How do the horses sleep? ¿Do you question some time? Like all animals, our equine friends need sleep to regain strength and enjoy good health. In this article we will tell you how the horses sleep, how many hours and why they rest standing up. Beautiful sleeping horse Why do horses sleep on their feet? To be alert to what happens in their environment, horses sleep on their feet. Its anatomical system in the limb is kept in tension, therefore, although they rest they are attentive. Their reciprocal support device allows them to keep the limb extended without effort thanks to a combination of perfect tendons and ligaments. In addition to sleeping on their feet, they also lie on the ground. If they feel very comfortable and relaxed, they will lie on the floor to rest. Sleep Horse The support technique As they rest the horses apply a technique known as: Reciprocal support apparatus. This consists in that, while relaxing one of the extremities of the hindquarters, with the other endures all the weight of the body. Unlike human beings who would not hold much in this way, because the leg that supports the weight would tire, they thanks to the reciprocal device of support, can stand a long time like this, without having an overexertion in the muscles. How many hours a day does a horse sleep? Being an animal prey for other predators, the horse remains on alert even from an early age. This means that their rest time is not as extensive as that of a human being and even that of other animals such as lions, to give an example. Depending on your age, the mare or the horse, have different times and hours to rest.Foal: When a horse is born, it needs to sleep 12 hours. But he does it in a distributed way so that of each hour he usually rests half. After six months: 15 minutes per hour. Adult: 3 hours spread throughout the day.Unsuitable environmental conditions (e.g., lack of available space, weather), social insecurity (low standing on the pecking order), and physical complaints (musculoskeletal discomfort) all limit the ability of some horses to lie down. In turn, these horses can suffer REM deficiency and excessive drowsiness. Affected horses may transition into REM sleep while standing and partially collapse before suddenly waking up. Do horses dream? Surely, but we can never know what exactly they dream of. However, it is very important that we let them rest, since otherwise their health and even their lives could be compromised. The fact of being able to sleep like this for 15 or 20 minutes helps them to recover strength and energy. Sleeping horse Like humans and many other animals, horses experience both slow-wave sleep (SWS) and rapid-eye-movement (REM) deep sleep. (SWS is characterized by slow, synchronized waves of electrical activity in the brain as recorded by electroencephalography. REM sleep is characterized by jerky eye movements and rapid, disorganized brain waves.) REM sleep seems to occur mostly when the horse is stretched out flat on his side, rather than resting on his chest. People dream during REM, and it seems that horses do, too. Beneath closed lids, their eyes move rapidly back and forth. Sue McDonnell has even seen some horses move their feet as if “trotting” in their dreams. But what horses dream about is anyone’s guess. Sources: https://practicalhorsemanmag.com/health-archive/eqzzz629-11363 https://ker.com/equinews/sleep-requirements-horses/ https://www.thesprucepets.com/learn-how-all-horses-sleep-1887328 http://www.gustavomirabal.es/uncategorized/como-duermen-los-caballos   If you want to know more about Gustavo Mirabal or Equestrian Word, go to: https://gustavomirabalcastro.online or http://gustavomirabal.es or http://gustavomirabal.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/gustavomirabalcastro https://www.flickr.com/photos/161015276@N06/albums/ https://es.quora.com/profile/Gustavo-Mirabal-Castro https://www.wattpad.com/497522292-g-c-farm-gustavo-mirabal-castro-en-venezuela-g-c   TAGS: dreamREMSleep

Laminitis is a complex metabolic disease whose final result may be the separation of the helmet from the limb. Symptoms can vary from a slight limp on one side to the horse lying down. Also sweating and complaining, sometimes the symptomatology is diagnosed as colic or azoturia. LaminitisWatch this video on YouTube Treatment against laminitis The first step when a horse shows symptoms of pain in their hooves is: Call the veterinarian. Then it is necessary to comply with the doctor’s orders and wait for it to work to apply treatment against laminitis What to do while … While the veterinarian arrives take the following precautions, which are part of the treatment against this disease.Reduce the food drastically. Apply heat. Place the helmet in a hot solution of magnesium sulfate (which we pour over a bucket). Sell the area, without squeezing. To alleviate the pain dissolve a few aspirin (around five) in a little water Mix this with honey and flour and spread this mixture on the tongue every four hours until the veterinarian supplies a more adequate analgesic.Notes:In case of acute laminitis, the most usual treatment will be to immediately inject antihistamines of 27 mg x 50 kg. of weight, in addition to cortisones of 100 to 600 mg. We must also help the functioning of the intestine, for which it is necessary to use laxatives and place the animal in very soft beds. Occasionally, 300 mg of corticosteroids are injected into each vein of the foot and a tourniquet is applied to ensure its permanence in the arterial venous network for one hour.Other care In case laminitis is chronic, a pathological hardware is applied, avoiding touching the heels. The foot should also be cleaned daily, lime baths with 10% copper sulphate and then lubricated with vegetable tar and grease (foot ointment). To harden the sole, it is also very appropriate to immerse the foot or feet in gasoline or petrol, leave 10 minutes and, once dry, apply ointment. It will be observed that as the case grows (1 cm per month) the total recovery is achieved in about 6 months. What is laminitis Laminatis Description The problem with this disease is that the blood supply is interrupted in the horse’s hull blades. For this reason, the basement membrane of the leg is affected. The function of which is to join the distal phalanx of the inner wall of the helmet. The pain is very strong in addition to an inflammation in the area and this union is weakened significantly. Among the consequences of not discovering in time is a depression in the frontal zone of the crown of the helmet, until the total separation of the sheets of the same. Laminitis Symptom Among the symptoms of laminitis are:Lameness, especially when the horse turns in circles Heat in the helmet Increase in digital pulse Pain in the area of the tip of the frog when pressure is applied with a helmet pliers Resistance to walk (they walk sore, as if they “stepped on eggs”) If the animal does not want to walk when we force it walks with measured steps short and fast Antalgic posture (to relieve pain stretch the fore limbs forward and the hind limbs also forward, as if falling backwards) When affected in all four extremities the pain and discomfort is so strong that the animal lies down.Many people simply put the horse on a “starvation ration” and severely limit the horses’ diet of all nutrients. This is one of the worst things you could do as horses still require maintenance energy to function as well as essential amino acids, vitamins and minerals to assist in repairing damage caused by laminitis. At a bare minimum your horse requires approximately 1% of his own body weight as roughage. Laminitis is a disease that requires extreme care. The call to the veterinarian in this case and give all the necessary care to the horse should be considered urgently. Timely care guarantees total healing in the face of this terrible disease. With a good diet and preventive measures we can save many headaches. Sources: https://www.a-alvarez.comLaminitis – Causes, Clinical Signs, Management and Prevention  If you want to know more about Gustavo Mirabal or Equestrian Word, go to: https://gustavomirabalcastro.online or http://gustavomirabal.es or http://gustavomirabal.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/gustavomirabalcastro https://www.flickr.com/photos/161015276@N06/albums/ https://es.quora.com/profile/Gustavo-Mirabal-Castro https://www.wattpad.com/497522292-g-c-farm-gustavo-mirabal-castro-en-venezuela-g-c TAGS: #laminitisdiseasehoovesvet

Iñigo Muguerza’s biography Iñigo Muguerza Sainz de la Maza was born in Madrid in 1963. He is a Spanish sculptor and comes from a family of artists. He is grandson of the guitarist Regino Sáinz de la Maza (1896-1981) and great-grandson of the writer Concha Espina (1869-1955). Muguerza developed his artistic education in the Madrid studio of Amadeo Roca, between 1977 and 1985. Íñigo Muguerza: Qué dirían los caballos...Watch this video on YouTube He is an experienced rider. This led him to set up a blacksmith as part of his work as a sculptor of metals (mainly bronze), using the forge and exercising his trade as a blacksmith. For the sculptor Iñigo Muguerza blacksmithing is also an art, and very close to sculpture. “An Argentine friend-an illiterate gaucho-taught me how to make horseshoes twenty years ago.” But in addition to an art, blacksmithing is also a science. The aluminum horseshoes manufactured by Muguerza are therapeutic. The aluminiúm horseshoes solve different physical problems that animals may have. Facets of Íñigo Muguerza Inigo Muguerza Sainz de la Maza is a man of many facets. For he has become a sculptor, painter and a student of horsemanship and everything related to horses. It also has the ability to unite theory and practice. In his library there are hundreds of volumes about horsemanship and horses, but he does not theorize from the stand on cession to the leg, supports or meeting. Or how it affects the weight and position of the rider in the balance of the horse and its biomechanics. Íñigo does and teaches. In its center, horse-friendly riding is cultivated, correct and harmonious. Artistic trajectory Iñigo Muguerza Sculpture Iñigo has in his veins that artistic dowry that inherits him from his ancestors in this case of the musician Regino Sainz de la Maza -his grandfather- and the writer Concha Espina -his great-grandmother. However, his potential exerts it with his hands, capturing looks, gestures, expressions, which he hides in the mud and then fuses them in bronze.In 1991, the family of Fernando Martín, basketball player of Real Madrid and the Spanish team, commissioned a sculpture that was placed next to his tomb, in the cemetery of La Almudena, Madrid. In the year 2001, the City Council of Oviedo inaugurated the urban sculpture known as “Caballo”, designed by Muguerza, to decorate the facilities of El Asturcón Municipal Equestrian Center. The facilities were inaugurated in El Molinón in 1999. With the statue, which represents a horse that could be described as “Greco-Latin” for its stylized figure and its brio. It represents a steed with stretched snout, bristly rump and muscular legs. A statue in homage to his grandfather Regino can be visited in the public library of his Mazcuerras, in front of the house where the musician rehearsed every day. Two hands, in bronze, simulate playing on a guitar. His great-grandmother Concha Espina has also given him an instant of eternity. The statue, also in Mazcuerras, represents the writer in her last years. Being blind, writing in the falsillas that she used, next to two doves, the laurel of success and a leaf of cagiga that symbolizes the costumbrismo.A dedicated poem Iñigo Muguerza. [Iñigo Murguerza]Orfebre de alas cabalgar. [Goldsmith riding wings]Como su hermana princesa. [Like your sister princess ]Titán del arte febril. [Titan of febrile art ]Y de la tristeza. [And of sadness ]No hay roca que nazca en mi. [There is no rock born in me ]Que a Concha no se parezca. [That Concha does not look like ]Esculpela por mi, genial Iñigo Muguerza. [Sculpt her for me, great Iñigo Muguerza ]Ramiro Guzmán Man of art and trade, of theory and practice, rider and artist … That is Iñigo Muguerza Sources: http://www.gustavomirabal.es/arte/inigo-muguerza https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%C3%B1igo_Muguerza https://www.jesussierra.com/inigo-muguerza-jinete-escultor/   If you want to know more about Gustavo Mirabal or Equestrian Word, go to: https://gustavomirabalcastro.online or http://gustavomirabal.es or http://gustavomirabal.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/gustavomirabalcastro https://www.flickr.com/photos/161015276@N06/albums/ https://es.quora.com/profile/Gustavo-Mirabal-Castro https://www.wattpad.com/497522292-g-c-farm-gustavo-mirabal-castro-en-venezuela-g-c TAGS: IñigoMuguerzaRiderSculptorSpain

Lazlos the horse of the Prophet Muhammad and the spirituality in Islam. The horse was an animal that carried on its back the man who thought, sighed, understood designs. He became brave as he traveled in the penetrating dunes of the desert in the Arab countries. In this way, with this important mission came Lazlos a horse given by a governor of Egypt to the Prophet Muhammad. Watch this video on YouTube Importance of Lazlos the horse of Muhammad Quickly the founding prophet of Islam thought of a name for such an important gift. He decided to call him Lazlos, which means “desert horse”. Because he knew that more than a means of transportation. Lazlos would be his companion, confidant, guardian of long days and nights in solitude to expand the purpose of Allah (God of this religion). Muhammad and his horse Lazlos Lazlos lived next to Mahoma some of the most famous moments of Islam. One of them was his entrance from Muhammad to Mecca. Meca is the sacred place of Islam and currently the main pilgrimage site. Accordingly, Muhammad faithfully trusted his transit over the equine, thus achieving followers, visiting oases, acting as mediator between neighboring tribes. Likewise, in favor of consolidating the Islamic religion, he led armies, assaulted caravans of merchants, and fought against non-Muslims. From this vision, Lazlos, the horse of Muhammad, awoke in the prophet an infinite love and gratitude for the horses, especially for the mares. The Legend of Muhammad as the creator of the Arabian horse breed: In the beginnings of Islam, the prophet to achieve more followers thought about two main aspects: religious fervor and having fast horses. Muhammad worried about having a better breed of pure horses, selected a group of horses. After that, Muhammad deprived them of water for seven days. Later he left them free to drink. Just before reaching the place where the water was, Muhammad called them. Only five mares came to his call. Those five mares would be the ones selected to form the Arabian horse breed. However Lazlos Muhammad’s horse was one of the favorites, since it allowed him to live great moments to maintain the principles of Islam. Phrases of the Koran inspired by Lazlos the horse of Muhammad In the Koran there are phrases that denote the transcendence of horses of the Arab race for the spirituality of the human being. Among which we can mention “The devil will never dare to enter a shop inhabited by an Arab horse” He also wrote: “The more barley grains you give to your horse, the more sins you will be forgiven.” In short, both phrases warn about the purity of horses as animals at the service of man. Also, the way a man treats his horse can help him mitigate his sins. This was a part of the concerns of the great prophet Muhammad. There is no doubt about the recognition, gratitude and commitment that the horse of Mohammed was born from Lazlos on the relationship between man and horse. This allowed to maintain the lineage of Arabian equines that among its characteristics highlights its beauty, intelligence and good health. The role of Muhammad and Lazlos in history Battle of Badr In short, humanity rests on different forms of thought and belief in God from its essence as creator of the whole. However, the eastern Arab countries specifically Muslims keep their precepts, philosophy and ways of life keeping the reference to the Prophet Muhammad. It is important to note that before Muhammad, there was a large list of messengers sent by God. They had the mission of helping humanity to care for creation. Among them, it is worth mentioning: Abraham, Moses and Jesus of Nazareth. With this story happened in Saudi Arabia between the years 570 to 632 d.C. the horses like Lazlos, the horse of Mahoma not only was one of the main means of transport, also accompanied to the man in moments of war and peace. Finally on the back of Lazlos, rests the most radiant moments of the great prophet. The precepts that defined Islam as a religion in the Middle East. Beside him he developed the prayers that Muhammad would recite to Allah in moments of meditation. It is conflict, serenity and glory, therefore its value in history as a noble and resilient animal. Sources https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabian_horse http://mariaymalusanhi.blogspot.com/2011/10/manoma.html http://www.gustavomirabal.es/mundo-equino/lazlos-el-caballo-de-mahoma   If you want to know more about Gustavo Mirabal or Equestrian Word, go to: https://gustavomirabalcastro.online or http://gustavomirabal.es or http://gustavomirabal.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/gustavomirabalcastro https://www.flickr.com/photos/161015276@N06/albums/ https://es.quora.com/profile/Gustavo-Mirabal-Castro https://www.wattpad.com/497522292-g-c-farm-gustavo-mirabal-castro-en-venezuela-g-c   TAGS: LazlosMuhammad

Spanish show jumping riders Also know as Jumping, it is an Olympic discipline within riding. Show jumping consists of demonstrating the power, speed and dexterity of the horse and his respect for the obstacle. In turn, the rider will jump over a series of obstacles, in a given order, with different heights, according to the category in which he competes. In this article we will talk about some equestrian jump riders in Spain. Gijon 2017 Preview | FEI Nations Cup™ Jumping - GijonWatch this video on YouTube Alfredo Fernández Durán He was born in Madrid on February 2, 1964. He is a Spanish rider who competes in Show jumping. In turn, he participated in the Olympic Games in Seoul 1988. He obtained the 8th place in jumps by teams and in the 1994 World Equestrian Games played in The Hague, where he was 12th in team jumps. In 1991 he won the Grand Prix of Gijón and in 2010 the Royal Highness Prince of Asturias Trophy, both tests at the International Jumping Competition of Gijón. Luis Álvarez de Cervera He was born on July 23, 1947 in Madrid. He is a former Spanish rider. Although he did not obtain any Olympic medal, he received several Olympic diplomas, in his six Olympic participations. It is convenient to point out that in the Olympic presence of Spaniard it is only surpassed by the madrileño racewalking Jesús Ángel García Bragado and is equaled with the Catalan water polo Manel Estiarte. Jesús Ángel Garcia Bragado is a leading Spanish athlete specializing in the racewalking who has 7 participations in Olympic matches to his credit, world champion in Stuttgart 1993 in the distance of 50 kilometers and three times runner-up in the years 1997, 2001 and 2009 . Show jumping rider José Álvarez de las Asturias-Bohórquez Goyeneche Also known as José Álvarez de Bohórquez. He was born in Madrid, on March 23, 1895. José Álvarez was a Spanish riding rider, in the specialty of jumps. He was the son of Mauricio Álvarez de las Asturias-Bohorques Ponce de León, the first Spanish to participate in an Olympic Games. As the first Spanish in Olympic Games, he disputed competitions sword, saber and foil in the 1900 Summer Olympics. He participated in the Olympic Games in Paris in 1924, achieving a 9th place in the individual jumping competition and an 8th place in team jumps. At the Olympic Games in Amsterdam in 1928 he won the gold medal for teams in jumps and was tenth in the individual competition. He was Gentleman of camera with exercise of King Alfonso XIII. He married María Victoria Pérez de Guzmán and Moreno, III Marquesa de Aulencia. They had a son, José Álvarez de las Asturias. This rider died on February 27, 1993. Pilar Cordón Pilar Lucrecia Cordón Muro was born in Zaragoza, Spain; March 4, 1973. Pilar Cordón is the third daughter of Publio Cordon, businessman disappeared after a kidnapping of GRAPO in 1995. She is a Spanish Olympic rider, competing in the equestrian jump category. He began his sports career at age 16 in Italy. In addition, he has participated in two occasions in the World Equestrian Games. Also he participated three times in the European Championship of Equestrian Jumps. After being shortlisted to participate in the Olympic Games of Sydney 2000, her Olympic debut finally took place in Rio de Janeiro 2016, becoming the first Spanish woman to participate in the Olympic equestrian jumping events. Finished in 11th position by teams and 46th in the individual competition. Sources https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Spanish_show_jumping_riders https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Show_jumping https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Categor%C3%ADa:Jinetes_de_salto_ecuestre_de_Espa%C3%B1a https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfredo_Fern%C3%A1ndez_Dur%C3%A1n http://www.gustavomirabal.es/jinetes/jinetes-de-salto-ecuestre-de-espana   If you want to know more about Gustavo Mirabal or Equestrian Word, go to: https://gustavomirabalcastro.online or http://gustavomirabal.es or http://gustavomirabal.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/gustavomirabalcastro https://www.flickr.com/photos/161015276@N06/albums/ https://es.quora.com/profile/Gustavo-Mirabal-Castro https://www.wattpad.com/497522292-g-c-farm-gustavo-mirabal-castro-en-venezuela-g-c   TAGS: RidersShow jumpingSpain