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The path this horse takes through the air is an arc. Bascule / ˈ b æ s k juː l / is the natural round arc a horse's body takes as it goes over a jump. The horse should rise up through its back, stretching its neck forward and down, when it reaches the peak of his jump. Ideally, the withers are the highest point over the fence.
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]
For dirt tracks the track conditions are: [7] [8] fast: dry, even, resilient surface; wet fast: occurs immediately after a heavy rain. Track has surface water on it, but base is still solid. Times are similar to, or sometimes faster than, a fast track. good: a track that is almost fast; muddy: a track that is wet but has no standing water
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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.
Fast pace When the leading horses in a race set fractional times that are substantially faster than normal for the distance. [4] Frontrunner, pacesetter A horse that has a preferred running style to run at or near the front of the field; [4] such horses generally lead or try to lead. [5] Compare: stalker, closer. See also: Pacemaker, rabbit Furlong
[1] [15] In the winter, snow is not a sufficient source of water for horses. [16] Though they need a great deal of water, horses spend very little time drinking; usually 1–8 minutes a day, spread out in 2-8 episodes. [14] Water plays an important part in digestion.
On this basis the 'fastest' organism on earth, relative to its body length, is the Southern Californian mite, Paratarsotomus macropalpis, which has a speed of 322 body lengths per second. [4] The equivalent speed for a human, running as fast as this mite, would be 1,300 mph (2,092 km/h), [5] or approximately Mach 1.7.