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Facts About Horses
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FOALMale or Female horse
less than 1 year old COLTMale horse
between 2 and 4 years old
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YEARLINGMale or Female horse
between 1 and 2 years old FILLYFemale horse
between 2 and 4 years old MAREFemale horse
older than 4 years |
Don Henneke, PhD, developed the Henneke Body Condition Scoring System during his graduate study at Texas A & M University . It is based on both visual appraisal and palpable fat cover of the six major points of the horse that are most responsive to changes in body fat. The Henneke Scoring System is a scientific method of evaluating a horse’s body condition regardless of breed, body type, sex or age. Six parts of the horse are checked in this system - the neck, withers, shoulder, ribs, loin and tail. It is now widely used by law enforcement agencies as an objective method of scoring a horse’s body condition in horse cruelty cases. The Chart is accepted in a court of law.
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