Horse Anatomy for Performance

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Edwards, Gladys Brown (1973). The Arabian: War Horse to Show Horse (Revised Collectorsed.). Rich Publishing. pp.1, 3. a b Royo, L.J.; Álvarez, I.; Beja-Pereira, A.; Molina, A.; Fernández, I.; Jordana, J.; Gómez, E.; Gutiérrez, J. P.; Goyache, F. (2005). "The Origins of Iberian Horses Assessed via Mitochondrial DNA". Journal of Heredity. 96 (6): 663–669. doi: 10.1093/jhered/esi116. PMID 16251517. LeQuire, Elise (2004-01-04). "No Grass, No Horse". The Horse. Archived from the original on 2013-01-09 . Retrieved 2009-06-08. The axial skeleton contains the skull, vertebral column, sternum, and ribs. The sternum consists of multiple sternebrae, which fuse to form one bone, attached to the 8 "true" pairs of ribs, out of a total of 18.

a b c Cai, D. W.; Tang, Z. W.; Han, L.; Speller, C. F.; Yang, D. Y. Y.; Ma, X. L.; Cao, J. E.; Zhu, H.; Zhou, H.; etal. (2009). "Ancient DNA provides new insights into the origin of the Chinese domestic horse" (PDF). Journal of Archaeological Science. 36 (3): 835–842. Bibcode: 2009JArSc..36..835C. doi: 10.1016/j.jas.2008.11.006. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 June 2011 . Retrieved 17 January 2011. Horses exhibit a diverse array of coat colors and distinctive markings, described by a specialized vocabulary. Often, a horse is classified first by its coat color, before breed or sex. [42] Horses of the same color may be distinguished from one another by white markings, [43] which, along with various spotting patterns, are inherited separately from coat color. [44] a b "The Evolution of Horses". The Horse. American Museum of Natural History. Archived from the original on 2013-01-28 . Retrieved 2008-07-09.Lacey, Marc (2004-05-04). "In Sudan, Militiamen on Horses Uproot a Million". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2009-04-23 . Retrieved 2011-01-04. The pineal gland of horse is ovoid or fusiform in shape and red-brown in color. This pineal gland is located in the midline depression between the thalamus and rostral colliculi.

Coarse, Jim (2008-06-17). "What Big Brown Couldn't Tell You and Mr. Ed Kept to Himself (part 1)". The Blood Horse. Archived from the original on 2012-05-21 . Retrieved 2008-09-16.There are 18 pairs of intercostal arteries in a horse. The celiac artery of horse mainly divides into three major branches – splenic artery, left gastric artery, and hepatic artery. There is no median sacral artery in horse. Horse hoof anatomy and skin features