Horse

for the horse and allows better control of your horse. According to horsechannel.com, weight on the balls of your feet is important because it allows your legs to fall in the correct position. Heels down is important for a few reasons; with your heels all up in your horse it is not only unfortable for your horse but it can be dangerous. Horses are trained to move away from pressure( heel in the horse cues the horse to go faster), for an inexperienced rider this can be dangerous. The horse gets…

Horses have always been my passion from barrel racing and rescuing horses to wanting to become an Equine Vet. At age five I was barrel racing my Shetland pony. Last year I rescued a horse from a neglecting situation. I also plan to further my career and become an equine vet. Barrel racing is any little cowgirls dream and I was lucky enough to be able to do so. My passion started early. At the age of five my uncle bought me a Shetland pony named Peanut. Every weekend we were at the show. I…

“the sport of kings” and create an ethical lifestyle for both horse and human. Thoroughbred Racing has been around for centuries. It was founded in England after the Crusades. Fleet Arab and Turkish stallions were brought back from the Middle East and Asia Minor and bred with stouter native mares.(myfantasystable.com) This new thoroughbred breed became known for its ability to carry weight at fast speeds and long distances. These horses were set up in match races, or one on one, with a prize,…

most prestigious awards in horse racing, it was typically understood that the receiving horse was the best horse. Seabiscuit was the horse to change that belief. Many years after his victory over the Triple Crown recipient, the movie, Seabiscuit, was made to depict the life and racing career of a special horse. It also renders a surreal image of the team that raced along with the undersized contender. It is an inspirational film about the success of an underdog horse with an underdog team, is…

captured the nation's imagination at the height of the Great Depression. A classic underdog, the little horse with a big heart came back from what could have been a career ending injury to win the Santa Anita Handicap race in 1940. In an age when horses were becoming obsolete for travel and farming due to the popularity of automobiles, Seabiscuit and other equine athletes helped ensure that horse racing remained relevant as a sport. The book begins by discussing Seabiscuit's owner, Ron Howard, a…

For most people their favorite memories revolve around family and friends. My favorite memory involved a runaway horse. I will always remember my gallop in the Arizona desert fondly as one of the most exciting days of my life. It was mid spring when a band of nine riders slowly plodded along the Arizona Mexican border. The dusty prairie stretched as far as the eye could see, flat and endless. Brush, burnt from the sun’s blistering heat, filled the landscape with hazy color. Cacti were…

changed, Secretariat opened up my eyes to the history of our world and the horse racing industry. (2)(play part of the race) (3)Secretariat was a horse that defied all odds to be the first horse in 25 years to win the triple crown race. Even with a poor start, being sixth out of the gates, he demonstrated his endurance by passing the competition to achieve first place. His legacy lives on through a creation of a horse…

simply being and breathing. This is an opportunity never able to be seized once the afternoon rush of people start trickling in. There is not a cloud in the sky and a cool breeze rustles the leaves of the trees. I make my way towards the barn to see my horse before I head off to school. The old stable that sits in the center of the lot is a bright red that has faded from many years of sunshine and is coated in a thick layer of dirt. The paint is chipped and many of the boards sag like the…

First, it was a solely a pig farm, then a cow and pig farm, then a horse, cow, and pig farm, and lastly just a horse farm; we had horses for the majority of my life, about seven years. Many things happened on that farm. When it was a horse farm, we would keep retired race horses there kind of as a retirement home if you will, and we would keep race horses that were being trained and were on a break, so to speak. Pregnant race horses would come to have their babies, where we would raise them…

all words that describe horses that are put in kill pens. Most horses never make it out once they enter. Thousands of horses are shipped out of the United States to Mexico or Canada. Once they meet their final destination they will be slaughtered and shipped off the foreign countries for human consumption. In Gail Vacca’s essay, “One Man 's Trash,” she ventures to the Shipshewana “loose horse” auction in Indiana and comes across a kill pen mare that is lame. She knows the horse might be a…