Know Your Horses E-Book

Jack Byard

• Herausgeber: Old Pond Books
• Kategorie: Lebensstil
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2020

Seitenzahl: 49

Beschreibung

"Know Your Horses" gives a full page photograph of each featured breed and Jack has conducted thorough research to produce an accompanying concise description of the animal's appearance, uses and history. He also includes fascinating snippets about the role of the breed in human history. Jack includes working horses, riding horses and ponies. Many of the breeds are well known and numerous; some are a little more unusual, while a couple teeter on the brink of extinction. Some are native and some are not but keep your eyes peeled around Britain today and you can see all 43 of the breeds featured in this book. This small format paperback is designed for the novice enthusiast of any age and provides perfect overview of this diverse species.

Leseprobe

Know Your Horses

Old Pond Publishing is an imprint of Fox Chapel Publishers International Ltd.

Editor: Sue Viccars

Designer: Emily Kingston

Copyright © 2020 by Jack Byard and Fox Chapel Publishers International Ltd.

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of Fox Chapel Publishers, except for the inclusion of brief quotations in an acknowledged review.

ISBN 978-1-912158-49-2(paperback)

978-1-912158-71-3(ebook)

A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

Fox Chapel Publishing, 903 Square Street, Mount Joy, PA 17552, U.S.A.

Fox Chapel Publishers International Ltd., 7 Danefield Road, Selsey (Chichester), West Sussex PO20 9DA, U.K.

www.oldpond.com

Cover photo: Haflinger; Photo on pages 2-3: Icelandic

Contents

Foreword

1 American Bashkir Curly

2 American Paint

3 Andalusian

4 Appaloosa

5 Arabian

6 Ardennes

7 Belgian Draught

8 Black Forest

9 Boulonnais

10 Cleveland Bay

11 Clydesdale

12 Comtois

13 Connemara

14 Criollo

15 Dales

16 Dartmoor

17 Drum

18 Dutch Draught

19 Eriskay

20 Exmoor

21 Falabella

22 Fell

23 Fjord

24 Friesian

25 Hackney

26 Haflinger

27 Highland

28 Hokkaido

29 Holstein

30 Icelandic

31 Irish Cob

32 Irish Draught

33 Jutland

34 Kaimanawa

35 Lusitano

36 Morgan

37 New Forest

38 Percheron

39 Shetland

40 Shire

41 Spanish Barb

42 Suffolk Punch

43 Thoroughbred

44 Welsh

Acknowledgements

Picture Credits

Friesian.

  1 American Bashkir Curly

Characteristics

Size: 14.2–15.2 hands (147–157 cm).

Colour: All horse colours.

The American Bashkir Curly is unusual in that its coat resembles mohair and is hypoallergenic; people with an allergy to straight-haired horses seldom have a reaction with the Curly. The look of the coat has been likened to crushed velvet, and the mane and tail can vary from ringlets to Jamaican dreadlocks. The breed is friendly, trusting and quick to learn.

There are many theories as to the breed’s origins. The main contender is an ancestor of the Russian Bashkir, but it has been proved that they are not related. Curly horses were used by the Lakota Sioux and the Crow Native Americans; they were sacred and owned only by tribal chiefs and medicine men. Native American drawings show the Curly at the Battle of Little Bighorn. In the late nineteenth century Giovanni Damele, an Italian immigrant living in Eureka, Nevada, started to breed Curlies. Also known as the American Curly Horse, North American Curly Horse or just Curly Horse, the breed is now found across the USA, in Canada, the British Isles, Australia and Europe.

  2 American Paint

Characteristics

Size: 14.2–15.2 hands (147–157 cm).

Colour: Bay, black, grey palomino, chestnut, blue roan and buckskin (tan/gold with black mane, tail and points), with distinctive white markings.

This breed’s brilliant appearance – each coloured patterned coat is unique – and intelligence are matched by its ability and performance. The American Paint Horse can reach speeds of up to 50–60 mph (80–96 kph). Descended from horses brought to the New World by the Spanish explorer Hernando Cortes in 1519, it soon became the horse of choice for the Native American Indian, particularly the Comanche. The American Paint Horse was also loved by the cowboys and ranchers of the American West.

At the beginning of the twentieth century numbers declined (along with cowboys and Native American Indians) as mechanization increased. It was left to a few individuals to save the breed. In 1962 the American Paint Horse Association came into being, dedicated to preserving the bloodline and colour of this intelligent and agile horse, which can now also be found in the British Isles and throughout the world.

  3 Andalusian

Characteristics

Size: 15.2–16.2 hands (157–168 cm).

Colour: Most are grey, but bay, black and chestnut occur in pure breeds.

The Andalusian is a real star: strong, stylish and sensitive, intelligent and quick to learn. Andalusian horses have appeared in many films including The Lord of the Rings and The Chronicles of Narnia.