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The horse, sometimes caparisoned in black, follows the caisson carrying the casket. [1] A riderless horse can also be featured in parades (military, police or civilian) to symbolize either fallen soldiers, fallen police officers or deceased equestrian athletes. [2] A motorcycle can be used as a substitute for a horse though such practice is ...
This Konik shows the dark face mask and frosted mane common to primitive horses. Many primitive markings may occur on the animal's head. Cobwebbing, also called spiderwebbing, consists of fine, radial stripes on the forehead. [1] Among other equids, cobwebbing is most apparent in zebras. Face masks are areas of darker hair on the lower half of ...
It has become standard practice to shoe most horses in active competition or work. However, there is a growing movement to eliminate shoes on working horses. Advocates of barefooting point out many benefits to keeping horses barefoot and present studies showing that improper shoeing can cause or exacerbate certain hoof ailments in the horse.
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Daksha – His head was replaced by a goat's head after a beheading. Ganesha – An elephant-headed God. Hayagriva – A horse-headed avatar. Tumburu - A horse faced Hindu deity. Horse-Face – A horse-headed guardian or type of guardian of the Underworld in Chinese mythology.
The head and neck of a Mérens. The head has a straight or slightly concave facial profile, [16] a flat forehead, and wide, short ears. [10] A distinguishing characteristic of the breed is a "beard" of hair growing below the cheeks. [11] Small white markings are allowed on the face, but never on the legs. [9]
As horses weren't native to the Philippines in the pre-Spanish era, the earliest written records about the tikbalang did not specify horse or animal morphology.. Documents from Spanish friars such as Juan de Plasencia's Customs of the Tagalogs (1589) describe the tikbalang as ghosts and spirits of the forests, associated with the terms multo and bibit.
The International Federation for Equestrian Sports, the world governing body for horse sport, uses metric measurements and defines a pony as being any horse measuring less than 148 centimetres (58.27 in) at the withers without shoes, which is just over 14.2 hands (58 inches, 147 cm), and 149 centimetres (58.66 in; 14. 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 hands), with ...