Horse types

The appearance of the domestic horse varies in its body, the body size, coat and color. Depending on the purpose for which horses are bred, their types, subdivided into so-called cold-blooded, warmbloods, thoroughbreds and ponies.

The cold-blooded animals including horses, usually weighing over 800 kilograms. These breeds were used primarily for field work or forestry work Warm-blooded animals are more likely, however the typical type of riding horses, as they are lighter and more mobile. Moreover, they are also good dressage and jumping horses.

Thoroughbreds are sport horses, which are usually very sensitive and can run up to 70 km / h (maximum speed, the maximum average speed to 160 km is about 12-20 km / h [1]).
Ponies are small horses at 1.48 m height at the withers, usually with strong, stable bones, strong teeth and a long life expectancy, which are robust and hold for riding and driving can be used.

Half-breeds are a mixture of thoroughbreds and a non-thoroughbred race.
The terms cold, warm and whole blood did not depend on the amount of heat or even the blood of the horse to name but a predominant temperament of each horse type.

Thus, cold-blooded animals in general, tend to react calmly and thoughtfully, while Thoroughbreds are considered more as a nervous and excitable, and manage not nearly as straightforward as cold-blooded animals.


Horses are tiptoeing running alone on the third, the middle toe. The remaining digits are atrophied and get the skeleton of the foreleg as a rudimentary splint bones. Because the eyes are located laterally on the head, horses can see almost all around 350 °, but have a poor spatial awareness.

But what exactly is in front of their nose or behind them, notice them until they turn their heads. Although horses are not color-blind, but can not distinguish all the colors from each other. Brown, green and gray horses can not tell - colors like white, red, yellow and blue, however, see it very well. Horses see in the dark better than humans, however, need longer to adapt to rapid light-dark changes.

The hearing of the horse is very fine, and the ear cups can be made movable in all directions
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