Some other things horses may be scared of getting on trailers, walking on bridges, clippers, blankets, injections, feet handling, walking in water, and there are a lot more. One of the biggest ways people help train horses to over come their fears is to make them walk over a tarp, since it is loud when they walk over it and does not look like the ground. People also may put a tarp over the horse. Horses may have a lot of fears but then can get rid of their fears if they are trained to, it may take some time but it is worth it to have a calm horse than to have a scared horse.
The World of Horses
Friday, March 22, 2013
Horses fears
Some other things horses may be scared of getting on trailers, walking on bridges, clippers, blankets, injections, feet handling, walking in water, and there are a lot more. One of the biggest ways people help train horses to over come their fears is to make them walk over a tarp, since it is loud when they walk over it and does not look like the ground. People also may put a tarp over the horse. Horses may have a lot of fears but then can get rid of their fears if they are trained to, it may take some time but it is worth it to have a calm horse than to have a scared horse.
Thursday, March 21, 2013
My Horses and farm
Duke (right) and Duchess (left) |
My Farm |
Friday, March 15, 2013
What to do in a training session
When you are training your horse you should have some sort of schedule every day such as:
When I train my horse Lily I usually make sure she gets a drink if she wants one, then we usually go out to a field and I run with her then walk. Then lately I have been making her jump over logs and go around barrels that I have set up in the field. She is good most of the time, but sometimes she refuses to go over a certain log, I don't know why. But since it is still winter I don't do too much work with her so she does not get too cold, and on days when the weather is bad I don't work with her, but of coarse she does need a break sometimes.
- Warm up (long trotting) for about 10 minutes
- Review work, do something you have already worked on and something your horse knows, for 10 minutes.
- Break, let your horse stretch, blow ( exhaling gently or forcefully though their nose) and relax, for 2 minutes.
- New work, something your horse does not know or something that your horse is in the process of learning, for about 15 minutes.
- Break for 3 minutes ( have a little longer break after your horse has done harder stuff).
- Review work, go back to something your horse knows very well and enjoys, for 10 minutes.
- Cool down ( some long trotting and walking on a loose rein) for 10 minutes.
When I train my horse Lily I usually make sure she gets a drink if she wants one, then we usually go out to a field and I run with her then walk. Then lately I have been making her jump over logs and go around barrels that I have set up in the field. She is good most of the time, but sometimes she refuses to go over a certain log, I don't know why. But since it is still winter I don't do too much work with her so she does not get too cold, and on days when the weather is bad I don't work with her, but of coarse she does need a break sometimes.
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Training Sessions
Lengths of a training session:
- Foal: train them for about 15 minutes and do this for about 5 times per week. Since they are still young they should not be gone from their mothers for too long.
- Weanling: train for about 30 minutes and do this 5 times per week. Obviously they are a little older so they should spend a little more time training with you.
- Yearling: train for about 30-60 minutes, and train them 3-5 times per week. Since they are only a year old they should spend more time with you and getting used to you, but you don't want to work them too hard so if they are training for 60 minutes only train them 3 times per week.
- 2- year old: train them for about 60 minutes, and do this about 4- 6 times per week. Your horse should definitely not rely on their mother any more, and their training should get more serious.
- 3- year old: training is up to 90 minutes, and train them for about 4-6 times per week.
- 4- year old: train them for up to 2 hours and keep on training them about 4- 6 times per week.
- 5 to 20- year old: training could be up to 1- 4 hours, do this 2- 6 times per week
Thursday, March 7, 2013
Secretariat
Secretariat is an American Thoroughbred born March 30, 1970 died October 4, 1989. In 1973 became the first U.S. Triple Crown champion in 25 years. A horse can become a Triple Crown winner by winning three different series of races: the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, and Belmont Stakes. Secretariat set race record time in all three events in the series- the Kentucky Derby his time was 1:59.4, the Preakness Stakes was 1:53, and the Belmont Stakes was 2:24. Even today no horse has beaten his records, he is considered to be one of the greatest race Thoroughbreds of all time.
Secretariat’s sire is Bold Ruler and his dam
is Somethingroyal, he was born at The Meadow in Caroline County, Virginia.
Secretariat was a large chestnut colt, who got the nickname “Big Red”. He was
owned by Penny Chenery, he was trained by Lucien Laurin, and he was mostly
ridden by Ron Turcotte, he also raced with Paul Feliciano, and Eddie Maple. Secretariat
raced in Chenery’s Meadow Stable’s blue and white checkered colors and his groom
was Eddie Sweat, who Secretariat spent most of his time with. Secretariat was
approximately 16.2 hands tall and weighed 1,175 pounds.
The story
of Secretariat began with a toss of a coin between Penny Chenery and Ogden
Phipps. Phipps and “Bull” Hancock came up with the coin toss. The toss is where
someone could pick the foal they wanted out of three foals: the unborn foal of
Somethingroyal and Bold Ruler, a filly out of Somethingroyal, and a colt out of
Hasty Matelda. Phipps won the toss and took the filly from Somethingroyal and
Penny Chenery got Somethingroyal’s unborn foal and the colt. On March 30 at
12:10 Somethingroyal had a colt that was red chestnut with three white socks
and a star with a narrow blaze. The secretary at Meadow Stable’s Elizabeth Ham
came up with the name Secretariat.
At first he
did alright in races, his first race he finished fourth at the Aqueduct
Racetrack, and then he started to win more and more races. Then everybody
figured out what his trick was. Secretariat would stay in the back, in last
place then he would pass all the other horses then taking first place and win
the race. After winning many races he was able to race in the three races to
win the Triple Crown. Secretariat’s biggest competition was Sham who was also
racing for the Triple Crown. At first it did not look as if Secretariat would
win the Kentucky Derby because the race before the Kentucky Derby (the Wood
Memorial) Secretariat got third place. This was due to a large abscess in his
mouth. Then at the Kentucky Derby it showed that he was better since he took
first place. Then the next race (the Preakness Stakes) he won first place
again. Many other horses before Secretariat had won these two races but were
never able to win first in the Belmont Stakes. This caused a lot of people to
think that Secretariat would not win the Belmont Stakes because the track was
longer than the track in the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness Stakes.
Secretariat was known for being a fast horse not a distance horse, so many
people thought he would not win, but he surprised them and won.
After the
Triple Crown Secretariat ran some more races which he did well in. He sired
more than 600 foals. Then in 1989 he got laminitis which is an incurable hoof
condition and he was put down after a month of treatment, he was 19 years old.Wednesday, March 6, 2013
Teeth and age
- Age one: All temporary teeth are in which are the incisors, premolars, and first molars.There are no signs of wear around the edges.
- Age three: Large permanent central incisors have grown in, the smaller teeth around them are still only temporary. The wolf teeth and first and second permanent molars are present.
- Age five: All the baby teeth have been replaced by permanent teeth, this is known as a full mouth. there may be a little wear.
- Age ten: The incisors start to angle forward. There's a notch on the upper corner incisors from where they meet the lower incisors. There will be a lot of wear and you can see the Galvayne's Groove.
- Age twenty: Teeth are noticeably longer and angled farther forward. The gums have receded a little and the Galvayne's Groove has descended.
Dental problems
- Irritation of the gums, which can be caused by sharp seeds, other food caught between the teeth, swelling from injury, weak tissue which is found in older horses, or irritation from equipment.
- There may be tartar buildup, which is usually found on the canine teeth. Usually pellets and mashes do this, grass and hay don't tend to.
- Lampas which is where there is swelling of the fleshy lining of the roof of the horses mouth, this is more common in younger horses who are not yet used to hard feeds. This usually is not a very big problem.
- Tongue injures, there may be bruises and cut on the tongue which could be caused from the horse biting their tongue accidentally, this could cause serious bleeding.
- Retained caps, this is when aged baby teeth do not detach properly as permanent teeth come in, this may cause swelling of the gums, pain, and even a sinus problem.
- Uneven or sharp edges, if there are sharp edges the points may jab into the horse flesh in the mouth. This may cause swelling.
- Losing teeth, obviously horses will loose teeth with age, but it sometimes could cause a problem. Most teeth will deteriorate and fall out on its own, if there is a problem call the vet.
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