Exterior and athletic qualities in horses

Knowledge of effective exterior features can help us to choose the most suitable horse for a particular sport. In the future, we will be able to get a champion with using proper maintenance, feeding, care and training of horse. The height at the withers of the Hanoverian rock is 14.3 cm high, that is allow to overcoming of the obstacle, it expends less force than other breeds. According to the length of the trunk, the Hanoverian horse has 31.3 cm larger than the other studied breeds, which increases the length of its step. That demonstrates a higher speed of overcoming the routes. The Hanoverian breed has 20.1 cm on the girth of the chest, that is larger, then another breeds. It is indicates a greater volume of the lungs. This horses have 2.1 cm on the girth of the pastern, that is larger than the rest ones. It is revealed that the breed of horse has significantly influences on its speed: the average speed the Russian trotting breed is significantly higher than the Oryol breed: at the age of two - 15.8 sec or 9.5 %, at the age of three - 10.2 sec or 7 %, at the age of four - 6.9 sec or 5 %. As a result of our study we have observed negative relationships between the measurements and the speed. That can be explained by the fact that at the age of 2-3 years foals perform worse, since they have not yet formed organism. There is one more important fact: young horses have often injuries during high load competition, which limit fully revealing their potential at the older age. The Hanoverian breed of horses is suitable to achieve better results in jumping than other studied breeds of horses.