when a horse is harnessed to a standard style wagon is are they pulling or pushing?
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Standard harness in the US and Europe used a horse collar and hames attached to the "tree" of the wagon. The horse pushed with its shoulders against the harness and in turn, pulled the wagon. The actual force exerted by the horse was a push.
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hmm. it has to be a mule. they usually say - as stubborn as a mule. and also mule is a descendant of donkey. so it has to be more stubborn than its father.
909070
I like the horse.  For some reason I feel safer on it.  Next would be the high bar.  I love to giant!
953566
She's out behind herself...you need to get her to engage her hind end and really reach underneath her body.  Also slightly on the forehand.  When you collect a canter, you want more up and down action with energy, not to stop the energy by slowing her down.  Nice looking horse though.
399212
A horse.  I LOVE HORSES!!!
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Declarations are not in yet for this meeting, but will be later this afternoon - check out www.racingpost.co.uk and click Cards on the left hand side of the page, then select the date you want and finally the course.\n\nAs a rough guide when picking out horses it is always a good idea to look at them in the paddock before the race.  Check to see if they look well (shiny coat, bright eyes, not looking overweight) and how they are reacting to the surroundings.  As a rule of thumb a horse that misbehaves before a race will not run well as they are not concentrating on their job.\n\nFinally pick up a Racing Post tomorrow morning and read through the form guides before you get to the meeting.\n\nHappy racing!
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Why change horses in midstream?
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I love horses, especially Peruvian Paso Horses and American Quarter Horses.\n\nPeruvians are gaited horses.  They are really smooth, and do not trot.\n\nBelow are links to more information on both breeds.
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They use all different kinds.  It depends on the horse, and how hard headed they are.  There's snaffle bits, mckerron bits, rubber bits, straight bits.  Look on www.ustrotting.com or go to www.bigdees.com and you can find all the information you need.
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Ummm...no they don't.\n\nLook closer.  There's a tight band around the horse's belly.  Not dangerously tight, or "animal-rights-activists - attention -worthy" tight, but tight enough so that when the animal is released out into the arena, it bucks in response and tries to get it off.\n\nDrugs like caffeine are also used, and horses are for sure abused right before being let out to make sure they're riled up.\n\nNot exactly pleasant, I know.
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Sounds like you've got the cart before the horse.
628196
Depends on the definition of "pull" and "push".
132076
Tending to push or thrust out.
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It is desired by every trainer to have the weight assigned to a horse to be the weight of a jockey. If a horse is assigned 112 lbs., the perfect weight for a jockey for that particular horse in that particular race would be 112 lbs.\n\nIf a horse is assigned 112 lbs. in a race and the jockey weighs 100 lbs. the horse is required to have lead placed in the saddle bags to make up for the twelve lb. diference, 112 lbs. assigned weight - 100 lbs. (jockey) = 12 LBS.\n\nFrom the time the horse leaves the gate, a jockey will guide the horse. Sometimes it is necessary to shift weight or change leads, (the front left/right leg a horse reaches out during its stride while racing). If there is dead-lead weight in the saddle bags, that weight rewmains in place and will not shift. The jockey can and will shift his weight, as the jockey see's fit, to ease up on the pressure of the weight the horse is carrying.\n\nTo answer the question about the standard weight of a jockey would determine the average weight assigned to the horses a jockey wishes to ride... \n\nIf a jockey rides in a claiming race, it would be best to get an average of the weights assigned to each horse at that racetrack and gear the weight a jockey is required to carry, to your own weight. The same holds true for allowance horses, and graded races...Stay as close to the assigned weighht as possible for the benefit of getting a mount.\n\nThere is no height requirement to be a jockey.
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it depends on the type of horse. in general a "team," "harras," or "stable."\n\ncolts are a "rag," or "rake."\n\nin the wild they are known as a "herd."
93755
This is probably a reference to the fact that when riding in a horse drawn buggy to make the horse stop you hold the reins so that holding your houses would actually cause them to wait.
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They're pulling in opposite directions.  The wagon isn't gonna accelerate.  (unless one kid knocks the other one down and runs off with the wagon!)