Most young children dream of having an animal of their own, especially a horse of their own, and I was no different. Since the age of five years-old and had my first horseback riding lesson I have desired to have my own horse. At five years old, I really had no idea about the different breeds of horses. My main concern was what my horse was going to look like, what saddle size I needed, and when I could ride again. As I grew older and more educated about horseback riding, horse care, and horses in general, I was able to gain an understanding that not all horses are the same. I gained understanding that there are riding horses, workhorses, show horses, racehorses, and even therapy horses. As I came to understand each different type of horse, and their functions, I was …show more content…
determined to have either, a Clydesdale horse, which is a workhorse, or a saddle bred horse, which is a thoroughbred for riding and show. Clydesdale horses and Saddle bred horses are remarkably different from each other. Both breeds are differing in where each breed originated from, their temperaments, their uses, and even their appearances. To begin, Clydesdale horses are best known for being an incredibly large, hard working, enormous load-bearing breed that originated in Scotland.
This breed has a gentle disposition, an easygoing personality, and is very suitable for novice riders and first time horse owners. Furthermore, Clydesdale horses live to an approximate age of 18 years old; though with exceptional care, Clydesdale horses can live to be much older. Clydesdales horses are overall considered healthy with no known breed specific health issues. Clydesdale horses are relied on greatly for agriculture. Clydesdales horses are one of the only breeds that have a large body with distinct white markings on the face, the legs, the neck, the chest, and feathering hair on the lower portion of the legs just above the hoof. Clydesdale horses have six main colors that include gray, white, black, roan, brown, and bay. On average, Clydesdale horses measure roughly 18 hands tall, this is 72 inches, in height, and generally weigh, approximately 1,950 pounds. Today, however, the Clydesdale horses have become synonymous with a nationally known beverage. Very few people understand the Clydesdale horse has a much greater use in the agricultural
realm. On the other hand, Thoroughbred horses, which originated in England, are one of the most recognized breeds in the world. Thoroughbred horses are revered for speed and endurance. Two of the most famous Thoroughbred horses, are Secretariat and Man O’ War. Both won numerous races and ran like no other Thoroughbred horses in history. Unlike Clydesdales, thoroughbreds are temperamental, extremely sensitive, and a high-spirited horse. The aforementioned personality traits of the Thoroughbred horse make them highly unsuitable for novice riders and/or new horse owners. Thoroughbred horses are known for having orthopedic issues. However, the Thoroughbred horse has, on average, a life expectancy of 25 to 30 years. Thoroughbred horses are primarily utilized for racing, although they can jump, hunt, barrel race, participate in dressage, endurance riding, mounted athletics, and showing. Thoroughbred horses are known for having a refined head, long, gracious arched neck, widely spaced eyes, extremely sloped shoulders, deep body, muscular hindquarters, and fine long legs with defined tendons. Thoroughbred horses, with shorter backs and bigger hindquarters are better suited for racing. Furthermore, thoroughbreds have a long low stride, which gives the horse speed. The coat colors for the Thoroughbred horses are bay, grey, white, chestnut, black, buckskin, palomino, perlino, cremello, and brown. Lastly, Thoroughbreds on average measure between 15 and 17 hands, which is 68 inches in height, and weigh approximately 1,000 pounds. Understanding many different breeds of horses, researching horses’ personality traits, and being a beginning horse owner, I believe that a Clydesdale horse is the better choice of horse for me.
Once you get them to settle down and get there mind focused on just walking and the rider then you know the bond with the rider and horse are strong. When it is time for the second run of the night you want to warm them up again but not as hard this time because he or she has already been warmed up once before this, so just a little warming up won’t hurt. When it is that time for the second run the rider will bring the horse him a set him or her up for their first barrel and make the most of the race. If you see the rider smiling then everyone knows she has done her job with this horse. The rider can make an automatic barrel horse where that horse know his job and she barely has to ask the horse for a turn or touch his face to go around that barrel. When the rider gets a horse to be like that everyone can tell they spent hours and days together. The rider worked with that horse but never made him sour or hate coming into the arena. They spent time working on flexing the horse and making sure he knew when to tuck his nose and leave it for an extra second. They will all see when they are running home how much they spend time they spend together if they are fast and smooth through the pattern and don’t have any blow ups before or after coming in and out of the arena. After the race is over and the announcer say who
Justin Morgan was a living legend. Born in 1789, Justin Morgan started life as a small, rough-coated colt known as "Figure." Gradually, the local population began to talk about the feats of "the Justin Morgan horse". Justin Morgan also proved to be one of the greatest breeding horses of all time. While most breeds develop by breeding horses of similar characteristics to each other, Justin Morgan's ability to pass his characteristics to his offspring for generations to come allowed this single stallion to found an entire breed in his likeness. Today, every registered Morgan traces back to Justin Morgan through his best-known sons Bulrush, Sherman, and Woodbury.
I can remember being a little kid and listening to stories my Grandpa and Great Grandpa told about the mustangs that used to be around the Black Canyon. They used to tell stories about when they would put their mares out with the mustangs during the winter to get bred. Then they would go out in the spring and catch their mares. They told stories of the times they had to chase the mustangs from the fields during the winter so the cattle could eat. They told of when they would go and capture the colts from the herd to keep for themselves. I can even remember the last one they ever had. He was at least 25 years old when I saw him. The last I knew of the mustangs Bureau of Land Management (BLM) rounded the herd up and that is all I ever heard.
fun with and enjoy your horse. To start you should have your horse groomed and in the cross ties.
William Faulkner wrote two short stories, which are alike in many aspects. 'Spotted Horses'; and 'Mule in the Yard'; are short stories that both involve comic animal chases and financial transactions. Even though the stories are written by the same author, have similar characteristics, and share similar plot features, they are entirely different stories. The stories are both examples of interpretive literature, however 'Spotted Horses'; is a more interpretive short story than 'Mule in the Yard because 'Spotted Horses'; fits Perrine's profile of interpretive literature, and 'Mule in the Yard'; seems to replicate Perrine's profile of escape literature.
The use of horses for human consumption dates back to the earliest use of animals for human consumption. Horses are used for food in many counties but are also considered inhumane in other countries. In the United States specifically, horsemeat is not the norm for consumed meat. There seems to be a problem that has arisen. It is suspected that horses being slaughtered at horse slaughtering factories are not the most up to date, pain free for the horse, and human as people suspect them to be like beef kill floors. There are many pros and cons to horse slaughter that accompany the pressure groups on each side of horse slaughter. Another big controversy with horse slaughter is the argument of legalizing horse slaughter and what those details will entail in the law.
The inevitable outcomes of fate in our lives are like a boundless chain of dominos falling successively. Every action is calculated and deliberate; our lives are a predetermined path that only someone as powerful as God could change. Cormac McCarthy demonstrates both the good and evil that the power of fate brings for his character John Grady in All the Pretty Horses. John Grady’s journey starts in Texas, where he realizes after his grandfather’s death that there isn’t much left for him there. He idealizes a cowboy way of life not found in Texas. He journeys with his buddy Rawlins across the border to Mexico, a lawless desert land where trouble never seems too far away. Fate leads him to a capricious kid named Blevins, whose erratic behavior and rare, expensive, and thought to be stolen horse creates a series of dilemmas for John Grady when he arrives at La Purísima, a Mexican ranch. He finds more than just the cowboy way of life he longs for at the ranch; he also finds Alejandra, the owner’s attractive daughter. As fate would have it, he falls in love with her, but fate would also have it that their love is forbidden. Matters only get worse when John Grady falls in trouble with law insuring only more chaos. The series of events that Cormac McCarthy writes in All the Pretty Horses are meant to unfold as if the hands of fate put John Grady through all the pain, and suffering to be reborn, matured, and find salvation at the end of journey.
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Training a horse to ride is hard work, it involves ground work, riding, and in both patience is very important. In the next few paragraphs I will be explaining the steps needed to train a horse.
With over nine million types of horses in the United States, the need for quality health care for the horses has never been stronger. It’s certain that more equine veterinarians than ever before will be needed in the years to come to provide the care that owners want for their horses. According to the American Association of equine practitioners (AAEP), nearly half of the equine veterinarians are involved with performance horses(44.8%). The AVMA’S most recent employment survey of 2016 indicated that there were about 3,874 veterinarians in exclusively equine practice, with and additional 4,177 involved in mixed practices.
Draft horses are recognizable by their tall stature and extremely muscular build. In general, they tend to have a more upright shoulder, producing more upright movement and conformation that is well-suited for pulling. They tend to have broad, short backs with powerful hindquarters, again best suited for the purpose of pulling. Additionally, the draft breeds usually have heavy bone, and a good deal of feathering on their lower legs. Many have a straight profile or "Roman nose" (a convex profile). Draft breeds range from approximately 16 to 19 hands high and from 1,400 to 2,000 lb (640 to 910 kg).
I have been working with horses since the age of 8, riding and doing rodeos. I have worked on many different ranches, based on that experience and from what I saw observing Buffy I would place a firm belief that to a horse vision and touch are fundamentally the most important special senses in their day-to-day lives. Horses reply on vision to see what is around them and to be well acquainted to their environment and changes around their environment. Also, Touch is very important for many reasons. In example when it comes to interaction with other horses certain behavior displays show their feeling to other animals or show their emotion to a situation. Touch also gives certain sensitivity to how they approach an environment and due to the nerve endings in their hoofs they can easily navigate the ground they roam on.
There is, literally, a rainbow of colors horses come in. Some of the most common colors are bay (brown with black legs, mane, and tail), brown, chestnut (a subdued golden red color), black, and gray (darkish white). Some of the less common are palomino, liver chestnut (dark chestnut), bright chestnut (a very bright golden red color), pinto (piebald being black and white and skewbald being brown or tan and white), dun (tan with black legs, mane, and t...
Having a partnership with such a large, powerful animal builds self-confidence and provides a mental escape from school or work. Horses and humans in any discipline must have an incredible amount of trust in each other. Horses, naturally prey animals, trust their riders to not lead them into a dangerous situation where they could be injured or eaten by a predator. Humans, often weighing fifteen times less than their mounts, trust that horses will willingly do their jobs as directed and not use their strength against their riders. This amount of mutual trust results in a close bond inside of the arena and out that both participants enjoy. Additionally, riding and caring for horses is a sport accessible to and actively enjoyed people of any age. If you’re able to climb onto a horse, you can ride. If you’re unable, you can join the many people who keep horses just for comfort and companionship. No matter what you do with your horses, it’s always extremely gratifying to hear them nicker in greeting when you walk down the barn aisle, or come running if you go to the gate of their
“Horseback riding is not difficult! All you really have to do is sit there and look pretty.” Anybody who dares to say this should be prepared to face the consequences. Horseback riding is not easy in any way. You have to learn to use muscles that you don’t normally use and having to teach yourself how to communicate with the horse using only your legs- sometimes your voice, but rarely. I’m pushing through those barriers, however, and will continue to progress through the field and grow as a rider and a person.