Horses

It varies depending on the horse, the riding style and the situation. If you want to learn to ride a horse then you need to learn with an instructor but the theory is as follows. To walk: sit slightly deeper in the saddle, make gentle contact with the horse's mouth via the bit and press your lower leg against the horse's side. Through all this you must keep your torso and head proudly upright, your lower back soft and your body free of tension. To trot: gently and gradually shorten the reins slightly so you still have a contact when the horse raises his head and brings his neck in, keep your seat relaxed and deep in the saddle and again press your lower leg against his side. To canter: the horse 'leads' with one of his front legs and you must instruct him on which leg to use. If you are cantering in a circular area you need to ask him to lead with the 'inside' leg. Sit deep in the saddle, free of tension, make sure his trot is active but slow, squeeze gently with the inside hand, keep a light contact with the outside hand, press your inside lower leg to his side and hold you outside lower leg back slightly against his side. To gallop: take your weight off the horses back by standing up in your stirrups and press your lower leg to the horse's side. Variations: you may need to encourage the horse to speed up using your voice, you may need to use a whip or spurs, you may need to use you heel in a massaging motion, you may need to bring your lower leg forward and use it in front of the girth. This is a very basic overview as the art of riding is incredibly complex!

this is correct in principal but in practice it sometimes differs with the horse. To get a transition to a faster stage, instead of pressing your lower leg into the horses side, it is sometimes more necessary to kick. This does not hurt the horse.

The essential factors of a horse's fitness and form are work, rest, and abundant quality food .

During the warm, longer days of spring and summer a mare will go into season or estrus every 2 to 4 weeks until she gets pregnant or cold weather sets in. For several months when days are short and the weather is chilly her cycles may go dormant or may be less noticeable. This can vary with individuals and is never set in stone.

You could call it a MAre or Gelding... i think

a gelding is a stallion that got his you-know-what's cut off.A 3 year old female foal is a filly,a male a colt.a 5 year old filly is called a mare, a 5 year old colt a stallion.

From what I can tell there really aren't any details that a 7 year old can understand. I can see that the fact they do something like this every year suggests they've been successful, but a 7 year old can't.

I am pretty sure that it is either the right side or the way the traffic is going. Not sure, so check on the internet.
right of course
You mount the horse on the left :) Hope that helps -Maddie

it is not possible to ride a horse from athens to olympia because ,you have to cross a sea.You can take a boat or sail by ship.If you want to take a boat, it will take about 7 to 8 hours.hope this helps:]

Spaniards

Roan is a coat colouration where red hair is mixed in with white hair, and occurs in livestock such as horses and cattle. Shorthorns are one breed of cattle that typically comes in roan colouration.

Wrist bones.

Not exactly. A "steed" is simply a horse that is ridden, as opposed to a draft horse which is used to pull carts in harness. A stallion is an uncastrated male horse, generally over 5 years of age. It is possible to have a steed that is a gelding or mare, or to have a draft stallion that is not a steed.

1) Horses have a valve in their stomach to stop their food coming back up, so they can't be sick

2) Horses sleep for only 4 hours a day

3) A miniature Shetland pony weighs 18 stone

4) On average a horses head weighs 12 pounds

5) Horses use more energy lying down

Old Western and Folk Tale themed

A stallion is a Male horse with all of his reproductive organs intact. A gelding is a Male horse with his testicles removed so he can no longer produce. A Mare is a female horse.

A colt is a young male horse.

A filly is a young female horse.

Yes. Typically in any wild herd there is only one stallion with a harem comprising of 10 to sometimes 50 mares. The only other stallions that could be found in this herd are those young male horses that are too young to be ready to breed any females; these are called colts. Once they have reached sexual maturity or are old enough to leave their mothers, the dominating stallion will chase them away.

There are also herds of stallions, often called bachelor herds, which mainly comprise of young teenage-like stallions that don't have their own females to guard and mate yet. Sometimes there may be an older stallion or two with them, depending on whether that old stallion has been replaced by a younger and stronger male.

Yes, a group of horses is called a herd. The herd is generally led by an older mare and is guarded by a stallion, who is also the only breeding male in the herd.

The adult horse fly's life span is around 30 to 60 days, however, the total life cycle may take a lot longer. Most species of horse fly spent the entire winter in a larval state and pupate during spring and early summer. They then lay eggs from late summer to early autumn and the process starts again. The entire life cycle normally take around a year, although some of the larger species can live for two to three years.

Animals have prvided food, water, and lots of stuff. Be nice to animals and they won't be mean to you.Treat them how you want to be treated.

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.

Mare is the feminine. Mare means adult female horse. Stallion is the masculine or Gelding if it's had surgery so it can't breed

The color of the first wild horses is thought to have been dun.

I have never heard of this in relation to a horse. I do know the 'bang tail' was a derogatory slang name for Victorian era prostitutes in Europe.

To bang a horses' tail means you trim the tail so it is straight at the bottom. You just trim the long ends away'

You first let the horse know your behind him or her by talking to the horse calmly and walk slowly toward the horse so you don't spook him or her. Never Run Behind a horse!!!!$!!!
You then gently hand your hand on your horse's behind and continue talking to him or her to let the horse know that its just you that's behind him or her. By then it should be safe enough to do whatever you were going to do. But whenever you are behind a horse, Let The Horse Know That!!!!

This can vary from breed to breed and every horse is different. Some breeds like the Arabian are more slow to mature. But on the average most horses have the majority of their height between the ages of 2 and 3 years old. But they continue to fill out for several more years. When working with young horses you have to be careful not to push them too hard. There is a growth plate in a horse's knees that do not close until after they have acheived their full growth. Like a soft spot on a newborn's head. Too much too soon can ruin the horse's legs. They also need to mature mentally. A young horse has a short attention span. When working with youngsters keep their lessons very short and build up over time. A few minutes a day, twice a day is much better than a 2 hour workout. This is the best time to get a horse's trust that will last his whole life. A horse treated with love and patience will always return the favor when you, the handler, makes a mistake.