Home and Garden Review: Enjoy the Ride

dres·sage :
/drəˈsäZH

Noun
The art of riding and training a horse in a manner that develops obedience, flexibility, and balance.

Camphire by Jennifer O’Sullivan Photography on Flickr

-Horses do not have a gall bladder.

Bayadera by mari-mi on Flickr.

-When a domesticated horse is released in the wild they shed all traces of domestication rapidly.

untitled by javidelucar on Flickr.

-In the wild a foal will suckle until they are one year old, in some conditions this can be longer.

RH Triana by floridaskip on Flickr.

-Stallions will fight over females but generally not over territory.

via: hunterqueen

-Horses have better memories than elephants.

R0016356 by englishrose62 on Flickr.

-Horses have the largest eyes of any land animal.

source: snapshot-equestrian

-Horses are not color-blind.

source: h-0-r-s-e-s

e·ques·tri·an:
/iˈkwestrēən/

Adjective
Of or relating to horse riding: "his amazing equestrian skills".

Noun
A rider or performer on horseback.

Hackney Classes by messy_beast on Flickr.

-At one time people thought that horses were colorblind. Although it is more difficult for them to see purples and violets, they have less trouble with yellows and greens.

by talithah on Flickr.

-A horse's teeth take up more space in their head then their brain.

dressage class M** by neulands on Flickr.

-Adult male horses generally have 40 teeth and females 36

source: two-stride

-The horse has binocular vision, but can also see different things in each eye. This is why you need to show your horses the spooky things in both eyes so the brain can get the message that it's not spooky.

source: snapshot-equestrian

VIA EQUESTRIANLOVE

-The measurement 'hand' is 4 inches because that was considered to be the average width across a mans knuckles.

untitled by javidelucar on Flickr.

via:recklesskind

VIA THEMOTIVATIONGENERATION

-In Australia there were no horses until 1788.

VIA ROWSUJU

-James Watt developed the term 'Horsepower' because he wanted a measurement for his steam engine that would be readily understood.
One horse power = 746 watts; one metric horsepower = 736 watts.

via:peter-james-photography.co.uk

source: lookaheadtotomorrow

-Maryland has almost as many thoroughbreds as Kentucky and twice as many as any other state.

EGAAB AL RAYYAN by Khaled AlMutairi on Flickr.

- The horse is the state animal of New Jersey.

-In the picture above this horse is doing what is called flehmen. This is seem more in males than females, especially stallions. Flehmen is known to be a way to direct scents in the air to specialized olfactory glands at the end of the nasal passage.

(facts: via:www.horseswithamie.com)