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Mrs. George Owen Sandys and her pets, painted by Philip de László, 1915 Animal fancy is a hobby involving the appreciation, promotion, or breeding of pet or domestic animals . Fancy may include ownership, [ 1 ] showing, animal sports and other competitions, and breeding .
Model horse breeders may offer their horse's parentage for a nominal fee and usually issue a certificate to the foal's owner. Some clubs keep records of real mares and their open years for members who want to make sure that the model they PA from living parents does not have the same dam and foaling year as a model belonging to another member.
Expensive Hobby (1971–2003) was an outstanding Quarter Horse reining horse, working cowhorse, and cutting horse. [1] Expensive Hobby was a 1971 buckskin gelding, sired by Hobby Horse, and out of a daughter of Stormy's Sugar named Jan's Helen. [2] Expensive Hobby was shown in reining 120 times, and won the class 110 of those times. [1]
Hobby horsing is a sport and a hobby with gymnastic elements which uses hobby horses, also known as stick horses. [1] [2] Movement sequences similar to those in show jumping or dressage are partly simulated in courses, without real horses being used. The participants predominantly use self-made hobby horses. [3] [4] [5]
In one state, North Dakota, the state horse is officially designated the "honorary state equine". [2] Two additional states have not designated a specific state horse, but have designed a horse or horse breed as its official state animals: the horse in New Jersey and the Morgan horse breed in Vermont.
The Pray for Priest Performance Horses established by Miller had raised $22,025 as of 4 p.m., Sunday, while Support Priest Performance Horses After Barn Fire, established by Jen Bishop, had raised ...
From the term "hobby horse" came the expression "to ride one's hobby-horse", meaning "to follow a favourite pastime", and in turn, the modern sense of the term hobby. [59] The term is also connected to the draisine, a forerunner of the bicycle, invented by Baron Karl von Drais. In 1818, a London coach-maker named Denis Johnson began producing ...
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