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Horse Basics
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American Bashkir – Horse Breed of The Week
Image from Equine Now Perhaps most well known for their lovely long, curly coat of hair, the American Bashkir horse is a breed shrouded in the unknown. The existance of a horse with the *curly* gene in North America is a mystery. Their bloodlines are clearly the same as the Bashkir horse native to the […]
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American Albino – Horse Breed of The Week
Image from Tamar’s Ventures The American Albino horse is also called the American Cream & White and are not actually albino animals. The albino gene is fatal to horses and rarely survives beyond the womb.
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Western Terminology – Reining
There is a lot of lingo & terminology dedicated to the world of western horse shows. We’ve broken the show world down into smaller sub-categories to cover them in finer detail. Here is a list of common terminology used in the world of reining. Circle A maneuver which requires loping in a circle over half […]
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Alter Real – Horse Breed of the Week
Image from el cavall The Alter Real breed is also called the Royal Breed of Alter and comes from a small town in Portugal called Alter do Chao. These animals display many characteristics of the classic Iberian horse.
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Western Horse Show Terminology – The Basics
It has come to our attention that this website has a decidedly English discipline slant, largely because we’ve always ridden English & we try to stick with what we know. Universal Western Lingo Back Backing must be done quickly, in a perfectly straight line and with no hesitation. Back Cinch A second girth on the […]
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Altai – Horse Breed of The Week
Image from Vysoka The Altai breed takes their name from the Altai Mountains where they have been bred for centuries. This is one of the oldest breeds native to Siberia and extreme weather conditions have bred a solid and tough mount.
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Albanian Horse – Breed of The Week
Image from: CharlesFred There are two types of horses native to Albania. Mountain horses Horses of the plains or Myzequea Lacking a strict breeding program designed to preserve both bloodlines, interbreeding has created an Albanian horses with fuzzy lineage.
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Horse Breed of the Week – Akhal-Teke
Image from Kerri-Jo The Akhal-Teke is a hot weather horse, build for speed in the desert. Descendant of an ancient Scythian type horse, the Teke was bred by nomads. Prized Animals This breed is known for being fast and hardy, originally used as war and raiding mounts. Physical isolation and a strong sense of tradition […]
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African Wild Ass – Breed of The Week
Image from Rklawton The African Wild Ass is thought to be the ancestor of the domesticated donkey of today. They are native to the dry areas of Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia. A Big Talker Interestingly this member of the Equidae family lives in small family groups, not herds. However their bray is incredibly loud and […]
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Aegidienberger – Horse Breed of the Week
Image from: Lena & Pferde The Aegidienberger is a breed that brings two specific bloodlines together, the elegant Peruvian Paso and the hardy Icelandic Horse.
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Adaev – Horse Breed of The Week
Image from stvno The Adaev horse comes from the Caspian depression and is one of the many rare breeds that exist today. Their blood comes from the Kazakh horse which dates back to the 5th century B.C.
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Abyssinian – Horse Breed of The Week
Image from: Terri O’Sullivan The Abyssinian horse is not one of the rarer breeds, however the purity of their bloodlines has been diluted by many other animals so a purebred animal may be very rare indeed.