Your new to the horse world and some of the words you hear around the stable make you stop and wonder what are they talking about! Your first step into your horse world journey is to know the terms and what they mean.

Adult Horses:

Mare - Adult female horse (3 years and older)

Gelding - Castrated adult male horse (3 years and older)

Stallion - Uncastrated adult male horse (3 years and older)

Pony - A full-grown small horse (14.2 hands and under)

​Young Horses:

Foal - A newborn baby horse (before weaning)

​Weanling - A colt or filly who is 6 to 12 months old

Yearling - A horse who is between 1 and 2 years old

Colt - Male Horse (3 years old and under)

​Filly - Female Horse (3 years old and under)

The Horse's Body:

Conformation - The shape of a horse's body. A horse with good conformation is stronger and more likely to stay sound than one with weak conformation. Judging a horse's conformation you take things into consideration like the length of their back, angles of their legs and hooves. 

Hand - Yea Yea horse's have hooves not hands! Did you know that we measure horse's in hands to tell how tall a horse is one hand is equal to four inches.

Lame - Nope we are not talking about popularity here! We are telling you your horse is sore. If your horse is "lame" it has an injury that is causing your horse to walk with a limp. 

Sound - Check Check 1,2,3 Can you hear me??? Just joking! A sound horse does not have any injuries that would interfere with the gate and movement of the horse.

Points - This word is used when describing the color of a horse. The "points" of a horse are his mane, tail, lower legs and tips of his ears.

​Gait - The different speeds a horse can travel walk, jog, lope & gallop.

We are throwing back to the best pony of a life time Xeena. This was my childhood pony who taught me many life lessons and who made me spend a whole lot of time in the dirt... ponies 🙄

I am so excited to announce Christmas at the Ranch! A place for the whole family to enjoy this Christmas. What can you expect at Shelby Ranch during the Holiday season? A whole lot of adventure that's for sure. Bring your family out to the ranch on November 23rd, 30th & December 7th, 14th, 21st & 22nd from 11am-3pm for a Pony Rides, Petting Farm, Mechanical Bull, Axe Throwing, Archery, Wagon/Sleigh Rides & let's not forget Santa & Mrs.Clause! Shelby Ranch will also have a Christmas Tree Maze.