Alphabet Game - HORSES

[Bonnie Ballentine]

Y = yearling

[libera]

Z = Zemaitukas, another historic horse breed, this time from Lithuania, I found it on a german website about a great variety of breeds

[Bonnie Ballentine]

A = Arabian

[Susan Ewart]

B = Bridle

 

 

[Michele]

C = Chesnut

[Bonnie Ballentine]

D = Draft horse

[Anne Lamp]

E--  Equus caballus the Latin name for horses.

[Bonnie Ballentine]

F = filly

[Michele]

G = Gelding

[Bonnie Ballentine]

H = halter

[Susan Ewart]

I = Icelandic Horse

 

The only horse to have 5 gaits ( professor Google says)

[Ann Seeber]

J = Jumping horse (various breeds)

[Corrie Kinkel]

K = Konik horse, a wild horse from Poland about 130-140 cm stick height. In the Netherlands they live nowadays in some nature reserves where they can look after themselves without interference. They are doing well but there are to many of them for our little reserves and some are transported back to the eastern countries in Europe. Besides that some have been shot!

[Bonnie Ballentine]

L = Leg Up: Method of mounting in which an assistant stands behind the rider and supports the lower part of his left leg and giving a boost as necessary as the rider springs up off the ground.

[Corrie Kinkel]

M = Mustang

[trish williams]

O = Oberlander

[Bonnie Ballentine]

N = Native Ponies: Another name for the Mountain and Moorland breeds of the UK – i.e. New Forest, Exmoor, Dartmoor, Highland, Fell, Dale, Shetland, Connemara and Welsh.

 

 

[Anne Lamp]

P-     Posting-"  Posting is to rise out of the saddle seat for every other stride of the horse's forelegs." However, if you ride          western, your friends would probably laugh so hard they would fall off their horses.

[Corrie Kinkel]

With the help of Google:

 

Q - Quarab,  a mix of the Quarter horse and an Arabian horse.

[libera]

R = Rocky Mountain Horse

[Bonnie Ballentine]

S = saddle

[Corrie Kinkel]

T = Thoroughbred

[Bonnie Ballentine]

U = Unsoundness: Term used to describe any condition, or conformation fault that limit the horse’s ability to perform his job. Including sidebone, ringbone, roaring and others.

[libera]

V = Vlaamperd, a south african breed

[Anne Lamp]

W - Weanling A horse less than a year old that has been weaned from it's mother.