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 How can I find if my horse is registered in the state of indiana? The person I bought my horse from said she is but I have no papers. Can someone give me a website a number to see.my horse is a Quarter horse. ...

 my question is.......what breed of horse is best for rodeos/endurance racing/ranch work/trail riding? i want a calm horse that will be fast but only when i want it to be......i think a quarter horse is best but i want other peoples opinions too ...

 do you own a horse? if so how old are you? if not how old were you when you got your first horse? ...

 I'm a beginner rider in english and an intermediate in western. i'm looking for a horse that is atleast 15hh and can jump. I would like to show, but all the horses I can find are either green or can't jump. I would prefer to adopt, but if necessary, I would buy. Does anyone have any websites or anything? ...

 What is some chareritics (things) of the breed thourghbred. Like the body shape, head, etc. ...

 I may be getting a new horse soon. I dont care what kind or anything. just what do you think of these horses? I ideally want a barrel horse but im open for anything. Im a experienced rider. and own two horses currently. ...

 Two years ago in May 2005, Barbaro, a 3 year old Thoroughbred racehorse won the Kentucky Derby. Two weeks later he shattered his leg in the Preakness race. The next day he underwent surgery for his injuries . In July 2005, he developed laminitis in his left rear leg , a very painful disease in the hoof caused by a failure of the hoof bone to connect to the hoof wall. He had an additional five surgeries, and his prognosis varied as he remained for an extraordinarily long period of time in the equine Intensive Care Unit at the University of Pennsylvania. While his right leg eventually healed, a final risky surgery on it proved futile because the colt soon developed further laminitis in both front legs. His veterinarians and owners then concluded that he could not be saved, and Barbaro was euthanized on January 29, 2007. Barbaro broke his right hind leg in more than 20 places: a broken cannon bone above the ankle, a broken sesamoid bone behind the ankle and a broken long pastern bone below the ankle. The fetlock joint was dislocated. If Barbaro had not ridden in that race, he might still be alive today. The Dangers and evils of horse racing I?m going to present to you the dangers and evils of professional horse racing. Every year hundreds of race horses are raced to death, and many more are injured. If they aren?t winning, then they are frequently neglected and abused. Something needs to be done to stop the abuse and help these horses. Injuries There are many dangers in horse racing. A horse can slip and fall, or step on its leg wrong and break it. Another famous racehorse, Ruffian, the unbeatable thoroughbred filly was running in a match race against the Kentucky Derby winner Foolish Pleasure. Half way through the race she stepped wrong and completely snapped her leg. She had a successful surgery, but when she woke up from it she accidentally broke her other leg. She was put down eight hours after the accident. In the 2005 racing year, 320 racehorse deaths were reported in California alone, a number believed to be an all-time high. It was a 32 percent increase from the previous year, with 154 of the deaths coming during races, up 34 percent from the previous year. And horse racing doesn?t just take a toll on the horses. Surprisingly, horse racing is the most dangerous sport for people. For every 100,000 fatalities nationwide, about 128 are caused by horse racing. Animal Aid, a British animal rights organization. Founded in 1977, Initiated a Race Horse Death Watch was launched during the 2007 Cheltenham Festival in England. Its purpose is to expose and record every on-course Thoroughbred fatality in Britain. Their research indicated that an average of 375 horses is raced to death every year. One-third of them die on racecourses, while the others are destroyed as a result of training injuries, or are killed because they are no longer commercially viable. From Winner to Dinner In 2002 the Kentucky Derby 1986 Winner Ferdinand was slaughtered in a Japanese slaughter house. Though Americans were outraged, not much was done to stop slaughter until 2006 when an Anti Slaughter bill was put into the senate. The bill passed but it only protects horses going to slaughter in America. It does not protect horses being shipped out of the country and into Mexico and Canada. More than 90% of horses going to Slaughter are healthy horses, and nearly half of those horses are racehorses. In slaughter houses the horses are neglected, abused and poorly fed, if fed at all. They are given just enough nourishment to keep them alive until they can be slaughtered. Overworking Overworking is another danger. Many good horses are ruined because they are raced too much when they are still too young. The official thoroughbred birthday is January 1st when they can officially start racing, so none of the horses are actually a year old. Some are younger than others, thus a 5 months old horse could be racing an 8 month old horse. Since the horses are raced when they are so young and still growing, it causes bone problems. They can develop Arthritis at early ages. The bones can chip and create bumps on their legs, and their joints are often ruined resulting in lifetime lameness. Being raced or trained every day is very hard on a horse, especially a young, growing horse. If trained at the right age (3 or 4) a Thoroughbred can be raced up to the age of 10. But in America, the average retiring age is 4 or 5. No place to call home Many people think that racehorses ?live the good life?. They get nice grain and fresh hay every day. They live in heated barns and have nice comfortable stalls with grooms that go in and clean up for them every 5 minutes. The problem is that they are not living as horses should, they live in a box stall, are expected to be explosively athletic at the drop of a hat, are given a bit of a cool out, and put back in their stalls. They are fed well, but are often handled by people who don't care who they are as an animal but rather how they translate into a paycheck, or who don't have the time to work with them individually because they have a whole barn of 20 horses to care for. A horse needs play time; time to just be a horse. It needs time in a pasture to run around and release pent up energy. These racehorses are so expensive that they can?t be let outside for fear of being hurt. They have no real place to call home. These Racehorses are still just horses. They still need interaction with other horses. The jockeys that ride them see them as a money maker, and they don?t actually ride the horse until the race. They have different riders all through training. Think about it Horse Racing is seen as a prestigious sport. Millions of spectators flock to the races, bet on a horse they think looks fast, and sit and cheer that horse on. Yet few ever consider the well being of the horse. They must run at top speed anywhere from a quarter mile to three miles. If they don?t win they are cooled off quickly and put back in their stall while their owners go on to race the next horse in the stock. If they do win they are taken right to the winners circle. An odd spooky blanket of flowers is thrown onto their back and lights start flashing from cameras and they are paraded off to their stall with a crowd of people following. Next time you go to a horse race or even see it on TV, think about the horses. I hope this speech has prompted you to look at it differently. Thank you. honestly, thank you very much, but I spent WEEKS researching that. I know what happens. What happened to Barbaro wasnt a freak accident. It happens to race horses every year. I myself ride at a top class jumper barn. The horses there are treated just as well as racehorses and they arent breaking legs every year. They get time to rest and they are put out to pasture when they are tired. So plz, dont tell me i dont know wat im talking about. ...

 Can you please help me decide between these horses which one would be the best for me?? I'm an advanced rider, ridden English and western, I've jumped, been on a bucking horse, galloped, I'm very experienced and I don't care if i get a Western or English horse: 1.) ?form_horse_id=1091008 2.) ?form_horse_id=1064697 3.)?form_horse_id=1065344 6.) ?form_horse_id=1066543 7.) ?form_horse_id=1066543 8.) ...

 Ok, I am thinking about getting a horse, it would be in about a year or so, right know i live in the city, but we are planning on moving this coming summer. So until then I want to learn all i can about horses, I have only ridden a horse four times in my life, I'm not sure what kind os saddle was on the horse or anything. when i get a horse I will be 17, I'm not getting a show or jumping horse, I just want to get a trail horse. I need to know what kind of saddles are good/ bad, what kind of Horse shoes, someone mentioned the EponaShoe, they are some sort of plastic horse shoe there are alot of other shoes out there like those, Ive heard they are supposed to last longer and be better for the Horse? Anyone try those, are they good or bad. Also any websites with good info, about horses is great, like what shots do they need, any supplements? and all their other needs. Which makes a Horses life better, being a pasture horse, with apropriate shelter/food/water.ect. or a stable horse? I have been looking at horses for sale around where i will be living, and i have seen alot of horses that are around 5-12, that are good for bigginers, and the reason the people have to get rid of them is, they don't have the time, they have to downsize, have to move, or similar things. all these horses are utd on shots, wormings, and feet. Most of them are pasture horses, and are very ridable with no vices, vet can confirm. these horses are around 500-1000. Is this good? or do you suggest adopting from a shelter, I have no problem adopting, except, most of the horses aren't ridable, or don't trust humans, or are way to young. what do you suggest.? ...

 My horse is getting way too small for me. My legs reach his knees already. Ive been riding my moms horse. Simply because my horse doesnt listen. If you ask for a canter he bucks and he wont go anywhere you want him to. If theres other horses in the ring He runs up behind them. So i am going to sell a trans am firebird that i have. [Its a car] Im not sure how much its worth but i have heard its worth alot. I have picked out some horses. I want opinions on them. AM A EXPERIENCED RIDER. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS EMAIL PONYPRINCESS59 ...

 This is perhaps the oldest and most famous "brain twister" in classical physics. Which is correct? a) If action always equals reaction, a horse cannot pull a buggy because the action of the horse on the buggy is exactly cancelled by the reaction of the buggy on the horse. The buggy pulls backward on the horse just as hard as the horse pulls forward on the buggy, so they cannot move. b) The horse pulls forward slightly harder on the buggy than the buggy pulls backward on the horse, so they move forward. c) The horse pulls before the bugy has time to react so they move forward. d) The horse can pull the buggy forward only if the horse weighs more than the buggy. e) The force on the buggy is as strong as the force on the horse, but the horse is joined to the earth by its flat hoofs, while the buggy is free to roll on its round wheels. You must finally select one of the answer choices. Otherwise, if it is not obvious which choice you have made from the details of your resonse (and I won't spend much time trying to make a determination) you cannot be selectd for Best Answer. Answer: E. True, the force on the horse is as strong as the force on the buggy, but you are interested in motion-acceleration, not force. A thing's acceleration depends on its mass as well as the force on it. Well, who has the most mass -- the horse or the buggy? It doesn't matter, because the horse has joined itself to the earth by its flat hoofs. So in effect one force pulls on the buggy (sorry Helmut) and an equal and opposite reaction pulls on the horse AND EARTH. To pull back the horse also requires pulling back the massive earth, while the buggy being less massive than the earth, moves much more easily. But as the buggy moves forward, the whole earth moves SLIGHTLY backward. If the horse pulls the buggy a foot forward, how far backwards does the earth move? Suppose the buggy weighs 1000 pounds. The mass of the earth is 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 times greater. So the plantet moves a 10, 000,000,000,000,000,000,000th part of a foot backwards, (continued)... (continued)... which is hard to notice! Incidentally, you can save some ink by writing 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 (it has 22 zeros) as 10superscript 22. Interesting range of responses and reasoning! ...

 I want a young horse that I can finish training myself, which horse do you think would be best for me? I am going to list a couple of links and you can post a couple of links of horses in Indiana and under $2000 I have trained a horse and I am 11 and 4"7"( I know small!) SO please Help me!!! LINKS 1. ?form_horse_id=1022050 8. ?form_horse_id=992142 2 More ...

 if your gonna b rude please dont answer im trying to get on a straight line again!! HORSES!! WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE HORSE BREED? WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE HORSE COLOUR? WHAT YOUR FAVORITE DISCIPLINE? WHATS YOUR FAVORITE GAIT ? DO YOU LIKE HORSE RACING? DO YOU THINK ITS ALWAYS RIDER ERROR(NEVER THE HORSES FAULT) ? WESTERN OR ENGLISH? WOULD YOU RISK YOUR LIFE FOR A HORSE: WHAT KIND OF HORSE FEED DO YOU LIKE ? IS YOUR LIFE DEDICATED TO HORSES?? DO YOU GET TEASED FOR LIKING HORSES? DO YOU OWN A HORSE, IF SO HOW MANY?? DO YOU ATTEND PONY CLUB,IF SO WHICH ONE? WHAT ARE YOUR FAVORITE HORSE WEBSITES?? ...

 make $. He hung a sign around the horse's neck that said: "Make laugh, win $100! $5 a try!" So many people try/ fail and the owner ispleased with himself. Then one day a new guy walks in . "You'll really give $100 if I make him laugh?" The bar owner saidsure, he's a man of his word. So this guy whispers something in the horse's ear and the horse busts out laughing. The owner paid the man but worried that this was too easy. He decided to change the sign to "Make the horse CRY..." Well a few weeks later the same guy comes in. He asks the owner if he can take the horse out back. The owner didn't like the idea but the man promised not to hurt him in any way and to bring him back right away, so the owner agreed. The man takes the horse out for less than a minute and brings him back in...the horse is in tears. The owner paid but had to ask how the man made the horse laugh. The man said he told the horse"my d--k is bigger than yours" Then the owner wanted to know how he made the horse cry... TNP: I think it's past your bedtime, you're starting to get cranky little girl. ...

 Okay, so I have been riding for about 5 years now and I have leased over 3 different horses in the past 3 years. I was wondering I am 12 years old now and leasing a horse that is good but not good enough. The first horse I ever leased was a horse named Jubal, and he was a Quarer horse and he was slow and diddn't move very much. Then I leased another horse named Frankie, and he was very bad. He would take off and literaly would not stop and then a couple months later we had to put him down. Then this horse I am leasing now is a Thouroughbred and he is an okay horse and he someimtes gets into the ribbons and you don't really know what he is going to do. So what I am asking is, do you think it is time to buy my own horse? My mom is fine with it but were not sure if we should. We need a horse that will suit for Juniours and Hunters and Equitation. Please help me my horse now can't do this. And my trainer doesn't have anything avalible at the moment. Should we buy one or no? details exetend Also can you give me some websites to look at for horses for sale. I already look at dreamhorse.com and equine.com . ...

 Hello Ok i went on a school trip with my daughter. I could not ride the horse because they did not have enght horses so i desided to pet the horses. I petted all 12 horses and was told on nipt so i did not pet that one. I had a 12 year old child on the horse she was a little scared told her pet him make him your friend i petted him two times when i was bring my arm away from the hores the horse bit me is this comen thing to happen??? I love horses and i know i did not spoke him so why did he bite me and is it comen for a horse to lay down when it has a rider on it??? because that is what happend to my Daughter the horse just layed down on her with her on it. I am glad the horse had its bite in its mouth because i am sure he would of taken my skin off. It has been a week and my arm is still killing me how long does it take for a horse bit to heal?? thank you cathy ...

 Please see my other question for full story. Husband has green broke horse as he likes to call it. His friend that claims to be a horse trainer told him to beat the horse when it did something it wasn't supposed to do. Husband has a hard short leather whip that he swats the horse with in between his ears. Is it ok to swat the horse with a whip, smack the horse with your hand on the nose if he lips while petting or feeding, and this type of treatment? Also, I'm very afraid for my husbands life because he does not know what he is doing. the horse was acting while and he tied very tight to a tree with little to know give...horses nose was basically up against the trunk. He then mounted it. The horse started bucking and trying to knock him off. There were love limbs that almost caught my husbands neck. Imo if he were to fall off the horse the horse would have stepped on him because there was no where for it to go. Does all of this sound safe? I need to clarify the abuse statement in my previous question because husband says he was not 'beating the horse'. I did watch him swat the horse rather hard in my opinion on his side and in between his ears. Also, i feel that the horse could have been very confused about it because the horse bucked so my husband went to the barn got the whip and then 'spanked' him with it. Seems to me that the horse would have had no idea why he was swatted. Husband claims that he was simply showing the horse who was boss by swatting him and by forcing the horse to allow my husband to ride him. Is this correct? One more thing when he is simply leading the horse with a rope or petting him my husband will raise his hands high and kind of lunge forward quickly. He says that he is teaching him to back up. the horse does back up. But, aren't horses timid? Wouldn't it be backing up because it is somewhat scared or startled? All of this concerned because first and foremost I fear for my husbands life. This is a large animal and it seems that one should know exactly what they are doing before attempting to train them without any knowlege except for what friends tell me. My other concern is that the horse will end up mean. do horses hold grudges? ...