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Where "Horse" is an integral part of the breed name, such as American Quarter Horse (as no one calls the breed an "American Quarter"), the word should be capitalized. Where it it not, as in Arabian horse (where people often call the breed simply an "Arabian"), the word "horse" may be lower case. Introduction: general information about the breed ...
In most cases, bloodlines of horse breeds are recorded with a breed registry. The concept is somewhat flexible in horses, as open stud books are created for recording pedigrees of horse breeds that are not yet fully true-breeding. Registries are considered the authority as to whether a given breed is listed as a "horse" or a "pony".
References A ace Slang for the drug acepromazine or acetyl promazine (trade names Atravet or Acezine), which is a sedative : 3 commonly used on horses during veterinary treatment, but also illegal in the show ring. Also abbreviated ACP. action The way a horse elevates its legs, knees, hock, and feet. : 3 Also includes how the horse uses its shoulder, humerus, elbow, and stifle; most often used ...
American Quarter Horse is a good example of a multi-word name in all title case, and which is the full official breed name. We also have articles with lower case "horse" in the title, not because the word "horse" is necessarily in the breed name, but because of the need to disambiguate titles in wikipedia.
The name of a new breed with a verifiable (not self-published) breed standard should be capitalized like any other standardized breed, whether the standard is accepted yet by major breed registries. Those without a breed club publishing a standard cannot be distinguished, in an encyclopedic way, from a local landrace or mongrel population, and ...
The best horse name for your female or male horse or pony is on this list of cute, classic, popular, funny, and rare name ideas, like Seabiscuit and Goldie. 156 Popular Horse Names From Stately ...
This is a list of horse breeds usually considered to originate or have developed in Canada and the United States. Some may have complex or obscure histories, so inclusion here does not necessarily imply that a breed is predominantly or exclusively from those countries.
Names of higher categories of animals are always written in sentence case (e.g., kangaroo rat, river martin). Individual articles should be consistent in using either title or sentence case for common names. If an article on an animal species uses title-case title, all species mentioned in the text should have their name in title case.