Equine Science

1. Equine Science Saddle Busters Club By: Jamestican Parham

2. Objectives • Identify common horse breeds. • Understand common horse terms. • Understand basic horse care.

3. Light Horses • Used for • Showing • Recreation • Work

4. Horse Breeds • Quarter Horse: working ranch horse • AQHA: largest horse breed assoc. in U.S. • fast sprinter (1/4 mile) = quarter horse • first breed developed in U.S. (1600’s) • most heavily muscled light horse • 14-16 hands tall at withers • Hand = 4”

5. Quarterhorse

6. Horse Breeds • Thoroughbred: horse shows & racing • faster at longer distances (1/4 - 2 miles) • jumping & hunting competitions • 15-17 hands tall

7. Thoroughbred

8. Horse Breeds • Morgan • parade, hunting, jumping, showing.

9. Morgan

10. Horse Breeds • Arabian: oldest recorded breed • endurance, heat tolerant • known for good looks • 14-15 hands tall

11. Arabian

12. Standardbred -known for harness racing

13. Tennessee Walking Horse -known for fancy gait (walk)

14. American Saddlebred-know for riding, show, parade

15. Lipizzan

17. Lipizzaner

18. Mustang

19. Color Breeds • Paint • Large patches of white with brown, black or combination of the three. • Palomino • Light tan to golden color with flaxen mane and tail. • Appaloosa • Mixture of white with any other color to create a pattern of spots. Mottled.

20. American Paint

21. Palomino

22. Appaloosa

23. Draft Horses • Used mainly for work. • Before the invention of today's machinery • Now commonly used for pleasure riding and showing. • Also used for advertisements • Budweiser

24. Clydesdale

25. Percheron

26. Belgian

27. Ponies • Used for: • Pleasure riding • Showing • Pulling buggies • Also, some breeds are good for children.

28. American Walking Pony

29. Shetland

30. Miniature horses • Can be used as a guide for the blind. • Helping Hooves • Usually weigh between 55 and 100lbs. • Not a recognized breed. • Used for showing and companionship. • Too small to be ridden.

31. Miniature Horses

32. Miniature Horses

33. Horse Care • Nutrition: will eat 1 1/2 - 3% of body wt daily • Small, frequent amounts. • 10-12 gallons of water / day • hays, grains, supplements • 4 parts roughage to 1 part concentrate • more grain if horse is working

34. Horse Care • Mares more likely to conceive in spring • Health: colic (abdominal pain) & broken bones most serious • Vaccinate annually • Worm regularly: at least twice / year • Average cost to keep a horse for one year = $1000

35. Horse Terms • What do you call a mature male? Stallion • What do you call a mature female? Mare • What do you call a castrated male? Gelding

36. Horse Terms • What do you call a young horse? foal or colt • What do you call an immature female? Filly • What do you call the act of giving birth? Foaling • What is the gestation for a horse? 330 days

37. QUIZ!!!

38. #1 • What color breed has a golden coat and a flax mane and tail??

39. #2 • What horse is known for its fast quarter mile sprinting??

40. #3 • What is the oldest known breed of horse?

41. #4 • How often should you vaccinate your horse??

42. #5 • How many inches in a hand??

43. #6 • What is the gestation period of a horse??

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