The Illustrated Guide To Horse Breeds

From the Pryor Mountain Mustang to the Tennessee Walking Horse, North America is home to an amazing variety of horses. In this lavish, photograph-filled guide, Judith Dutson provides 96 in-depth profiles that include each breed’s history, special uses, conformation standards, and more. You’ll learn about homegrown favorites like the Morgan, Appaloosa, and Quarter Horse, as well as exotic imports like the Mangalarga Marchador and the Selle Français. Take a continental horse tour without ever leaving your home.

For thousands of years, the horse has been man's constant companion at work and play. This noble and graceful creature combines speed, strength and beauty with intelligence and a willing nature, attributes which make it worthy of any animal lover's admiration.

An invaluable guide for the horse owner or horse lover, this illustrated directory features color photographs of major breeds for identification, sections on rare breeds, as well as detailed and practical information on the care, training, breeding, and showing of horses. This hardcover reference is a comprehensive visual directory of the officially recognized world horse breeds. It includes coimprehensive coverage of lesser-known breeds, and full-color identification photographs are accompanied by information on key features of the breed. Also, contains the at-a-glance information boxes highlight height range and ancestry.

Horses: The Illustrated Guide to Breeds is a comprehensive visual directory of the officially recognized world`s horse breeds including evolution, history and numerous professional photographs of the horse breeds included. The introductory section begins with the evolution and history of the horse- from its earliest ancestors to the basic horse types. The domestication of the horse, modern breeds, good horse management, psychology and behavior, the life cycle of the horse, and the role of the horse today are all included and illustrated in this introductory section. The next sections of Horse: The Illustrated Guide to Breeds features sections on the anatomy, physiology, and psychology of the horse, and specialist terminology is illustrated with examples taken from the breeds featured in the Encyclopedia. It ends with a glossary of clearly explained horse terms that ensures you will gain the maximum information and enjoyment. Photographs, maps, and drawings show how particular conformations and characteristics have evolved into groupings which are recognized today. This guide to horse breeds is a thorough investigation of the history of horse breeds and information on breeds thriving today. For the person in your life who loves horses, is looking to own a horse or for the child who loves ponies, Horses: The Illustrated Guide to Breeds is a great gift.

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An amazing variety of horse breeds roam North America’s vast and geographically diverse landscape. This detailed portable handbook celebrates the unique qualities of 96 regional breeds, from the sleek muscles of racing thoroughbreds and the stoic power of draft horses to the easy gait of pleasure horses at your local farm. Fascinating facts about each horse breed’s size, talents, and suitability for various types of work are accompanied by full-color photographs in this fun and informative reference guide.

This all-in-one guide covers everything on horses and horse care, including stable management, horse grooming, breed information, and more through 600+ beautiful photgraphs.

A standard reference on horse breeds, illustrated and updated Celebrating the animal that has been a stalwart servant to humankind for countless generations, Bonnie Hendricks’s International Encyclopedia of Horse Breeds is the most thorough compilation of horse breeds ever attempted. The nearly four hundred entries, arranged alphabetically, include foundation breeds now extinct as well as extant breeds from across the globe. Each entry details the breed’s origin and background, size, appearance, chief use, and status (rare versus common). A list of breed associations and government departments that supplied data and photographs for the encyclopedia has been fully updated for this edition. With its breadth and depth of coverage, as well as 530 black-and-white and 32 color illustrations, the encyclopedia continues to be a standard international reference.