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A ridgling or "rig" is a cryptorchid, a stallion which has one or both testicles undescended. If both testicles are not descended, the horse may appear to be a gelding, but will still behave like a stallion. A gelding that displays stallion-like behaviors is sometimes called a "false rig". [25]
Stallions live either solitarily, or in small groups of twos and threes while family herds remain large. Mating season is in rainy season. When a mare comes into heat, she separates from the herd with a stallion who battles against rivals for her possession. After few days, the pair returns to the herd. The mare gives birth to one foal.
The practice of breeding a mare through human assisted means, with no contact between the stallion and mare. It is done for many reasons, including to protect the two animals, to allow a mare to be bred to a stallion a long distance away, [1]: 11 or to allow a stallion to be bred to a larger number of mares than would be possible via natural cover.
Just look at two horses who were pasture mates in the past, but were sadly separated. That is until recently, when the two horses saw each other again. And their reunion is bringing everyone to tears.
Smaller breeders often use a small pen with a large shed for foaling, or they may remove a wall between two box stalls in a small barn to make a large stall. In the milder climates seen in much of the southern hemisphere, most mares foal outside, often in a paddock [ 20 ] [ 21 ] built specifically for foaling, especially on the larger stud ...
This is a list of some of the breeds and types of horse considered in India to be wholly or partly of Indian origin. [1] Some may have complex or obscure histories, so inclusion here does not necessarily imply that a breed is predominantly or exclusively Indian.
A breed society, the Kathiawari Horse Breeders' Association, keeps the stud-book. [7] The government of Gujarat maintains a conservation herd at Junagadh, and has a number of stallions standing at stud in other parts of the state. [8]: 117 The Indigenous Horse Society of India is also involved in conservation efforts.
Badavā - 'A mare, the submarine fire.' In belief, it is a flame with the head of a horse, called also Haya-siras. Dadhi-krā is the name of a divine horse or bird, personification of the morning Sun. Devadatta - The white horse of Kalki. Gandharvi, daughter of Kamadhenu, and is the mother of horses (according to the Ramayana).