The horse's "point of hip" should be just below the sacral-iliac joint (where the loin and croup meet). It looks like a slight projection and you should be able to feel a bump there. It is just behind and just above the flank area and is actually part of the "pelvic" bone of the horse. The slope and length from this point to the point of buttock are important to the overall balance and structure of the horse and indicate the strength of the hindquarters.
Oh, dude, you're talking about the glamorous world of equine anatomy! So, the hair on a horse's butt is technically called the "tail hair." Yeah, it's not as fancy as you thought, huh? But hey, it's still there, swishing around, making horses look majestic and all that.
I was wondering the same thing! If you feel the mares abdomen just beside the hip, the vagina is bout that big but the oviducts are in there swell! ;) x
Horses are just called "horses" unless they are in a group together. When horses get in a group together, they are then called a "herd".
A dozen horses is usually called a 'string' of horses.
The knobby area on top of a horses' head and between the ears is called the poll.
The withers are a ridge between the shoulder blades of an animal, It is the tallest point of the body in horses and dogs. Cattle are measured to the top of the hip
Yes, the femur runs from the stifle (the equivalent of the knee in a human back to the point of the rump (the human seat bones/hip) in the back leg.
The joint between the horse's hock and hip is called the Stifle joint.
Yes, all horses die at some point. Horses that are in good health live longer than horses in poor health.
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Iris this is to prove my point."Yes he does ride race horses
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Yes, bone spavin may cause a horse's hip to drop when he walks. Bone spavin is osteoarthritis and the final phase of degenerative joint disease.
Everyone in the world has used horses for war at some point in history. Horses have been an invaluable help in developing the world and in warfare.
When someone on Howrse has 1 karma point, they can buy horses. They just can't buy horses from the private sales, they are able to buy horses from the auctions, as long as they have enough money.
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The highest point, the peak of each gable or hip.