Virginia Riding Academy

Redgate Farm Hunters-5-5, 6-9, 8-25, 9-8, 10-6. Summerduck Jumpers-(Tues)-6-18, 7-9, 7-23. Rosemount Hunters 7-13. VHSA Associate Summer Show-6-28/30. VHSA Associate Championship Show-11-14/17.

02/03/2016

We've moved to Oakleaf Farm! So please like our new page!

04/17/2013

Next time Bandit bites you, keep that in mind.

Good to Know !!

Teeth ...
- The teeth take up more room in a horse's head than its brain does!! : ))
- Horses are both heterodontous and diphyodontous, meaning their teeth have multiple shapes (5 shapes total) and come in two sets (baby and permanent teeth)
- Horses have between 36 and 44 teeth
- Incisors, premolars and molars continuously erupt
- A horse's teeth are made of different degrees of hardness. This insures that the tooth will remain serrated and does not become worn smooth.
- A horse chews in a circular motion
- A horse is born with all the tooth he will ever have and that the teeth are meant to wear away. Unlike our teeth, a horse’s teeth do not contain nerve roots all the way, so filing the teeth causes no pain.The pulp contains the nerves.

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