Equine (Horses)🐎

• light • draft • pony

• In Hands • 1 hand = 4 inches • less than 14.2 hands is a pony • greater than 14.2 is a horse

Power Heavy

Long legs & Long Body

• Morgan • Standardbred • American Saddlebred • Tennessee Walking • Quarter Horse • Appaloosa

• developed in Palouse River County • height versatile • strong tail • identified by spotted coat, can range from entire coat to “blanket” covering hip

*arabian blood is carried by most light horse breeds * general purpose light horse with endurance * distinctive head and neck (dished triangular shape) * high arched neck * solid colors are preferred (bay, brown, chestnut, gray, and black)

• original registry in 1963 for quarter horse was too white • quarter horse or thoroughbred parent if one parent is paint & color qualifies • performs most events in which quarter horse competes • can now register as a quarter horse

• Kentucky derby • leading states in production are Kentucky, California, and Florida • NO AI • bred naturally • via live cover • all shapes & sizes • trace to eclipse (1764)

• saddle horse with great speed over short distances • multiple coat colors & face markings • genetics trace to thoroughbred type stallions • intelligence & athleticism • ideal working horse/linebreeding program to fix type in king ranch

• Belgian (Belgium) • Clydesdale (Scotland)

• from 1910-1930’s it was the most popular breed • prominent color is light sorrel with flaxen (yellow/grey) Maine and tail • easy to handle, very strong, less leg action

• Budweiser Hitch • white face, leg markings • feathering on lower legs (bellbottom) • lighter weight than Percherons and Belgians though just as tall • more nervous then other breeds

Stallion

Mare

Colt

Filly

Foal

Gelding

Herd

Equus

Foaling