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While horses in the wild mate and foal in mid to late spring, in the case of horses domestically bred for competitive purposes, especially horse racing, it is desirable that they be born as close to January 1 in the northern hemisphere or August 1 in the southern hemisphere as possible, [11] so as to be at an advantage in size and maturity when ...
Horse cloning is the process of obtaining a horse with genes identical to that of another horse, using an artificial fertilization technique. Interest in this technique began in the 1980s. Interest in this technique began in the 1980s.
However, the archives of the seigneury of Corlay attest to the breeding and trade of horses under the Ancien Régime, [1] as part of the corvée. [7] The animals were most often sold at the Noyal-Pontivy fair. [7] The ancestors of the Corlay horse resemble the bidets of mountainous regions: small (1.20 m to 1.40 m at most), [8] thin, and dry. [9]
The Danish Warmblood or Dansk Varmblod is a Danish breed of modern sport horse, established in the mid-twentieth century and used mainly for dressage and show-jumping. [4]: 66 Like other European warmblood breeds, it is a performance breed: any suitable horse of any origin may be admitted if it passes a strict performance test.
The Belgian Sport Horse, Dutch: Belgisch Sportpaard, French: Cheval de Sport Belge, is a Belgian breed of warmblood sport horse. It is one of three Belgian warmblood breeds or stud-books, the others being the Belgian Warmblood and the Zangersheide. It is bred for dressage, for show-jumping and for three-day eventing. [4]: 164
The Siciliano is of medium size, with a height at the withers of 153–165 cm for males and 152–163 cm for mares; chest circumference and cannon bone circumference are 180–190 cm and 19–22 cm for males and 170–180 cm and 19–20 cm for mares. [3]: 4 The coat may be any shade of bay, black, chestnut or grey. [3]: 4
The Groninger or Groningen is a Dutch horse breed developed for light draft and agricultural work. It is closely related to heavy warmblood breeds like the East Friesian and Alt-Oldenburger . The breed was nearly lost in the mid-20th century because a significant number of mares were used for crossbreeding to create the Dutch Warmblood ...
It became a general-purpose riding and sport horse. [4]: 149 [5]: 180 A stud-book was begun in 1874. In 1928 a breed society, the Avelsförening för Svenska Varmblodiga Hästen or Swedish Warmblood Association, was formed. [7] The stud-book is open to registration of horses already registered in an approved foreign warmblood stud-book. [8]