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The American Quarter Horse, or Quarter Horse, is an American breed of horse that excels at sprinting short distances. Its name came from its ability to outdistance other horse breeds in races of a quarter mile or less; some have been clocked at speeds up to 88.5 km/h (55.0 mph). 19 Blue wildebeest: 80.5 km/h (50.0 mph) [c] Land 20
A horse and rider at the canter A miniature horse at a gallop. The canter and gallop are variations on the fastest gait that can be performed by a horse or other equine.The canter is a controlled three-beat gait, [1] while the gallop is a faster, four-beat variation of the same gait. [2]
The onager (/ ˈ ɒ n ə dʒ ər /)(Equus hemionus), also known as hemione or Asiatic wild ass, is a species of the family Equidae native to Asia.A member of the subgenus Asinus, the onager was described and given its binomial name by German zoologist Peter Simon Pallas in 1775.
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Reining is a western riding competition for horses where the riders guide the horses through a precise pattern of circles, spins, and stops. All work is done at the lope (a version of the horse gait more commonly known worldwide as the canter), or the gallop (the fastest of the horse gaits).
The ancestors of the Lipizzan can be traced to around 800 AD. [8] The earliest predecessors of the Lipizzan originated in the seventh century when Barb horses were brought into Spain by the Moors and crossed on native Spanish stock. The result was the Andalusian horse and other Iberian horse breeds. [9] [10]
Horses may spend anywhere from four to fifteen hours a day in standing rest, and from a few minutes to several hours lying down. However, not all this time is the horse asleep; total sleep time in a day may range from several minutes to two hours. [37] Horses require approximately two and a half hours of sleep, on average, in a 24-hour period.
Horses used in close combat may have been taught, or at least permitted, to kick, strike, and even bite, thus becoming weapons themselves for the warriors they carried. [45] In most cultures, a war horse used as a riding animal was trained to be controlled with limited use of reins, responding primarily to the rider's legs and weight. [46]