Almost certainly as old as the domesticated history of the horse - believed to be about 6000 years.

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You can keep your legs still at a posting or rising trot by squeezing with your knee calves. If you squeeze with just your knee calves, from there down to the stirrups it should be still. Unless you have a horse like me where you have to bump him in a rhythmic motion to keep him at an extended trot. So the answer is to squeeze more with you knee calves instead of using your feet to post.

Actually, it was Holborn Hanover with a mile pace of 1:46.4 in 2006

Dan patch....Sept. 8, 1906 1.55

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Depends on what class you are entering it in! If you are entering your Standardbred in a hunter class, for example, you will need a very plain hunter bridle- no flashy browbands! In most English classes it is considered standard to braid the mane, and either pull or braid the tail. If you are showing the horse in a Western class though, you will probably want to leave the mane unbraided, but its a good idea to pull it just to make it look neater.

In terms of tack, I would really go by what class you are entering. For most English classes, a basic snaffle bridle, all-purpose saddle and clean, nice looking saddleblanket are common. Check with the show organiser whether breastplates and martingales are allowed for the class you want to enter.

In-hand English is a bit of a grey area, it really depends on your horses look. For a Standardbred with a very fine, thoroughbred type head, a rolled leather show halter can look very appealing, but for a Standardbred with a heavy head or 'Roman' nose, a thicker halter (an undecorated western for example) will look better. Once again, check with the show organiser if there is particular tack you need for your breed class.

If you are showing in Western classes then I would recommend buying a western halter. For events under saddle, you will need a Western or Australian saddle. A Navajo saddleblanket can look very nice in Western classes, and you can get different colours to match to your tack. the grooming standards for Western are quite different from English. The mane is generally left unbraided, but pulled and smoothed down with hair gel, and the tail is usually pulled but unbraided. I would recommend trimming the tail to just under the hocks, for a neater line, but it really depends on what will flatter your individual horse.

I cannot stress enough though, that it depends on what class you want to go into! Generally speaking you will need to clip a bridle path, but I'm unsure whether this is needed for all Western classes. If you put effort into washing your horse, braiding/pulling and helping him look his smartest with hoof lacquer and a little gloss, then you will be well on your way to having a show winner!

In Oklahoma the minimum age for betting on a horse is 18. This is generally the case to bet in casinos too, however some can be a minimum of 21 years.

Trotting is a gait, but skipping isn't. Trotting is like running, and the horse's legs move in diagonal pairs. In English riding, riders post to the trot.

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8 furlongs wich is meant to be a mile is 1600m and a metric mile is 1630m

You can post the trot till you see the horses nose to the jump then you should go into you're jumping position (2 point). Note the horse's nose does not leteraly need to touch the jump.

a working trot is a trot between a collected trot and the extended trot. It should be energetic and have good forward motion, not 'pokey', but should not be 'fast'. Just a good active pace relative to your horses motion.

It was either Diane Crump or Mary Bacon.

The first female to hold a jockey license in the United States was Hilda Hauser and the second was Daisy Parsons in the 1920-1930s

For adult females, the average step length is about 26 inches and the average stride length is around 52 inches. For adult males, the average step length is 31 inches and the average stride is 62 inches.

It depends on the breed of horse. A Tennesse Walker can do all the gaits.

Um, NO that is wrong. ANY horse, can Walk,Trot(Jog),Loap(Canter), and Gallop. Thoroughbreds can Breeze, and gated horses like the Tennese Walker, just have a few more gaits.

Well, you see, if we're going to get technical, it depends on what you're asking. Are you asking if they can trot and canter like normal horse or are you asking if they can trot and canter naturally, at birth, without training. If your question is the latter, then no. Not all horses can trot. Some Standardbreds are born as pacers, which means they pace instead of trot. They can be retrained to trot, but it is not natural to them.

I believe he is 59 or 60 by now.