A lope is a horse gait between a full out gallop and a trot. It’s a steady, easy gait that is sometimes called a canter in the English riding world. A lope is a three-beat gait (the fore leg and opposite hind leg strike the ground together, and the other…
From the cowboyshowcase.com website: “A “cavvy” is a group of ranch horses. The word comes from the term “cavvietta,” derived from Spanish and referring to the whole herd of horses that a ranch owns. The cavvy of horses is gathered by the horse wrangler in the morning and walked to…
From the Fiercetigress website: “The Appaloosa is descended from horses brought to the Americas by the Conquistadors’ Spanish-bred horses. Some of these horses either escaped or were set loose, and the Nez Perce obtained a number of their descendants. They prized the spotted horses above all, and selectively bred for…
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Horses do wander away and do get stolen. That’s a fact of life. In recent years a new technology has evolved that can help shelters, vets and law enforcement identify who the legal owner of a horse is. A small microchip is embedded under the horse’s skin and it can…
