Sunday, December 13, 2009

Horseified Words

Ok there not real words but use them for fun!
Ok I took words and made them ~horsey~!
HORSEME = Awesome
HORSEIFIED = Modified
NEEEEEIGHBOURS = Neighbours
HORSETASTIC = Fantastic
HORSETACULAR = Spactacular
MANELY = Mainly
OK I WILL ADD MORE SOON IF YOU HAVE ANY POST A COMMENT WITH THE WORD AND I WILL ADD IT TO THE LIST!

Facts to see!


Random facts
-by the way there is no longer daily facts because I do get busy but I will post a set of facts at least once a week!


  1. An adult horses brain weighs about half a humans!

  2. Horses can't vomit

  3. Horses like sweet flavours and usually reject sour or bitter flavours!

  4. Horses teeth never stop growing!

  5. If you touch the behind area of a horses ears if the area is cold the horse is cold

  6. Its takes aprox. 9-12 months to grow a horse hoof

  7. Horses have been found in cave paintings that date back to 15000 bc!

  8. Horse have 16 muscles in each ear which allows the horse to rotate their ears 180 degrees

  9. The oldest horse recorded was born in 1760 and died in 1822 thats 62 years!

  10. If a horse has a red ribbon on its tail it means it kicks (you might want to ask because the person might not know this but if theres no one to ask stay on the safe side!)

  11. Horses have 7 common blood types

  12. Horses will mourn the passing of a companion!

Thanks 4 reading and tell your friends! + I wrote this in purple for my Auntie its her fav colour, she lives in the country and she does dressage!


A video to watch....

Hey readers check out this awesome, horseome video!
Its 4minutes 42 seconds long so make sure you have time to watch it now or come back later when you have time.
It also will be added to the bottom of the site if you want to see it later on:)
NOTE: it has music so turn your sound on!

Facts


TODAYS FACTS

  • Remember when I told you about the hyracotherium? the h0rse as tall as a fox that lived 50 million years ago? well I found out it had TOES!
  • You can find out a horses age by counting its teeth!
  • The shetland pony tends to be bigger in america and smaller in the UK
  • there are to main riding styles english and western

Saturday, December 12, 2009

merrychristmas


Its christmas soon! every post up to christmas
will have this pic! Merry x-mas horse
bloggers!

Friday, December 4, 2009

Dailys Facts + A weird one

DAILY FACTS ( I JUST POSTED YESTERDAYS BELATED FACTS)
  • a horses mother is called a dam
  • a farrier is the name of a person who cares for a horses hoof
  • On average the horses heart ways 10 pounds

Weird Fact

  • A white horse is actually called a "Gray" because it has black skin underneath, but there is also a pure "White" horse that has pink skin underneath these horses are very rare.

yesterdays daily fact + a weird 1

Sorry I didn't get time for yesterdays facts but here they are:
  • Horses love licorice
  • Horses are members of the "equus family" which a word from greese meaning quickness
  • A horse can drink up to 10 gallons of water a day
  • When a foal is born it takes around 1-2 hours to stand/walk

Weird Fact

  • Along time ago (seriously long ago) in certain parts of America horses were extinct until they were re introduced from natives of South America! - this information was from a interesting fact book on horses when I can get the title I will post it

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Daily Facts + a weird 1





  • Boy foals are called colts
  • Girl foals are called fillies
  • A one year old foal is called a yearling
  • When a horse is born there legs are almost as long a their full adult length
Todays weird fact is a weird picture! its a zorse! (zebra X horse) its at the bottom of the post

pic from google images




Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Flicka - a horse movie


Flicka is a awesome horse movie about a girl named Katy who discovers a beautiful mustang mare near her fathers ranch. She names the horse flicka meaning "beautiful girl". Her father will not let her keep the horse but she never gives up every night she creeps out and slowly tames flicka more and more. What will happen next? I totally think this is one of the best movies ever but be warned there is a few sad parts!!! Above is the cover of the dvd but there is other cover designs. Picture from google images

Daily Facts - at least 1 fact + a weird 1

Todays horse facts are.....
  • One of the first ever horses was called a Hyrocotherium and it lived about 50 million years ago and was about as tall as a fox!
  • Horses are scientifically called Equines
  • The oldest horse ever was 48 years old
  • Horses live for about 30 years, ponies often live longer
  • Andalusian horses can be taught to sit like a dog but it is very painful for them
  • Today there is a average population of 60 million domestic horses worldwide!

Todays weird fact is.......

  • Muals (donkey cross horse) can not breed the only way to get them is to breed a donkey and a horse

Monday, November 30, 2009

Andalusian

Andalusian horses are my favourite breed!! You know why? they are not just beautiful, they are spanish dancing horses! The actually move to the beat!! You can even watch them at shows!
This is a video of one its set in the medieval times just click on the link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkSY_EeNmhY

By the way there is even more amazing types with big leaps and tricks but this was just one I just found one on youtube

Daily Facts - at least one fact a day + a weird one

Horse facts for the day:
  • Horses are measured in hands - 10 cm / 4 inchs per hand
  • 13.2 hands or under is a pony over 13.2 is a horse
  • The part of the bridle thats goes in the horses mouth is called a bit
  • The smallest horse recorded is 50 cm - 5 hands
  • Always walk in front of a horse not behind so it knows your there

WEIRD FACT 4 THE DAY:

  • The soft part on a horses hoof is called a FROG!