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Horse breeding. Horse breeding is reproduction in horses, and particularly the human-directed process of selective breeding of animals, particularly purebred horses of a given breed. Planned matings can be used to produce specifically desired characteristics in domesticated horses. Furthermore, modern breeding management and technologies can ...
Free-roaming mustangs (Utah, 2005). Horse behavior is best understood from the view that horses are prey animals with a well-developed fight-or-flight response.Their first reaction to a threat is often to flee, although sometimes they stand their ground and defend themselves or their offspring in cases where flight is untenable, such as when a foal would be threatened.
German sport horse used for dressage, show jumping, eventing, show hunters, and combined driving. Brand is two joined bridges (German: zwei brücken) under the crown placed on left hind leg. The Zweibrücker (pl. Zweibrücken) is a type of German warmblood horse bred in Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland. Traditionally, the breeding of ...
Thoroughbred breeding theories, or racehorse theories, are used by horse breeders in an attempt to arrange matings that produce progeny successful in horse racing. Bloodstock experts also rely on these theories when purchasing young horses or breeding stock. A basic understanding of these theories can also help the racing public understand a ...
Thoroughbred breeding theories. Categories: Horses and humans. Animal breeding. Reproduction in mammals. Hidden category: Commons category link is on Wikidata.
Distinguishing features. Predominantly gray, harness-racing type. Equus ferus caballus. The Orlov Trotter (also known as Orlov; Russian: орловский рысак) is a horse breed with a hereditary fast trot, noted for its outstanding speed and stamina. It is the most famous Russian horse. The breed was developed in Russia in the late 18th ...
Mountain and moorland pony breeds, abbreviated "M&M," a specific group of pony breeds native to the British Isles. New Zealand Warmblood, a developing warmblood type based on Hanoverian and KWPF breeding. Oriental horse, the "hot-blooded" breeds originating in the Middle East, such as the Arabian, Akhal-Teke, Barb, and Turkoman horse.
Holsteiners are medium-framed horses averaging between 16 and 17 hands (64 and 68 inches, 163 and 173 cm) at the withers. Approved stallions must be a minimum of 16 hands and mares a minimum of 15.2 hands (62 inches, 157 cm). [1][2] The type, or general appearance, exhibited by Holsteiners should be that of an athletic riding horse. [3]