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edit  The Horses Portal The horse (Equus ferus caballus) is a domesticated, one-toed, hoofed mammal. It belongs to the taxonomic family Equidae and is one of two extant subspecies of Equus ferus. The horse has evolved over the past 45 to 55 million years from a small multi-toed creature, close to Eohippus, into the large, single-toed animal of today. Humans began domesticating horses around 4000 BCE, and their domestication is believed to have been widespread by 3000 BCE. Horses in the subspecies caballus are domesticated, although some domesticated populations live in the wild as feral horses. These feral populations are not true wild horses, which are horses that never have been domesticated and historically linked to the megafauna category of species. There is an extensive, specialized vocabulary used to describe equine-related concepts, covering everything from anatomy to life stages, size, colors, markings, breeds, locomotion, and behavior. Horses are adapted to run, allowing them to quickly escape predators, and possess a good sense of balance and a strong fight-or-flight response. Related to this need to flee from predators in the wild is an unusual trait: horses are able to sleep both standing up and lying down, with younger horses tending to sleep significantly more than adults. Female horses, called mares, carry their young for approximately 11 months and a young horse, called a foal, can stand and run shortly following birth. Most domesticated horses begin training under a saddle or in a harness between the ages of two and four. They reach full adult development by age five, and have an average lifespan of between 25 and 30 years. Horse breeds are loosely divided into three categories based on general temperament: spirited "hot bloods" with speed and endurance; "cold bloods", such as draft horses and some ponies, suitable for slow, heavy work; and "warmbloods", developed from crosses between hot bloods and cold bloods, often focusing on creating breeds for specific riding purposes, particularly in Europe. There are more than 300 breeds of horse in the world today, developed for many different uses. (Full article...) Refresh with new selections below (purge) Selected article - show another Entries here consist of Good and Featured articles, which meet a core set of high editorial standards. Black Allan at James Brantley's farm, c. 1905 Black Allan or Allan F-1 (1886 – 1910) was the foundation sire of the Tennessee Walking Horse. He was out of a Morgan and Thoroughbred cross mare named Maggie Marshall, a descendant of Figure and the Thoroughbred racing stallion Messenger; and sired by Allandorf, a Standardbred stallion descended from Hambletonian 10, also of the Messenger line. Black Allan was registered as No. 7623 by the American Trotting Registry. Although Black Allan was supposed to be a trotter, he preferred to pace, and so never raced. Besides the pace, he performed a lateral ambling gait now known as the running walk. (Full article...) List of selected articles Go Man Go Easy Jet Laurentia Tan Bruce Davidson (equestrian) Horses in the Middle Ages Garrett's Miss Pawhuska Jersey Act Equine nutrition Pony Express Dominant white Barbara L Calgary Stampede Horses in warfare Lightning Bar Sheila Varian Horses in World War I Gná and Hófvarpnir Poco Pine William T. Porter Sleipnir The Livestock Conservancy Luke McLuke Skipper W Grévy's zebra Bazy Tankersley Bud Dunn Chicado V Homer Davenport Thunder (mascot) Miss Meyers William Robinson Brown List of Olympic medalists in equestrian Cerbat mustang History of the horse in Britain Cumberland Island horse Limbs of the horse Horse rings in Portland, Oregon Hannah Dodd Naborr edit  Selected image Credit: Library of Congress A huaso in Chile. A huaso is a Chilean countryman and skilled horseman, similar to the Argentinian or Uruguayan gaucho, the American cowboy, and Mexican vaquero and charro. More selected images Gallery Read more... edit  Latest updates Article alerts for WikiProject Equine Today's featured article requests 17 Jan 2025 – William Robinson Brown (talk · edit · hist) has been proposed for Today's Featured Article by Z1720 (t · c); see discussion Good article nominees 01 Aug 2024 – Main Street Vehicles (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Jackdude101 (t · c); start discussion Articles to be merged 28 Oct 2024 – Pony Club Association of New South Wales (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Pony Club by Grorp (t · c); see discussion 28 Oct 2024 – Pony Club Association of Victoria (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Pony Club by Grorp (t · c); see discussion 28 Oct 2024 – Pony Club Australia (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Pony Club by Grorp (t · c); see discussion 28 Oct 2024 – New Zealand Pony Clubs Association (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Pony Club by Grorp (t · c); see discussion 28 Oct 2024 – United States Pony Clubs (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Pony Club by Grorp (t · c); see discussion 28 Oct 2024 – The Pony Club (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Pony Club by Grorp (t · c); see discussion Updated daily by bot edit  More did you know? ...that, owing to Henry Babson's selective breeding work, thousands of Arabian horses today have "Babson-influenced" bloodlines? ...that a galloping horse must breathe with every stride, due to the movement of the gut contents pushing forward and back on the diaphragm? ...that an easy keeper is a term used to describe a horse, pony, or other equine that can live on relatively little food? ...that near the end of World War II, American soldiers conducted a raid behind Soviet lines to rescue the bay stallion Witez II from a Czechoslovakian stud farm at the behest of captured German officers? More did you know facts edit  Related portals Selected breed - show another Entries here consist of Good and Featured articles, which meet a core set of high editorial standards. Silver dapple-colored Rocky Mountain Horse The Rocky Mountain Horse is a horse breed developed in the state of Kentucky in the United States. Despite its name, it originated not in the Rocky Mountains, but instead in the Appalachian Mountains. A foundation stallion, brought from the western United States to eastern Kentucky around 1890, began the Rocky Mountain type in the late 19th century. In the mid-20th century, a stallion named Old Tobe, owned by a prominent breeder, was used to develop the modern type; today most Rocky Mountain Horses trace back to this stallion. In 1986, the Rocky Mountain Horse Association was formed and by 2005 has registered over 12,000 horses. The breed is known for its preferred "chocolate" coat color and flaxen mane and tail, the result of the relatively rare silver dapple gene acting on a black coat, seen in much of the population. It also exhibits a four-beat ambling gait known as the "single-foot". Originally developed as a multi-purpose riding, driving and light draft horse, today it is used mainly for trail riding and working cattle. (Full article...) List of selected breeds Andalusian horse American Cream Draft Appaloosa Boulonnais horse Banker horse Chincoteague Pony Cleveland Bay Haflinger Icelandic horse Marwari horse Dølehest Ardennais Arabian horse Breton horse Carolina Marsh Tacky Brumby Eriskay Pony Clydesdale horse Finnhorse Florida Cracker Horse Jutland horse Italian Heavy Draft Kaimanawa horse Lusitano Narragansett Pacer Nokota horse Shire horse Sorraia Thoroughbred Trait du Nord Percheron New Forest pony Suffolk Punch Castillonnais Heck horse Namib Desert Horse Quarter Pony Spotted Saddle Horse Kiger mustang Did you know (auto-generated) ... that Utter served as a Stockholm police horse for more than 23 years, participating in 515 changings of the Royal Guards? ... that the 17-animal inheritance puzzle has variously been stated with 17 camels, 17 elephants, or 17 horses? ... that Carrbridge Packhorse Bridge is the oldest-known stone bridge in the Scottish Highlands? ... that when built in the 1880s, London's Hesper Mews was home to servants, stables, and horses, but within a century it was populated by artists, military officers, and an Astronomer Royal? ... that a viral dance in which performers mimic driving a car was performed by #Amishtiktok content creators, who substituted operating a horse and buggy? ... that an incident at Bridle Trails State Park resulted in a horse being euthanized? General images The following are images from various horse-related articles on Wikipedia. Image 1A dehydrated anatomical specimen (from Equine anatomy) Image 2The pinna of a horse's ears can rotate in any direction to pick up sounds (from Equine anatomy) Image 3Secondary characteristics of a stallion include heavier muscling for a given breed than is seen in mares or geldings, often with considerable development along the crest of the neck, as shown in this image. (from Equine anatomy) Image 4Restoration of Mesohippus (from Evolution of the horse) Image 5Points of a horse (from Equine anatomy) Image 6This image shows a representative sequence, but should not be construed to represent a "straight-line" evolution of the horse. Reconstruction, left forefoot skeleton (third digit emphasized yellow) and longitudinal section of molars of selected prehistoric horses (from Evolution of the horse) Image 7alt=Muscles of the Horse Torso (from Equine anatomy) Image 8A horse's skeleton (from Equine anatomy) Image 9Relief depicting Assyrian king Ashurbanipal in a chariot, inspecting booty and prisoners from Babylon (from Domestication of the horse) Image 10Equus caballus germanicus front leg, teeth and upper jaw at the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin (from Domestication of the horse) Image 11Drawing of a horse, a mammoth, a rhinoceros in the Shulgan-Tash Cave, 25-10 thousand years B.C. (from Domestication of the horse) Image 12Equine stomach. (from Equine anatomy) Image 13Extinct equids restored to scale. Left to right: Mesohippus, Neohipparion, Eohippus, Equus scotti and Hypohippus. (from Evolution of the horse) Image 14Skeletal evolution (from Evolution of the horse) Image 15The early stages of domestication were marked by a rapid increase in coat color variation. (from Domestication of the horse) Image 16A Luristan bronze horse bit (from Domestication of the horse) Image 17Pliohippus pernix (from Evolution of the horse) Image 18Chariots of Ramesses II and the Hittites in the Battle of Kadesh, 1274 BCE (from Domestication of the horse) Image 19Mounted skeleton of Hagerman horse (Equus simplicidens) (from Evolution of the horse) Image 20Restoration of Eurohippus parvulus, a mid- to late Eocene equid of Europe (Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin) (from Evolution of the horse) Image 21A Heck Horse, bred to resemble the now-extinct Tarpan (from Domestication of the horse) Image 22A horse painting from a cave in Lascaux (from Domestication of the horse) Image 23Equine colon (from Equine anatomy) Image 24A horse's eye (from Equine anatomy) Image 25Skull of a giant extinct horse, Equus eisenmannae (from Evolution of the horse) Image 26Eohippus, with left forefoot (third metacarpal colored) and tooth (a, enamel; b, dentin; c, cement) detailed (from Evolution of the horse) Image 271- Heel perioplium, 2-Bulb, 3-Frog, 4-Frog cleft, 5-Lateral groove, 6-Heel, 7-Bar, 8-Seat-of-corn, 9-Pigmented walls 10-Water line, 11-White line, 12-Apex of the frog, 13-Sole, 14-Toe, 15-How to measure hoof width (blue dotted line), 16-Quarter, 17-How to measure length (blue dotted line) (from Equine anatomy) Image 28Fossil Megahippus mckennai (from Evolution of the horse) Image 29Surroundings of the Shirenzigou archaeological site in Barkol County. (from Domestication of the horse) Image 30Merychippus, an effective grazer and runner (from Evolution of the horse) Image 31Protohippus simus (from Evolution of the horse) Image 32Restoration of Phenacodus (from Evolution of the horse) Image 33Reconstruction of possible ancestral coat colors. (from Evolution of the horse) Image 34Terracotta urn in the shape of a horse (Iran, 1000 BCE) at the Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library (from Domestication of the horse) Image 35The dispersal of the DOM2 genetic lineage, believed to be the ancestor of all modern domesticated horses, is linked with the populations which preceded the Sintashta culture and their expansions. (from Domestication of the horse) edit  Topics Horse • Pony • Asinus • Equus (genus) • Equidae • Zebra • Glossary of equestrian terms • List of horse breeds • Evolution of the horse • Domestication of the horse • Horse care • Stable • Horse training • Equestrianism • Horse tack • Saddle • Equine nutrition • Equine anatomy • Equine conformation • Equine coat color • Equine coat color genetics • Horse markings • Equine vision • Horse hoof • Horseshoe • Horse gait • Horse behavior • Horse breeding • Breed registry • Equine infectious anemia • Horse colic • Lameness • Laminitis • Horse slaughter • Horses in warfare • Arabian horse • Thoroughbred edit  Subcategories Category puzzle Select [►] to view subcategories Horses Horses by country Horse behavior Horse breeds Horse coat colors Equine genetics Equine therapies Equine welfare Horse history and evolution Horse gaits Horse health Horses and humans Individual horses Lists of horses Ponies Horse subspecies Types of horse Horse stubs A horse-related category at random New articles This list was generated from these rules. 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