Have you heard the expression, “No feet, no horse.”? It means no matter how beautiful or how perfect the rest of a horse may be, without good feet they can’t perform and they can’t exercise. In fact, they can’t really do much of anything. Hooves that are allowed to grow too long not only look bad, they affect the internal…
Have you participated in halter or showmanship classes? These classes require you to memorize and perform a showmanship pattern, a series of movements and paces that you and your horse or pony are judged on. In a showmanship class the horse is handled from the ground, using either a halter or bridle. The exhibitor is…
Created to support the teaching of evolution and inheritance at primary level, this resource contains an animation in which two children go back millions of years to look at the ancestors of the horse. The children observe and discuss the changes that happened as this animal evolved over many generations. A second animation looks at…
Water is one of the most important parts of a horse’s diet, and watering horses in winter can be especially challenging. How do horse owners keep fresh thawed water available to horses when temperatures drop below freezing? 1. What is the freezing temperature of water in °C and °F? 2. If the temperature is 10°F…
Three horse-crazy friends in grade 5 decided to participate in their school’s science fair at Medford Elementary School in Minnesota. Jenna, Bella and Lily tossed around several cool ideas before deciding on, what for them, was the perfect topic. “It was something we all enjoyed, something like, horses! We knew right away that it would…
How do horses respond to different human voices? When we are grooming a horse and talking softly, does the horse understand what we are communicating? Do they pick up on the way our voice sounds and not just our words? Most horse owners will tell you that their horses know when they’re being scolded or…