If horses are your passion, it is relatively easy for you to identify various breeds of horses. What is more, you will not find it hard to train or take care of them. There are more than one hundred varieties of this animal. All of them have different traits which require specific care and attention in order for you to get close to them. If you do not know anything about horses, training or rearing them will be really difficult. This is the reaso (more…)
The Commonwealth of Kentucky is known for its magnificent caves, longest navigable bodies of waters, the two largest man-made lakes that can be found in the east of the Mississippi river, bourbon distilleries, blue grass music, and highly-diverse environment rich in natural resources. More importantly, Kentucky is known as the “Bluegrass” State, as the region is abundant with bluegrass, may it be in lawns or in the pastures.
Thorou (more…)
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Horses are one of the first pet animals that are domesticated by man. Foremost domestication of the horses was dated way back between 3000 and 4000 BC. During that period, horses were tamed mostly for milk and meat. As time passed, men started to use horses as pack animals.
Horse breeds are group of horses with some distinct characters. In horse breeding, these distinct characters are inherited in their offspring. Some typical charac (more…)
Man has been known to use cattle for racing since this specie was first domesticated. Historical evidences show that as early as 4500 BC, the wandering people of Central Asia has already urban systems of stallion racing. In fact, the Greeks are known to have incorporated charger racing in the Olympics since 638 BC.
Both the chariot mare racing and the mounted charger racing were common during these ages. These later became an obsession (more…)
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It is natural to believe that wild horses have “always” roamed America’s Western States, but that simply is not the case. Horses were native to North America until the end of the last ice age, 10-12,000 years ago, and then they died out.
It took the joint actions of Christopher Columbus and Hernando Cortez, to bring horses back to North America. In 1493, Christopher Columbus brought horses from Spain to the West Indies, during his se (more…)
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If you have ever watched the Kentucky Derby or other events in racing’s Triple Crown, you have had the opportunity to see Thoroughbred horses. If you’re not a racing fan, but watch the news on a regular basis – particularly after the 2006 running of the Kentucky Derby and on through the rest of the year, you’re likely familiar with the story of Barbaro, the 2006 Derby winner that was put down after shattering a hind leg during the 2006 Preakness (more…)
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Choosing a horse will be one of the most important decisions you
ever make so for the sake of both you and the horse – take your
time.
At 50 I was a bit older than the average first time horse owner,
so should have got it right. I fell in love with a pretty little
horse that I had ridden on a riding holiday when he was in his
own environment and I was relaxed and had all the time in the
world.
9 months later, after a lot of heartach (more…)
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