What Color Coat Does Your Horse Really Have?

What Color Coat Does Your Horse Really Have?

Does your horse really have the color you suspect she has? Or maybe she has a mix of different shades of brown or black or gray and you can’t figure out what color it actually is? There are so 17 various coat colors in the known american quarter horse colors. Some look very similar to another and it’s hard to tell them apart. Now you can find out if your horse is the color it looks like, or if it is something very similar, because...

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Horseflies Hate Zebras! – Make The Bloodsuckers Hate Your Horse

Horseflies Hate Zebras! – Make The Bloodsuckers Hate Your Horse

Are those pesky horseflies going at your horse again? Laying eggs and biting into the horse skin with their knife like mouth to suck blood is their pastime. But do you know the secret to keep them away from your horse? Do you know what they despise so much that the percentage of flies on your horse will go down a great percentage? If you don’t, read this. It could really help your black or brown horse. As some Hungarian and Swedish...

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High School Equine Program, 4 Years Course For Young Horse Lovers

High School Equine Program, 4 Years Course For Young Horse Lovers

Do you have a high school student who is obsessed with horses? But is he/she so obsessed that he/she’d be willing to work with them for 4 whole years? Well, maybe this would be right for them. Lexington Catholic High School, in Kentucky, is planning just this for young boys and girls who want to work with horses and have skill in horse industry. The Equine Academy is developed in partnership with some of central Kentucky’s major...

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1st Month Of Foal Course Come And Gone

1st Month Of Foal Course Come And Gone

The foal care courses are passing pretty quickly. It’s already the fourth week since the first lesson. The quarter horse foal, Twitch, has grown actively grown in the 9 days of his life. His coat isn’t such a glossy hue anymore, but is now a light brown color, and it feels like a pile of feathers. Poco is no longer there at his every neigh, and she doesn’t worry too much when he isn’t at her side. In fact, she savors the...

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Quarter Horses And Their Various Traits

Quarter Horses And Their Various Traits

Which horse has more appeal? A thoroughbred or a quarter horse? The truth is, quarter horses are getting more popular all the time. Already, more than four million are used as working horses on ranches, as show horses, or at rodeos. There are many admirable attributes to these horses. Researchers, who have burrowed into the quarter horse’s genetic makeup, found that the quarter horse’s genetic makeup is enriched for variants in...

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