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This is a & #39;Tay has lost it & doesn& #39;t know what to talk about here& #39;s some horses and we& #39;ll see what the theme of this discussion is when we get there& #39;:
Part 1: Here& #39;s a pony of the americas. My first pony was a POA, (not this one), he was a stubborn ass & I loved him dearly
Part 1: Here& #39;s a pony of the americas. My first pony was a POA, (not this one), he was a stubborn ass & I loved him dearly
Fun fact, a pony is literally just a smaller horse, and in the hunter/jumper world ponies are anything under 14.2 hands tall. Certain breeds are bred to be that height & under, and so they are & #39;pony breeds& #39;. It does not mean young horse.
Here& #39;s a Welsh Pony.
Here& #39;s a Welsh Pony.
What& #39;s a hand, you say? It& #39;s 4 inches. And it& #39;s measured at the height of their withers. Like this! But uh. Don& #39;t use your hands. Use a measuring stick. The other lines for measuring for blanketing purposes.
Hmm. Withers are probably not something common to know. Here& #39;s an anatomy chart; one time I had to memorize this (among other things) for a damn medal class when I was like, 12,, because at one point in the testing phase the judges can literally ask you any horsemanship question
A Medal class is a special equitation class. Which is a special jumping class. Mostly for juniors, It& #39;s judged on how well you handle the courses. Many riders who do well in Medal Finals go on to be the top in the sport. I& #39;m just gonna say watch HorsePower https://youtu.be/GjwFF9eg2Dc ">https://youtu.be/GjwFF9eg2...
Okay diving back out of the deep hunter/jumper show world,,,, or, maybe just slightly: here& #39;s the kind of horses that you typically see in the show circuit. Warmbloods. Lots of Warmbloods. Yes all horses are warmblooded, that& #39;s not what it means. (I& #39;ll explain in the next post).
Okay, WARMBLOODS are horses that have been bred specifically for sport: Dressage, Jumping, Eventing, are the main ones I& #39;m talking about. (These are all things you see in the olympics, btw). There are A TON OF DIFFERENT BREEDS OF WARMBLOODs. These are just off the top of my head.
I won& #39;t go into depth, but basically A LONG TIME AGO they bred draft horses with hot blooded horses to make-warmbloods! Horses that would eventually have the best of both worlds between lighter, high energy horses, & big, strong, durable horses. Here is a Draft & a Thoroughbred:
If you bred a draft and a thoroughbred, no, you are not a warmblood breeder. You have a DraftxTB. Warmbloods are Centuries/Decades in the making (depending on breed). There are things called inspections for Mares/Foals/Studs.
![That& #39;s a lot of breed talk, even if it& #39;s barely scratching the surface. Fun fact! I worked for a Hanoverian Breeder for a couple years. I won& #39;t drop their barn name here for privacy, but they had amazing horses & I do miss them. Here& #39;s photos [NOT OF THEM] Again, privacy thing.](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EU0AIJjX0AAnUPA.jpg "That& #39;s a lot of breed talk, even if it& #39;s barely scratching the surface. Fun fact! I worked for a Hanoverian Breeder for a couple years. I won& #39;t drop their barn name here for privacy, but they had amazing horses & I do miss them. Here& #39;s photos [NOT OF THEM] Again, privacy thing.")
![That& #39;s a lot of breed talk, even if it& #39;s barely scratching the surface. Fun fact! I worked for a Hanoverian Breeder for a couple years. I won& #39;t drop their barn name here for privacy, but they had amazing horses & I do miss them. Here& #39;s photos [NOT OF THEM] Again, privacy thing.](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EU0AKneXYAIwkwx.jpg "That& #39;s a lot of breed talk, even if it& #39;s barely scratching the surface. Fun fact! I worked for a Hanoverian Breeder for a couple years. I won& #39;t drop their barn name here for privacy, but they had amazing horses & I do miss them. Here& #39;s photos [NOT OF THEM] Again, privacy thing.")
