Knowing Horses: Q&As to Boost Your Equine IQ - Paperback

by Carol A. Butler (Author), Les Sellnow (Author)

Did you know that a miniature horse weighs just a few pounds, while a giant draft horse can weigh well over a ton? Or that from a standstill a mule can jump, kangaroo-like, more than five feet high? With answers to hundreds of questions about behavior, physiology, training, and special breed characteristics, Knowing Horses has all your horse quandaries covered.

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Even if you've loved horses your entire life, there's always more to discover. This informative compendium of all things equine answers hundreds of questions about behavior, physiology, breed characteristics, training, sporting events, and the long-standing relationship between humans and horses.

Did you know...?

-A miniature horse weights just a few hundred pounds, while a giant draft horse can weigh well over a ton.

-Horses usually buck and rear out of pain and fear, not to misbehave.

-From a standstill, a mule can jump kangaroo-like over a wooden bar 5 feet high.

-The horses ridden by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police are a cross between Hanoverian and Thoroughbred.

-Only 11 horses have won the Triple Crown in its 130-year history.

-The only remaining genetically wild horse is the Przewalski (pronounced sha-VAL-skee).

-Genetically, there is no such thing as an albino horse.

-Rodeo events, such as team penning and bronc riding, developed from traditional cowboy skills.

Author Biography

Carol A. Butler is co-author of a series of natural history Q&A books with Rutgers University Press, a psychoanalyst, and a docent at the American Museum of Natural History. She lives in New York, New York.

Les Sellnow is a lifelong horseman, competitor, and journalist, as well as the author of eight horse books and hundreds of magazine articles. He writes regularly for The Horse and The Blood-Horse magazines. He lives in Riverton, Wyoming.