The Quarter Horse is currently the world’s most popular breed and has been so for over fifteen years. There are more Quarter Horses bred than there are for Thoroughbreds or Arabians, two well-known and older breeds. Until the 1980′s, Quarter Horse breeders were looked down upon the horse world as breeding an inferior class of [...]
Horse back riding equipment is actually one of the few things in life which is usually better used than new. In some instances, if you are showing professionally or if your horse is of unusual proportions (either a Shire or a Miniature), then you will have no choice but to get new horse back riding [...]
There have certainly been many changes in the way that horse racing has been practiced over the years. From the early days when horse racing was the sport of royalty and nobility, to the present organized gambling methods a lot has changed. Therefore, if you want to succeed at the race track you must have [...]
Horses in history have had a profound effect on mankind’s own development, which is especially noticeable when one compares various civilizations and finds that in the case of Eurasia, history would have been considerably different if it were not for the presence and use of the horse in our history. Take the example of the [...]
Whether you are looking for a horse trailer for sale or a horse for sale, it will be important that you take some time to find the best horse real estate company. This may seem easy enough at first but in reality can be quite difficult, especially since there is such a multitude of different [...]
The only thing small about a Miniature Horse farm is the horses. Everything else about the Miniature Horse farm has to be full-sized. This is because Miniature Horses still are horses and need a lot of exercise and room, just like a full-sized horse. The stalls can be smaller and the amount of feed for [...]
This writer has been studying horses as a hobby on and off for over thirty years. And I had to smack my forehead when I was asked to write an article on horse breeding videos. There are a lot of misconceptions about horses (pun intended), and one of those are about horse breeding videos. They [...]
The two main riding styles are English and Western, with English being the more popular of the two, partially because you and your horse don’t need so much expensive horse back riding equipment. Now, your horse needs a saddle and bridle, but choosing them is beyond the scope of this little article. Let’s focus on [...]
For anyone that is interested in horses whether it relates to owning or riding a horse, having horse information on hand is sure to prove very helpful especially as there are literally hundreds of things worth knowing about including the health of a horse, diseases it can become prone to as well as its nutritional [...]
There are a few little things worth knowing about the history of the horse that are nevertheless very interesting and include facts such as that at present, the world has about seventy-five million of these four-legged creatures and that it is customary to measure a horse’s height in terms of hands with each hand equaling [...]