American Quarter Horse

your little bratty sister how to ride a horse? If you haven’t then you might want to think twice before you take over that responsibility. I figured it would be easy since there is only a few things you need to know, but I was extremely wrong. It all took place on a blazing, hot summer day in my forty acres of pasture land. We already had our horses saddles, and ready to go. My sister just got a new horse, and they said it was tamed. It was a beautiful horse. It was white with a gorgeous long…

There I was my blood was pumping, I was sweating and scared. The horse was in mid jump I was holding on with everything I had. I grew up on my family ranch, so i have been around horses. In fact, my family has about...14 horses at this time. I have never been scared of horses. Infact I have ridden several horses that are ones that my family has owned and several of my friends horses. on the day of the incident it started pretty normal i woke up went outside and did my chores which at the…

In Greek language, A means no Myo refers to muscle, Trophic means nourishment. Now close your eyes and imagine standing up and it being difficult to walk then imagine your legs, feet, and ankles growing weak and you find yourself beginning to fall or trip. Now continue visualizing having something in your hand from a simple blue pen or maybe something a little bigger such as a baby and your muscles in your hands begin to stiff and you lose grip on the object in your possession dropping it. Now…

In order to train a horse to race barrels, there are several different parts which have to happen in order to get the horse prepared to do this activity: be physically fit, understand the queues or commands, have a basic understanding of the pattern to be ran and have a reward system in place to allow the horse to succeed and win the race. By accomplishing these tasks, it will allow the rider to win the contest and give the horse a since of accomplishment. Racing barrels is a physically…

In Peter Shaffer’s Equus, the plot revolves around seventeen year-old Alan Strang’s obsession with horses, culminating in his blinding six horses in one night. Despite committing this terrible crime, Alan is not inherently a bad person; instead, he is the victim of social taboos surrounding religion and sexuality as enforced by his parents and social heterosexual expectations as represented by Jill. Furthermore, no one will hold these people and concepts accountable for their actions. This…

thinking as I hopped on my grandmother Patrice’s horse named Watermelon. My mother told me, my grandparents owned a gigantic ranch, so I instantly wanted to come out and help them and learn how to care for cattle.. They had a bunch of cattle on their farm that they have to care for everyday. My mother decided to have me assist them with caring for their animals. Once I climbed back up on my horse, I rode up to my grandpa Jim, who was waiting for me on his horse. My grandfather squinted his…

The African Wild Ass or African Wild Donkey (Equus Africanus) the scientific name. Is a critically endangered species of wild donkey. Related to horses, zebras and other species of donkeys, it is one of a couple of species of the Equus breed to be rare or close to extinct. And is believed to be the long lost ancestor of the donkey that we know today. The African Wild Ass is known to live in the deserts and other arid regions of Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia and the Horn of Africa. It formerly had a…

dotted pajamas and furry houseshoes, I jogged to my trailer. All of my rodeo outfits were in the closet of my dresser. The gravel shifted and scooted under my feet as I walked. My trailer sit quite and untouched with the truck only feet away. The horses in the barn neighed almost as if they anticipated what would come later in the day. A smile appeared on my face as I saw Maggie walk out of the main house and towards the cabin. She carried a basket in her hands. "Aurora!" She shouted to get…

English show jumping is a very complicated sport that requires skill, patience, and bravery from both horse, and rider. It takes several years of practice and sweat to master the complicated sport. Show jumping is played when a rider is to jump a course of fences on horseback in an acute amount of time. The jumps can vary in size from one foot to five feet. The rules of show jumping are very strict and require a large amount of skill. Consequently, faults can be given to competitors for…

Scheer, Alstat, & Van Zant (2016) performed ASTYM treatment on a young eight year old girl with the neurological disorder cerebral palsy in an attempt to treat her achilles tendinopathy and lack of hamstring flexibility. Cerebral palsy is known to impair the muscular function, strength, range of motion (ROM), and reflex speed. Because of the accompanying brain injury, cerebral palsy cause tendinopathy or a breakdown of of the soft tissues that make up tendons. ASTYM therapy is a noninvasive…