The Cold

It is really cold today, I’ve waited for this all October, I love cold, to wear jackets and to hug people, to drink coffee and eat chocolate, I like it a lot, and because of this I started to wonder how horses protect themselves from the cold, so I investigated a little and found a really interesting information about horse anatomy.

This is an image of the internal parts of the horse anatomy, to have an idea of where is each organ and what is its main function.

Many kinds of respiratory diseases commonly limit the use of horses for performance, so when the lung is diseased or inflamed, cells of the immune system travel there to help out and otect the horse, because horses have high numbers of T lymphocytes in their lungs, both in and around the airways.

The horse has very efficient respiratory and circulatory systems that enable it to race at high speeds without running short of air. While walking, a horse consumes only 1 liter (about 0.25 gallon) of oxygen a minute, but at a racing gallop, its oxygen consumption can approach 60 liters (nearly 15 gallons) per minute. At the gallop, the horse’s head and neck move up and down in rhythm with each stride. This motion tends to squeeze and expand the lungs, so that a galloping horse automatically takes exactly one breath per stride. This mechanism ensures that the faster the horse gallops, the more air it takes in.

Also horses have fur and a layer of fat under the skin that protect them from cold.

This is very important to have in mind so you can take care of your horse, even if it has a very well synchronized immune system, you need to be very careful if an illness strikes it.

Have a nice day and protect yourself from the cold.

 "Welcome to Horse Health- The Immune System = The National Defense." A Complete Rider- Horses A Companion Web Site to The Complete Rider the TV Show. Web. 20 Oct. 2011. <http://www.completerider.com/immunesystemhorse.htm>.

"The Horse." Windt Im Wald Farm. Web. 20 Oct. 2011. <http://www.wiwfarm.com/The_Horse.html>.

Horse Racing

A race is a competition of speed in which the participants struggle to win, usually races are about running but in the case of horse racing, they involve riding.

There are three types of horse racing:

·         Flat Racing: is the most common horse racing, that is ran over an oval track, usually the horses that compete in this type of racing are thoroughbreds. Great Britain is the most common place where it takes place.

·         Steeplechasing: it is an obstacle race in which the horses need to jump or dodge the barriers. This kind of races usually takes place in Canada, Australia and Ireland.

·         Harness Racing: it is a form of horse racing in which the horses race at a specific gait. They usually pull a two-wheeled cart called a sulky.

Of course to participate on a horse racing you will need to train your horse and here is when Horse Whispering techniques become really useful for you. The conditioning program for the different horses varies depending on the race length, so before you start training your horse you should consider this factors and techniques in order to have a completely and successful training.

It is really important that you achieve a well-trained horse to compete, because there are a lot of risks and dangers in horse racing, the most common accident that occurs during a race is that a horse can stumble and fall exposing both jockey and horse to be hit and trampled causing severe injuries or even death in both of them.

It is everything for today, I hope you train your horses properly and if you compete I wish you luck, remember that winning is not everything and if you fail it gives you the opportunity to try again.}

Have a nice day!

"Horse Racing." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Web. 13 Oct. 2011. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horse_racing>