The horse

The horses are mammals. They can live between 25 and 35 years old. They can't breathe on the mouth.Just with nostrils. They can gallop up to 90-100 km/h. They can drink up to 50l water. They can't vomiting. A female horse is calling mare.A male horse is calling stallion.A gelding stallion is a gelding. The foals can run after 1 hour to born.

Records

The oldest horse lived 62 years. The fastest horse was Secretariat. The most bigger horse was Brooklyn Supreme. The most breed of horse is Quarter Horse. The most strange breed of horse ever is Akhal-Teke.

The bones are resistance .

They have a swipe neck,a strong neck.

The body is tall,strong,resistent,supple.

The legs are long,strong.

Horse Anatomy

Horse Photos

Horse History

The horse evolved by a little horse,Propalaeotherium.After Propalaeotherium,comes Hyracotherium.After Hyracoterium,Epihippus was born.

Horse Uses

The horses are used in

-equitation

-hard works

-terapy

-company

-collection

-races

-competitions

What horses can eat and what can't eat

What they can eat:

-oats

-apples(in small quantities)

-grass

-hay(fresh hay)

-fodder

-cereals

-sugar cubes

-honey

-sweeties(NO chocolate)

What they can't eat:

-chocolate

- apples in big quantities

-meat

-cabbage

-avocado

-broccoli

-onion

-potatoes

-tomatoes

-peppers

-cauliflowers

-pickles

Horse Breeds

Mustang

Akhal-Teke

Arabian Horse

American Paint Horse

Quarter Horse

Hanoverian

Trakehner

Lipizzaner

Icelandic Horse

French Trotter

Shetland Pony

Thourughbred

Andalusian

Missouri Fox Trotter

Furioso North-Star

Shire

Apaloosa

Welsh Pony

Irish Draugh Horse

Irish Sport Horse

Comtois

Ardennais

Percheron

Belgian Draft

Conemmara Pony

Anglo-Arabian

Pintaloosa

Friesian

Shayga Arabian

Gidran

Hucul Pony

Carpathian Pony

Kentucky Saddler

Norvegian Fjord

Lusitano

Exmoor Pony

Australian Brumby

Bashkir Curly

Hackney

Stages of life at the horses

1.Foal-A horse that is under 1 year old

2.Yearling-A horse that is between 1 and 2 years old

3.Colt-A male horse that is under 4 years old

4.Filly-A female horse under 4 years

5.Mare-Afemale horse older than 4 years old

6.Stallion-A male horse older than 4 years old

7.Gelding-A gelded stallion of any age

The basic horse care

1.The most important thing of each day is to groom the horse.You need to groom it with the curry comb,hard brush,soft brush,body brush,head brush,hoof pick,mane and tail brush.Learn how to groom a horse by watching tutorials.

2.The second important thing you have to do it's to feed your horse.Learn how the horses can eat and what they can't by the page 8-9 in this book.

3.Walking your horse it's a very important thing you have to do in each day,for 2-3,4 hours,in riding or just walking with the halter on.

4.The training is very important from a young age at horses.If you don't want a competition horse,trained hard,just a home horse,you don't need to train your horse.But if you have a young horse,you have to train it to can ride it!

5.If you give affection to your horse,stroke it and groom it,your horse will love you!The horses appreciate when you stroke it,groom it,talk to it,walk with it!Love your horse,then the horse will love you!You need to trust it,because the horse feel your emotions,and will react to them.

6.Call the vet to check the horse,you never know what can happen.The horses are hide very well from suffering.

Even if he had no symptoms,still do a regular check-up!

7.If you have just one horse,and you want to give to it some company,you can buy a sheep,a goat,a pig or other farm animals,including other horse.But if you don't want to buy another animals,take the horse to a place with other horses or farm animals,it sure will be happy!

8.Let the horse into the pasture minimum 3 hours/day,because he needs to eat grass!

9.If your horse are a older one,don't ride it!Let him to spend a nice senior stage on a pasture,with other horses or animals,walk with him and he live much than when you push it hard to ride or training it!