My New Horse

Trapezoids

What do trapezoids have to do with horse judging?

You use them to tell the balance of the horse!

"And you do this, HOW?" You might be asking. (Yes, I realized I just started a sentence with and. And I don't care.)

First, in case you don't know, a trapezoid has a short line on top, two sides slanted out 45 degrees, and a longer line attaching to those two lines on the bottom.

Sorta like horses!

You draw a line from the withers to the loin; that's called the topline, and it's supposed to be short. See? There's the short line on top.

Then, the shoulders are supposed to be sloping 45 degrees, to allow length of stride. There you have your two sloping lines.

The underline is a line drawn from the bottom of one sloping line to the bottom of the other.

And there you have a trapezoid!

Digestive system of the horse

What system of the horse is complicated and digests food? If you said the digestive system, you’re correct. If you guessed the solar system, you aren’t. The first part of the digestive system is the mouth. The lips grab the food, which is called prehension. Once in the mouth, the teeth crush, grind and tear the food, which is called mastication, otherwise known as chewing. The salivary glands produce saliva, which softens it. Next, it goes down the esophagus. At the bottom of the esophagus, it goes through the cardiac sphincter, which is very strong, which makes it so the horse can’t throw up, to the stomach, where it gets churned with digestive juices, then it goes through the pyloric sphincter to the small intestine, which is split into three parts: the duodenum, the jejunum, and the ileum. Most of the digestion of nutrients occurs here, since it’s the longest part of the digestive tract, 70 feet. Off to the large intestine it goes, which is composed of the cecum, the large colon, and the small colon. Finally, it goes to the rectum and gets expelled through the anus. This complicated system is a testimony to our wonderful creator, who created the whole solar system, which is, by the way, not in the horse. ;)