Horses
Horses, at first, were all wild animals like zebras are
today. People hunted them for their meat and especially for their skins, to
make into leather hides for clothes, tents, and tools. But around 3000 BC,
people began to tame horses, to domesticate them, to eat them, and to use them
to carry things. The first horses were too small to carry things. They were
also small to carry humans, so they had to be bred better. It was the
Indo-Europeans, still living around the Caspian Sea, who first tamed horses for
their own use. In 2100 BC, Greece started using horses since Indo-Europeans
moved to Greece. In Greece, the first appearance of horses was at Troy.
Egyptians first started using horses to drive chariots somewhere around 1700
BC. By about 1200 BC, China started using horses and chariots.
For more information on history of horses, you can check
out these websites.
http://www.karelma.com/english/animals/horses.html
http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/environment/horses.htm
Types of Horses
There are many
types of horses in the world. There is a horse called a Bronco. Broncos are
usually used at rodeos and they are a symbol of the state Wyoming. Warmblood is
another type of horse and they are mostly in Europe. Warmblood horses are used
mostly by wealthy people. Bhotia Pony is found in Nepal, Bhutan and the Sikkim
and Darjeeling regions of India. They are mostly white, gray, or bay. The Orlov
Trotter was developed sometime between 1775 and 1784. The Orlov Trotters were
used in the Civil War and the First World War. The Miniature horse is a very
small horse. It canÕt be ridden because it is too small. It measures no
more than 34 inches in height. These are some types of horses.
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Racing Horses
Horse Racing
has been practice for centuries. It was practiced in Roman times. These racing
competitions were used in chariot racing as an example. The time when the first
track racing for horses was in the year 1863 but really opened in 1875. Some
horse racing depends on betting. People bet on the horses on which is going to win.
Some tracks make horses race between 100 and 1,000 yards in horse racing. Artax
is the worlds fastest horse. Artax began at the age of 2. The horse began
racing at 1999.And the announcer Tom Durkin said that Artax broke the record of
the fastest horse in the track.
For more information on racing
horses, go to
http://www.horsehats.com/artax.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horse_racing
Poll: The is the highest spot of a horse
when it has itÕs head up. The poll is a bony prominence that is lying between
the horseÕs ears.
Crest: It is a moderately in mares but
inclined to be more full in stallions. ItÕs a curved top line the horses neck.
Forehead: A horseÕs forehead is full and
flat.
Nostrils: A horses nostrils give the
horse full inhalation.
Breast: it is a muscle mass in the
middle of the front legs that covers the front of the chest.
Knee: it is the joint that is in between
the forearm and the cannon bones.
Cannon: the cannon bone is between the
knee and the fetlock joint, and is visible by looking at the front of
Loin: is the small area connecting the
back to its muscular rump.
For more information on horse anatomy, visits
these websites.
http://members.aol.com/emmeraldequine/anatomy.html
http://www.gaitedhorses.net/Conformation/BodyParts.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horse_anatomy
- External_anatomy
Best Horse
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Horsehats.com (2002). Racing Horses. Retrieved June 10, 2008, from http://www.horsehats.com/artax.html
Kidepede,(2008, June 2). History of horses. Retrieved March 20, 2008, from http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/environment/horses.htm
Wikipedia,
(2008,June 2). List of horse breeds. Retrieved March 20, 2008, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List
of horse breeds
Picture Credits
http://www.trekearth.com/gallery/photo71738.htm
http://www.frontrangefrenzy.com/horsecare/parts_of_a_horse.html
http://www.best-horse-photos.com/Wild-Horses.html
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