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Arabian horse competing. Reined cow horse events which are "open" to all breeds and held by the National Reined Cow Horse Association (NRCHA). [1] Working cow horse events are also held at breed specific shows, such as at an American Quarter Horse Association [2] or Arabian Horse Association show, [3] The general rules between various organizations are usually similar to the NRCHA in that the ...
Free and open-source software portal; cowsay is a program that generates ASCII art pictures of a cow with a message. [2] It can also generate pictures using pre-made images of other animals, such as Tux the Penguin, the Linux mascot.
Typically of a stout build, with strong bones, large joints, and steady disposition, it is a body type of horse rather than a specific breed. Historically, in the United Kingdom and, to a lesser extent, the eastern United States , a "cob" may be a common horse used for everyday riding but in the past was used for driving carts.
Venezuelan coleo: Llanero on horseback chasing cattle at high speed. Coleo is a traditional Venezuelan and Colombian sport, very similar to a rodeo, where a small group of llaneros (cowboys) on horseback pursue cattle at high speeds through a narrow pathway (called a manga de coleo) in order to drop or tumble them.
The Azteca horse was bred specifically for charros. [13] Both of these horse breeds are well-suited for the intricate and quick maneuvers required in reining, cutting, working cow horse, barrel racing, calf roping, and other western riding events, especially those involving live cattle. [14]
The related cow pony or cow horse is a historic phrase, still used colloquially today, referring to a particularly small agile cattle-herding horse; [2] the term dates to 1874. [3] The word "pony" in this context has little to do with the animal's size, [ 4 ] though the traditional cow pony could be as small as 700 to 900 pounds (320 to 410 kg ...
Antioch. Spirit Rider of the Season, by David Govedare, Wildhorse Road, 1993.Steel silhouettes of four horses, one rider. Beverly Hills. John Wayne, by Harry Jackson, Great Western Bank, 1984.
Because the rider often needs to keep one hand free while working cattle, the horse must neck rein and have good cow sense—it must instinctively know how to anticipate and react to cattle. A good stock horse is on the small side, generally under 15.2 hands (62 inches) tall at the withers and often under 1000 pounds, with a short back, sturdy ...