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- 2. 1 Horse Evolution: Horse history can be traced back to a prehistoric animal known as the Eohippus which was about the size of a medium-sized dog, had five toes on each foot and thickened nails.
- 4. The Horse belongs to the Equus Family. Equus comes from the ancient Greek word meaning "QUICKNESS”. Horses and human history:
- 5. Horses and human history: France 32,000-24,000 BC Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc Cave South of France contains the earliest known and best preserved figurative cave paintings in he world as evidence of Upper Paleolithic life. The first human hunted horses for their meat and especially for their skins, to make into leather hides for clothes and for tents and tools.
- 6. Around 4000 BC, people in Central Asia began to tame horses, to domesticate them, to eat them and to use them to carry things. Having tame horses made a big difference to people's lives. First off, horses were a tremendous military weapon. In peacetime, horses could carry goods o people from one city to another. Horses and human history:
- 7. Until the medieval period, people generally did not really fight on horseback. They rode their horses to the battle and then dismounted to fight. The horse has been used as main transportation until the car invention Horses and human history:
- 8. •Foal - Male or female horse less than 1 year old. •Yearling - Male or female horse between 1 and 2 years old. •Colt- Male horse between 2 and 4 years old •Filly- Female horse between 2 and 4 years old. •Mare - A female horse older than 4 years. •Gelding- A castrated male horse older than 4 years •Stallion- A non-castrated male horse older than 4 years. Horse Gender Definitions
- 9. Horses Classes & Breeds: • Light Horses – Riding – Driving – Showing – Racing • Draft Horses – Heavy work • Ponies – Heavy work – Riding
- 10. Shire HorseTinker Pinto HanoverianKnabstrupperClydesdaleTennessee WalkerLipizzanerTrakehnen BreedCamargue Appaloosa Andalucian Horses Classes & Breeds:
- 11. Horses Classes & Breeds: Colors:
- 12. Horses Classes & Breeds: Marking:
- 13. Horses & Sports: Doma (Saddle bronc riding)
- 18. Harness Racing Horses & Sports:
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- 21. Show Jumping Horses & Sports:
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- 28. Horse’s Body:Skeleton Horses have about 205 bones in their body that provide structure, give rise to joints to allow for movement, and offer protection to vital organs.
- 29. Horse’s Body: Muscles Horses have over 700 individual muscles in the body which equates to approximately 60% of an individual's body weight.
- 30. The horse has binocular vision, but can also see different things in each eye. This is why you need to show your horse the spooky things in both eyes so the brain can get the message that it's not spooky. Horse’s Body: Vision
- 31. Horse’s Body What Do Horses Eat? : Being herbivorous nature, these animals predominantly rely on grasses, vegetation, and other plant material. A horse con consume 7 – 11 kg of food daily. Besides, they take in 38 litres to 45 litres of water.
- 32. Horse’s Body What Do Horses Eat? :
- 33. Horses in the move:
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