Horse Knowledge
Apr 19, 2015 18:18:59 GMT
Post by silverpelt on Apr 19, 2015 18:18:59 GMT
Here's some stuff to help you whenever you're adding something to a horse post...
Horses...
Can't throw up
Can't break bones, or rather, if they do, they'll die, at least in the wild
Are herd animals - the dominant part of the fight or flight system is flight
Have thick skin
Have 360ยบ vision, almost at least. The can't see directly in front of them or directly behind them, and if they look up they can only see far away things and if they look down they can only see very close things. This is usually why horses move their heads so much.
Grow winter coats and then shed them at the end of winter before springtime
Live up to at most 35 to 40, a lot of horses die in their mid twenties and upper twenties
PM me questions and I can answer. You can also answer to this thread and I'll reply with an answer. I can also add it here if you have a question.
Breeds:
Arabian - quick footed and swift, not usually very tall
Thoroughbred - much bigger horses with lots of stamina and speed
Friesian - always black or redish black very big and calm
Standardbred - usually pretty small, swift and has stamina
Quarter horse - good for all things, a typical average horse
Irish Sport Horse - usually very big, lots of stamina and a good jumper
Morgan - can be very fast but does not have a lot of stamina
Morab - Morgan-Arabian mix, quick and elegant and usually pretty small, about 14 hands
Andalusian - tall, 17 hands or more, fast with stamina, elegant
Mustang - wild at heart, lots of stamina and speed
Dutch Warmblood - usually fairly big, lots of stamina but not quite as fast
Oldenburg - elegant, usually pretty big, a good jumper
Rocky Mountain Horse - pretty small, barely 14 hands, an all-around horse
Message me or send me a chat if you want to know more
Coats:
Chestnut - reddish brown
Bay - Chestnut coat, black mane
Dark bay - darker brown clat, black mane
Seal brown - more purplish than brown, black mane
Liver Chestnut - white mane, chestnut coat
Dark Liver Chestnut - dark coat, white mane
Gray - white coat
White - VERY RARE! MUST HAVE PINK SKIN TO BE WHITE
Fleabitten Gray - gray/white with flecks of darker gray or black
Dapple Grey - white coat with something that resembles a leopard's pattern of dark grey on the belly and back
Dun - gray-tan coat with a black/darker line along the spine and a black mane
Buckskin - a brighter tan, more yellow, black mane
Palomino - tan coat, white mane
Brindle - VERY RARE! Usually chestnut or dark chestnut with zebra-like stripes of gray along the back
Grullo - purple/blueish coat, black mane
Cremello - Very, very pale coat and mane, usually has blue eyes
Roan - red and both ends of the horse with a gradient transition to a more white color in the middle. Can have a black mane, but when has a red mane it has the nickname of 'strawberry roan'
UNIQUE TO THE PAINT HORSE
Sabino - mostly one color, some splashes of white on the belly and the legs
Tobiano - a fairly evenly patched one-color, usually chestnut or black, and white. More rounded shapes on the white patches
Pintabian - this is actually a breed, with the stamina and speed of an Arabian, but with a black and white mane and tail and a tobiano coat, almost always with chestnut
Piebald - a more specific name for a black and white tobiano
Skewbald - white and any other color
Overo - mostly white patches with some of another color with more sharp and unsual shapes on the white patches, usually has a white face
Tovero - A mix of the overo and the tobiano
Rabicano - Usually chestnut but can be black with white hairs on the belly
UNIQUE TO THE APPALOOSA
Leopard - white with colored spots, usually black or chestnut
Varnish Roan - white, black, and chestnut hairs flecked all over the body
Blanket - Black mane and tail, chestnut or black coat with a white 'blanket' over the hind end that can sometimes extend down the back legs
Snowflake - black horse with small white spots
Facial Markings:
Bald Face - the horse's face is completely white
Blaze - wide white strip down the middle of the face
Strip - narrow white strip don the middle of the face
Star - small white marking between or above the eyes that does not necessarily have to look like a star
Snip - small white marking on the muzzle
Interrupted - a strip or blaze that stops near the middle and then continues
Inrregular - a strip or blaze that is not straight down the middle
Please note that these facial markings can be combined
Leg markings:
Stocking - All white leg, usually extending up above the knee and towrards the hock bone (like the femur on a human)
Sock - All white leg that extends just to the knee
Fetlock - All white from the hoof up to the fetlock (ankle)
Pastern - All white mark that stops just below the fetlock
Coronet band - A white coronet, the part just above the hoof before the fetlock
High White - A leg marking that goes all the way up the leg, usually on the hind leg, up to the stifle, or the thigh and hip and under the belly, a classic marking on a sabino horse
"Birdspot" is a white dot that is anywhere on the horse's body, including the ears, but not the face or legs
Horses...
Can't throw up
Can't break bones, or rather, if they do, they'll die, at least in the wild
Are herd animals - the dominant part of the fight or flight system is flight
Have thick skin
Have 360ยบ vision, almost at least. The can't see directly in front of them or directly behind them, and if they look up they can only see far away things and if they look down they can only see very close things. This is usually why horses move their heads so much.
Grow winter coats and then shed them at the end of winter before springtime
Live up to at most 35 to 40, a lot of horses die in their mid twenties and upper twenties
PM me questions and I can answer. You can also answer to this thread and I'll reply with an answer. I can also add it here if you have a question.
Breeds:
Arabian - quick footed and swift, not usually very tall
Thoroughbred - much bigger horses with lots of stamina and speed
Friesian - always black or redish black very big and calm
Standardbred - usually pretty small, swift and has stamina
Quarter horse - good for all things, a typical average horse
Irish Sport Horse - usually very big, lots of stamina and a good jumper
Morgan - can be very fast but does not have a lot of stamina
Morab - Morgan-Arabian mix, quick and elegant and usually pretty small, about 14 hands
Andalusian - tall, 17 hands or more, fast with stamina, elegant
Mustang - wild at heart, lots of stamina and speed
Dutch Warmblood - usually fairly big, lots of stamina but not quite as fast
Oldenburg - elegant, usually pretty big, a good jumper
Rocky Mountain Horse - pretty small, barely 14 hands, an all-around horse
Message me or send me a chat if you want to know more
Coats:
Chestnut - reddish brown
Bay - Chestnut coat, black mane
Dark bay - darker brown clat, black mane
Seal brown - more purplish than brown, black mane
Liver Chestnut - white mane, chestnut coat
Dark Liver Chestnut - dark coat, white mane
Gray - white coat
White - VERY RARE! MUST HAVE PINK SKIN TO BE WHITE
Fleabitten Gray - gray/white with flecks of darker gray or black
Dapple Grey - white coat with something that resembles a leopard's pattern of dark grey on the belly and back
Dun - gray-tan coat with a black/darker line along the spine and a black mane
Buckskin - a brighter tan, more yellow, black mane
Palomino - tan coat, white mane
Brindle - VERY RARE! Usually chestnut or dark chestnut with zebra-like stripes of gray along the back
Grullo - purple/blueish coat, black mane
Cremello - Very, very pale coat and mane, usually has blue eyes
Roan - red and both ends of the horse with a gradient transition to a more white color in the middle. Can have a black mane, but when has a red mane it has the nickname of 'strawberry roan'
UNIQUE TO THE PAINT HORSE
Sabino - mostly one color, some splashes of white on the belly and the legs
Tobiano - a fairly evenly patched one-color, usually chestnut or black, and white. More rounded shapes on the white patches
Pintabian - this is actually a breed, with the stamina and speed of an Arabian, but with a black and white mane and tail and a tobiano coat, almost always with chestnut
Piebald - a more specific name for a black and white tobiano
Skewbald - white and any other color
Overo - mostly white patches with some of another color with more sharp and unsual shapes on the white patches, usually has a white face
Tovero - A mix of the overo and the tobiano
Rabicano - Usually chestnut but can be black with white hairs on the belly
UNIQUE TO THE APPALOOSA
Leopard - white with colored spots, usually black or chestnut
Varnish Roan - white, black, and chestnut hairs flecked all over the body
Blanket - Black mane and tail, chestnut or black coat with a white 'blanket' over the hind end that can sometimes extend down the back legs
Snowflake - black horse with small white spots
Facial Markings:
Bald Face - the horse's face is completely white
Blaze - wide white strip down the middle of the face
Strip - narrow white strip don the middle of the face
Star - small white marking between or above the eyes that does not necessarily have to look like a star
Snip - small white marking on the muzzle
Interrupted - a strip or blaze that stops near the middle and then continues
Inrregular - a strip or blaze that is not straight down the middle
Please note that these facial markings can be combined
Leg markings:
Stocking - All white leg, usually extending up above the knee and towrards the hock bone (like the femur on a human)
Sock - All white leg that extends just to the knee
Fetlock - All white from the hoof up to the fetlock (ankle)
Pastern - All white mark that stops just below the fetlock
Coronet band - A white coronet, the part just above the hoof before the fetlock
High White - A leg marking that goes all the way up the leg, usually on the hind leg, up to the stifle, or the thigh and hip and under the belly, a classic marking on a sabino horse
"Birdspot" is a white dot that is anywhere on the horse's body, including the ears, but not the face or legs