If horses can feel prde, then the Percheron horse can be proud of its heritage. They helped plow fields in many countries, worked in circuses and sacrificed themselves to battle in various wars. So, of course, mankind repays this gentle creature by eating them or using pregnant mares in the inhumane manufacture of hormone replacement ...
The Oldenburg is an old breed that has had to change with consumer demand. Back in the 1600s, better roads called for a fast, sturdy and reliable animal to pull the greater number of carriages on those roads. Count Anton Gunther von Oldenburg (1603 – 1667) began to breed what he hoped would be the ...
There is a great variety in the conformation and temperaments of American Quarter Horses, perhaps because Thoroughbreds are allowed in the registry. Thoroughbreds also come in a great variety of temperaments and conformation. No matter how many books on Quarter Horses you read or how much promotional material you were given by the American Quarter ...
When you see a Marwari from the distance or from a profile, he or she looks like any other slim, speedy horse. But then the Marwari (also called Malani) turns to look at you and you can’t help but notice the incredibly long ears that touch each other at the tips, forming an arch over ...
If you’re going to purchase a horse for a child, it’s important to understand the temperaments of different breeds so that you don’t buy a dangerous horse. If you asked ten horse trainers about the top five horse breeds for children, you might get ten very different answers, but these are the horse breeds I ...
The Shagya Arabian has been called the Super Arabian because some consider this breed to be the most beautiful and versatile in the world. Although still possessing the Arabian’s elegance and legendary endurance, the Shagya is also slightly larger, stronger and has a reputation of being almost dog-like in relationship to favorite people. Shagya Arabians ...
Thoroughbreds got their name not because they were purebreds, but that they were thoroughly bred for speed. So, calling any purebred animal a “Thoroughbred” is a mistake. According to Storey’s Illustrated Guide to 96 Horse Breeds of North America (Storey Publishing, 2005), Thoroughbreds were often known as “English horses” during Colonial America. Thoroughbreds were developed ...
These ten horse and pony breeds are on the verge of extinction. Or are they? There is considerable debate as to whether a breed can become extinct. A species certainly can. But a breed contains the DNA of its entire species, only some may have mutations of certain genes while others will have some genes ...
The Suffolk Punch is one of the Western world’s best known rare draft horse breeds. Unlike many other draft horse breeds, Suffolk Punches usually come in one color – chestnut – and lack the dramatic leg feathering. By tradition, Suffolk breeders and owners spell the color of their horses “chesnut” because that was how the ...
What is a horse breed? This is when a stallion and a mare can produce foals that will look (and sometimes act) in a particular way. Horse and pony breeds rise and fall at the whim of humanity. These ten now extinct breeds still live on in the many current breeds that exist today. The ...
