Nicola Jane Swinney

Horses (eBook, ePUB)

Fotograf: Langrish, Bob / Illustrator: Langrish, Bob

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A must-have book for horse enthusiasts.

The lives of humans and horses have been intricately linked for thousands of years, with equines depicted in cave paintings dating back to 5000BC. Horses have been developed by humans for many purposes - for war, for working in the field and in industry, for competitive sports events such as the Olympic Games, and as pets. Horses covers the world's most charismatic and iconic breeds, from the noble Arab and Akhal-Teke, through working breeds such as the mighty Percheron and diminutive Fell pony, to 'primitive' equines such as Przewalski's Horse and the Polish Konik.

Each breed entry showcases a unique and beautiful equine breed, showing it in magnificent full-colour photographs; these are accompanied by a historical account of the breed's origins and history. More than 70 amazingly diverse breeds are featured.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. August 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781472910837
• Artikelnr.: 41147510

Autorenporträt

Nicola Jane Swinney is a journalist who works for Britain's only equestrian news weekly, Horse & Hound. She has written for several magazines, both in the UK and America.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction The evolution of the horse Modern horses The horse in work The
horse in sports Beginnings Arab Thoroughbred Anglo Arab Barb Akhal-Teke
Sorraia PRE/Iberian Tarpan/Konik Wild and Feral Przewalski's Horse Namib
Desert Horse Camargue Chincoteague Mustang Nokota Brumby Exmoor Merens
Europe Friesian Gelderlander Hanoverian Trakehner Black Forest Chestnut
Selle Francais Percheron Fjord Icelandic Lipizzaner Belgian Haflinger Giara
United Kingdom Suffolk Shire Clydesdale Shetland Highland Cleveland Bay New
Forest Dartmoor Dales Fell Welsh Section A/B Welsh Section C/D Irish
Draught Connemara The Americas Quarter Horse American Saddlebred Morgan
Pony of the Americas Standardbred Appaloosa Tennessee Walking Horse Florida
Cracker Missouri Fox Trotter Rocky Mountain Horse Palomino Falabella Paso
Fino Peruvian Paso Mangalarga Marchador Criollo Rest of the World Caspian
Iomud Marwari Indonesian Breeds Australian Stock Horse Boerperd Orlov
Trotter Index