Thursday, July 9, 2009

Types and breeds

Draft horse
  • Tall stature
  • Muscular build
  • upright shoulder
  • short backs
  • powerful hind quarters
  • Roman nose
  • feathering on legs

Breeds of Draft horses and what they are suitable for

  • American Cream Draft used for- parades to pull wagons can be ridden
  • Ardennes used for -meat,farming,theripudic horse back riding,forest and leasuire work.
  • Abtenauer used in forestry
  • Australian Draught horse- used for riding and a working horse on small farms
  • Auxis- used for riding and pulling wagons
  • The Belgian used for- show, gaming, riding and working horses
  • The Black Forest horse- used as a riding horse
  • Boulonnais-used for horse meat
  • Clydesdale- used for parades and exhibitions
  • Breton- used for agriculture, riding and meat
  • Byelorussian Harness used for milk and agriculture
  • The shire used for carring wagons of beer to small villages in England
  • Percheon is used for draft showing, riding horses, and logging

Light breeds Characteristics

  • Swift
  • Effective travel
  • pleasure riding

Breeds of Light horses:

  • Tennessee Walking horses used for show and western trail riding
  • Thoughbread- used for racing, show and trail riding
  • Mustangs- used for trail riding
  • Canadian- used for tail riding and show
  • Arabian- used in show, racing and pleasure riding, breeding
  • Morgans- used for pleausre riding
  • Colorado ranger- used as a cow horse and for riding
  • American Saddel bread- used for showing,trail riding, pleasure riding, hunting and farm or ranch work.
  • Appaloosa- used for jumping, show, desssage and trail riding
  • American Warmblood- used for show and jumping
  • Quarter horse - used for trail riding and pleasure riding
  • National show horse is used in show
  • Azteca- used for trail riding

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