Horses

It is never OK to have a unsound horse, otherwise you will have to try everything to make it sound again.

The breed does not have much to do with whether a horse will like doing things, but the build of their body will determine if they are capable of doing it at higher levels. This may translate into whether a horse likes doing things. If it is too hard on the horse to do something, they probably wont like it.

The ideal confirmation for a Tennessee Walker is explained in the related link. It gives the basic confirmation, will show you a picture, and then gets into greater detail. It is the best site showing the ideal TWH that I have found.

Yes, but I would not use melted cheese as this would bring great difficulty.

I would google via images 'sculpting horses out of cheese' if you would like a visual of this.

The phrase for a horse breaker was "equorum domitor".

The pinto horse registry will allow the registration of any horse or pony with a non-appaloosa spotting pattern.

The Saddlebred is now a full blooded horses with a closed registry. But during the early years several breeds were used to form the foundation stock, theses included the Thoroughbred, the Narragansett Pacer and the Morgan.

you say halt and pull back on the rains and another word is ho or woo any of those will do.

yes

An average horse bites down with the pressure of 80,000 pounds per square inch.

There have been many riders killed by horses.

Besides the obvious issue of a horse out-weighing a human by about 9x on average and the possibility of serious bodily injury to the human, most of the time it is the horse that is in the most danger. Too many people think that you need to train the horse to think like a human when really it is the human that needs to think like a horse. If a trainer will simply find the time to build trust in the horse before shoving them through exercises and demanding that they perform, most would find the most willing creatures that God ever made. I have trained mustang and domestic and I have found that the "problem" horses in both categories were caused by problem humans, and you don't necesarily have to be an abuser to create a problem horse. Some very nice horses have been spoiled to the point of getting aggressive when they don't get what they want. The main things to remember if you want to become a trainer; research and learn horses, study your horse and other horses as well, learn how they communicate and how they think and see the world. Ask first then tell, never demand, besides the fact that it won't get you anywhere, you run the chance of frightening your horse and loosing trust. They are a lot like children in some ways, you can't let them run over the top of you. You do have to set up guidelines, as you watch them with each other you will find out that they have them in their social structure too.

A female horse under the age of 3 is called a filly. A female horse over 3 is called a mare. A male horse under the age of 3 is called a colt and a male horse over 3 is either a stallion or gelding(castrated)

You can, if you be careful not to bring your hand too low down to the nose. The nose is not a place where you should pet a horse because they can and will bite you. The best place to pet a horse is on the forehead or neck. If a horse is particularly head-shy (or not willing to let you pet him anywhere on his head), giving him a scratch or rub on the neck is the best way to make friends with a horse.

The real name of the man known as "the man with his donkey," was John Simpson Kirkpatrick. He took Simpson as his surname and dropped Kirkpatrick from his name.

Yes, there eyes are set far apart, so they can see ahead and to the sides.

no one cares!

The smallest breed of horse is a Miniature pony and the name of the smallest pony is called Einstein

Mary King does infact still compete in Eventing. She lives in Great Britian. She has won numerous Horse Trials in International competition. Including the Rolex Kentucky CCI**** last year (2011). And is currently still competing at the moment.

Yes, it's gruesome and rather disgusting.

It's called a stallion.

mostly grazed on grass and ran around

The Bureau of Land Management and The US Forest Service administer Mustang Adoption Services, which sadly remove the wild mustangs from the wild lands they were supposed to insure they would still be able to roam! Another sad but true fact is that the taxpayer is funding these "services" and "adoptions". Many of the adoptions end in the Mustang being sold for meat, dog food, or glue products. Now, we as a country will cause another extinction!

The number of horses raised on King's Ranch (Texas) is unknown except to the family/owners of the ranch as they have not publicised any hard numbers at this time.

I will assume you are asking about Impressive the Quarter Horse. Impressive was 15.1 hands high.