Carol A. Butler

Knowing Horses

Q&As to Boost Your Equine IQ

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Get to the Heart of the Horse Even if you've loved horses your entire life, there's always more to discover. This informative compendium of all things equine answers hundreds of questions about behavior, physiology, breed characteristics, training, sporting events, and the long-standing relationship between humans and horses. Did you know...?-A miniature horse weights just a few hundred pounds, while a giant draft horse can weigh well over a ton.-Horses usually buck and rear out of pain and fear, not to misbehave.-From a standstill, a mule can jump kangaroo-like over a wooden bar 5 feet high.-The horses ridden by the Royal Canadian Mounted Po… Mehr

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Weitere Autoren: Sellnow, Les

ISBN: 978-1-60342-798-2
EAN: 9781603427982
Produktnummer: 13074091
Verlag: Workman
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
Seitenangabe: 256 S.
Masse: H20.3 cm x B14.1 cm x D1.6 cm
Abbildungen: Trade Paperback

Über den Autor

Carol A. Butler is co-author of a series of natural history Q&A books with Rutgers University Press, a psychoanalyst, and a docent at the American Museum of Natural History. She lives in New York, New York.Les Sellnow is a lifelong horseman, competitor, and journalist, as well as the author of eight horse books and hundreds of magazine articles. He writes regularly for The Horse and The Blood-Horse magazines. He lives in Riverton, Wyoming.