Horses

• Shire


  Heavy

  
• Clydesdale


  Heavy

  
• Suffolk


  Heavy

  
• Clevelandbay


  Uk Native Horse

  
• Irish Draught


  UK Native Horse

  
• Shetland


  UK Native Pony

  
• Dartmoor


  UK Native Pony

  
• Exmoor


  UK Native Pony

  
• New Forest


  Uk native pony

  
• Welsh


  uk native pony

  
• Connemara


  Uk native pony

  
• Dales


  uk native pony

  
• Highland 


  uk native pony

  
• Thoroughbred 


  Racing and Sports

  
• Standardbred


  Racing

  
• Quarterhorse


  racing

  
• Arab


  Racing

  
• Warmblood


  Sports

  
• Irish sport horse


  Sports

  
• Appaloosa 


  Miscellaneous

  
• Cob


  Miscellaneous

  
• Horse vs pony


  Horse = over 148cm

  Pony = under 148cm
• equestrian disciplines 


  olympics - dressage, showjumping, eventing

  racing

  polo

  endurance

  driving

  showing

  vaulting

  western riding

  pleasure horses
• wild horses graze 18hrs a day and travel 15km a day

  owned horses may be prone to obesity as they don’t walk long distances whilst grazing
• stable management 


  design

  • size, light, bedding, nutrition

  feed and nutrition

  • access to forage, evolved to eat from floor

  mucking out

  • stables must be clean and dry
• stable management 


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  • size, light, bedding, nutrition

  feed and nutrition

  • access to forage, evolved to eat from floor

  mucking out

  • stables must be clean and dry
• stable advantages

  • dietary control
  • prevents injuries

  stable disadvantages

  • limits natural grazing
  • manual labour
• Grazing advantages

  • More natural
  • Less labour intensive

  Grazing disadvantages

  • Takes up more land space
  • Risk of injury
• must have water at all times

  horses wont graze near droppings, poo picking

  shelter and weather protection

  fencing
• daily horse care


  groom and pick out feet

  monitor for normal demeanour
• exercise


  strenuous exercise increases risk of injury
• diseases in stabled horses


  respiratory diseases due to dust, mould and mites

  stereotypies = behavioural changes
• laminitis = inflammation of laminate in hoof
• colic = abdominal pain
• gastric ulceration = due to periods of feed restriction
• gastric ulceration = due to periods of feed restriction
• myopathies = muscle breakdown after exercise
• injuries can be to tendons and ligaments after exercise