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    Know Your Horses
    Know Your Horses
    Know Your Horses
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    Know Your Horses

    By Jack Byard

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    "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.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOld Pond Books
    Release dateDec 1, 2020
    ISBN9781912158713
    Know Your Horses
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    Jack Byard

    Jack Byard is a former mechanic, jewellery craftsman and school technician. He is retired and now lives in Bradford. The popular "Know Your" series includes Know Your Sheep, Know Your Cattle and most recently Know Your Bees

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      Know Your Horses - Jack Byard

        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.

      Named after its place of origin (Andalusia in Spain) and also known as the Purebred Spanish Horse, the Andalusian is one of the oldest horse breeds in the world. Evidence from cave paintings found in the Iberian Peninsula suggest that the breed is at least 25,000 years old; it is descended from

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