000 BC, it has proved to be quite useful and important in the progress of civilization. This category contains information about wild horses, the varieties of breeds, colors, and the history of horses, as well as other general information pertaining to these stunning and magnificent animals.
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Average weight of a race horse?
Depends on what they race. Most sprinters weight no more then a thousand pounds to 1500 pounds because they want a fast, light horse with quick acceleration since the break is the most important part of the race. They are also usually smaller horses at about 15 to 15 and half hands because they need to be easier to maneuver in a short time. Long distance runners are about 1500 to 2000 pounds so they have the lung capacity to go further. They also don't need such a fast acceleration out of the gate because they don't open up till the end. They are usually about 15 and half hands or taller so they have a longer stride. Now their are exceptions to this rule like John Henry who was only 15 hands and could beet the best of the best bigger horses at the long distance game.
From April Reeves, Horseman's U.com
The Real Costs of Equine Ownership Owning a horse takes on a whole new set of responsibilities that leasing and lessons did not have. I find that this is the most overlooked part of horse ownership, and I see it daily in the horse world. Horses can be expensive, even when they live with you as opposed to being boarded out. They are living, breathing creatures whose very lives are completely dependent upon YOU for survival. I cannot state this enough, especially having gone through years of watching people get them and dispose of them when no longer needed or wanted. If you have any indications that you may not be able to keep up the commitments, I ask that you keep your lease horse and read no further. I'm not trying to be harsh, but this next step requires you to do some soul searching. It's not really about the money. Since you are still reading, let's take a good hard look at the real cost of horse ownership. There are many articles on this subject, but three factors to keeping costs down are: * Buy a sound, healthy, happy, trained, quiet horse that has passed a battery of veterinarian testing and professional trainer/coach approval. * Keep the horse in a place that is safe and free from hazards. * Research and read everything you can about horses: skeleton and structure, feed and nutrition, care and grooming, feet and maintenance. The riding is up to you and your coach. Costs for owning a horse go through the roof when these above principles are neglected or passed by. If I wrote down all the people I know right now, whose horses are out of commission, the reasons would be because of at least one of the above principles. The Cost of a Good Horse
Horse prices vary around the world, so we will use North American averages. Let's look at a few of the necessities of a first horse and the price for it. * Sound, healthy, vetted clean, not too young or old (7-13) * Well mannered, trailers nicely, can be clipped and bathed * Has basic training levels down well: stop, go, turns, cues lightly, trained mouth * Has registration papers * May have competed at entry level. Price for this horse: $5,000. Price for this pony: $3500 - 5000. Now let's add some frills: * Horse has been in many shows and pinned in 'A' circuits - Add $2000 and up * Horse is discipline specific; jumping, hunter, reining, breed classes - Add $2,000 (smaller levels) to $15,000 (medium levels) to anything over $50,000 (higher levels) * Breeding: purebred or reasonable bloodlines - Add $2,000 and up. For the top bloodlines - Add $5,000 and up. Poor bloodlines can drop the price of a horse. * Horse has level 3 and 4 dressage - Add $25,000 and up * Horse is a proven broodmare - Add $2000 and up * Horse comes from a notable trainer - Add $3000 and up. Costs vary with every horse, but these are generalities. When it comes to the price of a horse, it's not always the quality or training. Market value is what someone will pay, and if no one will pay $50,000 for a well-bred hunter, you won't sell it. It's very simple. Good ponies are worth their weight in gold, so you may have to spend more for a winning pony, but if the pony is young enough, you will recoup every dollar and sometimes more. The price of horses also is dictated by the economic climate. As of the writing of this article, July 2008, you don't even have to pay for a horse these days. Auctions have been selling them from $20 to $200; half of the value of meat. Check out this site for the truth on auction horses and the current auction prices: fuglyhorseoftheday.com Speaking of Auctions
Can you get a good horse at an auction? Absolutely, but it relies on 50% - skill and 50% - luck. There are more bad reasons for horses being at an auction than good reasons. Should you try an auction? As a first time buyer, absolutely not, unless you bring someone skilled, and even then it's still 50% luck. If it's your first horse, it would be heartbreaking to bring the horse home and a week later have a vet tell you the horse is unserviceable for life. We will have more on auctions in a future article. Cost of Ownership
Boarding
Keeping your horse at a stable varies immensely. Let's look at the monthly variants: * Backyard, no barn, reasonable feeding, full care, shelter, no arenas - $150 - $350 * Private small facility, good care/feed, stalls, turnout, arenas (outdoor) - $300 - $550 * Self board, you do everything, pay for all feed, clean stalls - $150 - $350 * Quality barn, come competitors, excellent care, instructors, indoor arena - $550 - $700 * Competition barn, discipline specific, best of everything, trainers, coaches $700 - $1,500 (plus frills) Keeping your horse in your back yard depends on the amenities and outbuildings you have. Lets start with the buildings you may have to build (based on averages only): * Outside shelter/run-in, 14'x14', open 2 sides: $350 - $600 (untreated or treated lumber), if someone else build it: $1,000 + * Small barn, 2 stalls, hay storage, concrete floor, one storey, 'traditional' building style, around 36x40: You build-$35,00. They build: $45,000 * Hay storage shed: $400-600. * Shavings and bedding shed: $400-600. * Fencing, corral 40' x 100': Wood 3 rail painted - $16,000. Bayco high-tensile horse wire at 5 strands: $17,000. Metal: $65,000. * Fencing, pasture: wood, untreated unpainted - $60 per every 10 feet. *Please note the absence of barbwire pricing. Barbwire has no business around horses. I have a saying: "That horse never died before." Building anything on a property only increases the property value, if done well. Anything less becomes a safety issue, which we talk about later. Training and Lessons
Lesson, one hour, qualified instructor: $30 - 50/hour
Training, one month, qualified trainer: $1,000/month Feeding
Grain for one 1100 pound horse: $35 - 50/month
Hay for same horse: Grass/orchard hay: $110-150/month. Timothy: $120-170/month. Alfalfa mix: $120-170/month. (pure alfalfa is for cattle. More on that in future articles, or see Kathryn Watts, Marijke van de Water).
Average 50 lb. bale cost: orchard $5-12. Timothy: $12-18. Alfalfa mix: $16-24.
Hay will rise substantially in the next 2 years from the cost of fuel and the depletion of farmland for corn crops. Drought and economy also play a role in the variable feed pricing. Worming
Every 2-3 months: $20 each time Vet Care
Call out (before they do anything) $65-85
Average one hour visit with no return or emergency: $250-350
Vaccinations: $120/year Feet
Trim, all 4: $30-45
Shoes, general all-purpose set of 4: $220-280
Shoes, 2 fronts: $90-140
Specialty shoes, all 4: $280-450 Trims average every 4-6 weeks for optimum health. Shoes the same. Bedding
Per month: Shavings: $40-65. Pellets: $50-85. Straw: $25-50. Equipment
Saddles
English, medium quality. Dressage: $1,700 - 3000. Hunt seat/all purpose: $1500 - 3000.
English, used, good quality: Dressage: $700-2500. Hunt seat/all purpose: $400-1600
Western, medium quality, all purpose trail: $1800-2400.
Western, good quality used: $800-2200 Bridles
English with bit: $85-125
Western with bit: $70-110 Halters
Web traditional: $25-55
Rope: $14-29
Leather: $50-120
Lead ropes: $12-30 Grooming Equipment
Brushes, combs, picks, misc: $30-100 Misc: saddle blankets, horse blankets, boots, wraps, first aid, tack cleaning supplies, sprays, bandages: $200-600/year. Hauling
Average 100 mile trip: $1 to $2.50/mile Insurance
This cost varies too greatly to make sense or put it on the site. Total Equine Costs/Averages for One Year
Recreational horse at home (after building): $1800
Boarded recreational horse $7000
Boarded competition horse $15,000 It costs the same to board and feed a bad horse as it does a good horse. The initial price of the horse is the easy part.
What is spirit the horse from the movie moms name?
In the movie "Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron," Spirit's mother is named Esperanza.
Yes ponies are real.Pony is often used in two ways:
1st. To describe any equine 14.2 hands (58 inches or 147.32 cm) and under, regardless of breed.
2nd. To describe a breed of equine that falls within a certain physically/ conformational description while still being 14.2 hands and smaller.
A horse smells like a horse. Umm... it smells better than a cow, but worse than a sheep, llama, or goat. A horse can smell good, like hay, or the outdoors. Or a horse can smell bad like mud, or manure from rolling.
How many Horse year are in a human years?
I'm kind of guessing here, but I'm sure that it's three. I say that, because, horses live to be about 25, and humans about 75. Divide 75 by 25, and what do you get?a vet told me it was 3 and a 1/2.
What are the names of all mark todds horses?
starlight, belle, comanche, patch, rudolph, dasher, prancer, vixen, dancer, comet, cupid, donna, blitzen and eboni.
A mature male horse is called a stallion. Stallions are typically used for breeding purposes and can exhibit dominant behaviors around other horses. They are known for their strength, power, and sometimes high level of energy.
What are the colors of a mustang horse?
Mustang horses can come in a variety of colors, including bay, black, chestnut, and gray. They may also have white markings on their face and legs. Additionally, some mustangs exhibit color patterns such as roan or dun.
How do you tie a horse properly?
Tie a knot where the tail of the rope slips back through theknot's center leaving
a loop on the opposite side. If the horse pulls back the knot can be released by pulling the tail of the rope....preventing damage to the horse, rope and whatever the horse was tied to.
How did the racking horse get its name?
The racking horse is similar to the Tennessee Walking Horse; it has a smooth, natural gait, is very strong, and has the ability to sustain a rapid pace for long periods of time. The origins of the Racking Horse date back to the birth of our nation. The horse's popularity grew on Southern plantations when it was learned that it could be ridden comfortably for hours. The "rack" of the Racking Horse is a bi-lateral four-beat gait which is neither a pace nor a trot. It is often called a "single-foot" because only one foot strikes the ground at a time. The Racking Horse comes by this gait as naturally as walking or striking a bond trot comes to other breeds. This horse is not to be confused with other breeds in which the "rack" is an artificially achieved gait resulting from special training. Beginning riders find that the Racking Horse is a great horse to use when learning to ride, not only for its extremely comfortable ride, but also because of its unusual friendliness to humans. The Racking Horse is attractive and gracefully built with a long sloping neck, full flanks, wellboned, smooth legs and finely textured hair. The Racking Horse is considered a "light" horse in comparision with other breeds, averaging 15.2 hands high (a "hand" is considered to be four inches) and weighing 1,000 pounds. Colors may be black, bay, sorrel, chestnut, brown, gray, yellow and sometimes even spotted.
Horses founder because the owner doesn't get their feet trimmed. After a long time of not being trimmed it takes a LONG time to get their hooves back to normal. I once had a mare who foundered with her previous owner and it took 2 years to get her feet back to normal.
Founder is caused by laminitis which causes damage to the connective laminae in the feet if too much strain occurs the pedal bone detaches and can protrude though the sole.
Many people think that rich grass or one of the below bullets are what caused founder, when really, eating the grass or doing whatever else was merely "the straw that broke the camels back" so to speak. What most people think causes founder is:
- diseases which affect the horse's intestines such as colic or diarrhea.
- (too much) Grain
- Water in an overheated state
- Digestive upsets due to grain overload or sudden changes in the diet
- Sudden access to lush pasture (spring grass)
- High fever
- Colic (horses with damaged intestine)
- Retained placenta
- Excessive concussion to the feet when walking on pavement, often known as "road founder"
- Bedded on black walnut shavings or ingestion of black walnut shavings
- Excessive weight bearing on one leg due to injury of opposite leg
- Gram negative bacterial infections with endotoxemia
- Obesity
When really, these are all "the straw that broke the camels back"
What really causes founder is laminitis, which is the inflamation and/or weakening of the connection between the coffin bone and hoof wall. Then, when one of the above things happen, it "breaks the camels back" and causes the horse to get founder.
Now, what really causes laminitis is improper hoof shape and condition (like in untrimmed feet, high heels, etc.). In normal hoof shape and condition, the coffin bone will be level with the ground (high heels and wedges or other orthopedic shoeing prevent this and causes the coffin bone to point downward until it starts to penetrate the bottom of the hoof). And then Laminitis, when combined with one or more of the above bullets, results in founder (they are 2 different things, although most people use them interchangably, but this is wrong)
So, taking away the above points will not fix the problem. You need to return the hoof to its natural state. Find an expert barefoot hoof trimmer (preferably one trained in the Strasser Method), and the horse must be turned out 24/7 with a herd and 24 hour access to food and water that it has to walk to to get. Also, whether naturally or artificially, the horse must move 15+ kms a day to ensure proper blood circulation is occurring within the foot to heal it. The healing process for laminitis and founder is generally long term (1-2 hoof capsule growths for simple cases--to over 2 years in severe cases of dropped coffin bones, joint adaptation and other problems), but can be healed successfully and with soundness if done correctly. The hoof must be kept in this natural state. All horses should really, but foundered horses more so. Have you ever wondered how wild horses feet stay so heathy? This is how. They stay in a natural state, unaltered by shoes and other man-made things that supposedly help horses.
Can you ride the horses that you are taking care of on pet vet paws and claws?
No.
Added On By Amyzone:
Sad to say, no you can't. The only reason you probably have those horses that you're taking care of is because they are sick and their owners gave them to you to make them better. You can't really ride a sick horse, can you? There's a way to get their energy out, and that's by Upgrading the Stable and getting a paddock.
How to get horses out to the paddock:
You first take the horse out of it's box and lead it out back (where the green grass should be with a fence around it; you can only get it through upgrading to the last one). When you get it out, bring it out a little ways otherwise your horse might get stuck in the wall. After this, you click stop leading and it will start to eat grass or walk out on it's own.
How do you use protective boots on horses?
=Most protective boots, if they are the front boots, have velcro straps that connect the boot. The boots should have a part that the fetlock goes into, this piece will be a little area that looks like a bump. Place the fetlock in the bump and then wrap the boot around the leg and attach the velcro to the opposite side of the boot. They should be as tight as possible but you should be able to get a finger in them. =
Is lip balm made from horse sperm?
No, lip balm is not made from horse sperm. Lip balm typically contains ingredients like beeswax, oils, and butter to moisturize and protect the lips. The misconception about horse sperm in lip balm is a myth and has no basis in reality.
What was the name of dale evens horse?
BUTTERMILK was the name of the horse owned by Dale Evans, wife of legendary cowboy Roy Rogers. BUTTERMILK was a light dun (buckskin) Quarter Horse who lived from the early 1940s to the early 1970s. BUTTERMILK's hide was made into a statue when he dies in 1972...he can be seen, along with Roy Rogers's horse TRIGGER...at the Rogers's museum in Branson, Missouri.
What is a horse called if it does not take much attention?
A horse that does not require a lot of attention in terms of not needing lots of special food or constant attention by a veterinarian or farrier (horse shoer) generally is called "an easy keeper".
But don't forget that horses are herd animals and need to have lots of attention from their herd mates (other horses) and lots of care and affection from those who own them.
All horses need a safe environment, access to grass or hay, a constant supply of fresh water, daily attention, and periodic visits from the vet and the farrier.
Palomino is a single cream dilution of the red gene. This means that a chestnut (Red based) horse inherited one copy of the cream gene and the color was diluted to palomino, whereas two copies would turn a chestnut into a cremello.
How do you know if your horse has Impaction Colic?
it lays down and starts rolling on the floor.(make sure you keep them standing and stop them from rolling as their guts can get twisted). it will try to kick its stomach. I haven't actually witnessed it and im just saying things i know about colic from the top of my head. try looking on google. they will have very good answers
What is the rump of a horse called?
The rump of a horse is called the hind quartes is from the hip over, and the dock is the tail bone.
How do you spell chinkatink island it is an island off the coast of Virginia or North Carolina usa?
The correct spelling for the island you are referring to is "Chincoteague Island." It is located off the coast of Virginia, not North Carolina. Chincoteague is known for its wild ponies and annual pony swim event.
When does a horse become a stallion?
A horse is born a stallion. The sex drive of a horse develops at different ages, somethimes as young as 6 months of age. When a horse is gelded, the sex drive goes away and the horse usually becomes more gentle.
What is the sea horses food web?
Seahorses primarily feed on small crustaceans such as shrimp and plankton. They are part of the marine food web as both predators and prey, with larger fish preying on them while they consume smaller organisms found in their habitats. Their diet and role in the food web contribute to the overall balance and health of marine ecosystems.
Caretakers for horses are responsible for feeding, grooming, and exercising the horses, as well as cleaning their living areas and providing general care. They must also monitor the horses' health and well-being, administering any necessary medications or treatments as required. Good caretakers have a strong understanding of horse behavior and needs, and are attentive to detail to ensure the horses receive the best care possible.
What vegetables can you give to horses?
Horses can safely eat certain vegetables such as carrots, cucumbers, and pumpkin in moderation as treats. These vegetables should be given in small quantities and introduced gradually to avoid digestive upset. It's important to avoid feeding onions, potatoes, and other vegetables that may be toxic to horses.
