Even after gelding, some horses still act like stallions-herding or even mounting mares, charging “rival” geldings, showing reluctance to separate from mares, and so on. Traditionally, these geldings are referred to as “proud cut”. It has been claimed that this was because the veterinarian had neglected to remove all of the testicular tissue. More likely, […]

Imprinting involves using mild constraint to rub and massage the foal’s body, with special attention given to the muzzle, ears, legs, rectum and reproductive parts.

The World’s Largest Horse was a Shire gelding named Samson, bred by Thomas Cleaver of Toddington Mills, England. Foaled in 1846, this horse measured 21.2 1/2 hand high in 1850, and weighed 3,360 pounds.

A horse can see better at night than a human. However, it takes a horse’s eyes longer to adjust from light to dark and from dark to light than a human’s.  The same is true with distance.  Humans can focus distance and closeness immediately where a horse takes longer to focus.

A white salt block usually only contains salt. A blue salt block usually has the addition of cobalt and iodine. A red salt block usually has iodine added. A brown salt block usually contains additional minerals (like selenium).