This will be my last post in 2008 and I want to thank you all for reading my blog and hope you have found the posts interesting. I hope you have a great festive period and wish you every success for a prosperous New Year!

All horses, regardless of when they were actually born, are considered to have a common birthday of January 1. This is one of the reasons most horsemen don’t like their foals to be born late in the year: Even if a foal is born on December 31st he or she will have their first birthday [...]

HOUSTON — It was a sad day for the owners of several rodeo trail ride horses Early Friday morning nine of 11 horses kept at the Special Pals Riding Stable died after being trapped in a fire investigators have ruled was arson.
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This phrase originates from the 19th century. In keeping with its American origin, it originally was written as ‘hold your hosses’ and it appears in print that way many times from 1844 onwards.
In Picayune (New Orleans) September 1844, came the expression:
“Oh, hold your hosses, Squire. There’s no use gettin’ riled, no how.”
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Do you know that most saddles squeak or at least have done so in their lifetime. It’s mostly the new ones and often it can take many, many rides for the squeak to diminish. The squeak comes from leather rubbing on leather, so you will need to tackle the areas where this occurs.
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The horse has one stomach. In contrast, cattle, sheep, goats, bison, deer, elk, caribou, moose, and camels are “ruminants” which means (among other things) they have four digestive chambers instead of just one stomach.
The horse is an herbivore, which means it feeds mostly on plants.
The normal horse’s small intestine is about 70 feet long.
The normal [...]

This is perhaps the first horse that could be wrapped up as a Christmas present. It is the smallest horse to be born at Riverdance Miniature Horses in Victoria, Australia, standing only 15in (3.3 hands) high.
 
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Horse riding isn’t for everyone, but it is good exercise, and there are many benefits of horse riding.  Horses are unique animals - they really mirror human emotions. If you’re feeling uncertain, then the horse will feel the same way. If you’re feeling afraid, they’ll also pick up on that as well and have fear [...]