Concept in Definition ABC
Miscellanea / / July 04, 2021
By Florencia Ucha, on Feb. 2011
Horse it's amammal quadruped, perissodactyl, belonging to the family of the equidae. Its main physical characteristics are: a large bearing, approximately 1.5 m high, its legs end in a single finger. It has a claw called a hoof, the head is elongated, the ears relatively small, its tail is long and it has mane on the neck.
The size of the horses varies considerably between the different breeds and in this also a lot will have to do with the nutrition.
There are three types: heavy or draft (between 163 and 183 cm), light or saddle (between 142 and 163 cm) and ponies and miniature breeds (they do not exceed 147 cm).
The coat of a horse refers to the color of its coat, although there are great variations, the main layers are: sorrel, albino, apalusa, bay, white, chestnut, mulatto, isabelo, palomino, pía, roano and thrush.
On the other hand, the gaits of a horse are the different ways it has of moving, three of which are the same: step, trot and gallop.
Today most horses are used to carry out
sports practices as a consequence of his great athletic conditions. The most popular sports that employ horses are: polo, duck, jumping, dressage, cowgirl dressage, horseball, full contest, cross, coleus, among others.The female of the horses is called a mare, the young horse-mare, foals or foals in the case of being males and fillies if they are females.
To the brood and job of the horse on the part of the man it is known it like equine livestock or horse.
The domestication of this animal dates back to the prehistory, probably to the Age of Bronze.
Although the above is the most frequent use of the term, it is also used to refer to: the horse-shaped chess piece, which is the only one capable of jumping over the others; to the apparatus gymnastic It is made up of four legs plus an elongated upper element that culminates in a point and that jumps supporting the hands. And in the jargon of drugs, horse is called to the heroin.
Horse Themes