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YEAR HORSE [8 records]

Record 1 2016-03-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Horse Racing and Equestrian Sports
DEF

Any horse aged 1 or 2 years old.

CONT

A horse is considered a yearling between January 1st following its birth until January 1st of the following year.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
DEF

Désignation donnée aux pur-sang de course le 1er janvier qui suit leur naissance.

CONT

Un cheval est appelé «yearling» pendant toute la durée de sa première année.

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-07-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Horse Racing and Equestrian Sports
DEF

A horse rider officially recognized by the national association and so, allowed to ride horses in races during the year.

OBS

driver: A person who rides a sulky and controls a harness horse in a race.

OBS

A "driver" is one who drives an animal or a vehicle as is a person who rides a sulky and controls a horse in harness racing.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
DEF

Pilote de chevaux officiellement reconnu(e) par l'association nationale concernée et pouvant, de ce fait, piloter des chevaux dans des courses au cours de l'année.

OBS

conducteur, conductrice : Termes utilisés dans les documents de la piste Blue Bonnets.

OBS

D'après : «membre actif d'une association».

OBS

Termes de courses attelées.

Spanish

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Record 3 2010-10-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Horse Husbandry
CONT

Horses and ponies grow two coats per year-a summer coat(short and sleek) allowing the horse to remain cool in hot weather, and a winter coat(longer and thicker) to trap air near the skin and insulate against cold.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Élevage des chevaux

Spanish

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Record 4 2006-03-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Horse Racing and Equestrian Sports
  • Games and Competitions (Sports)
CONT

The Derby Stakes, known colloquially as The Derby and internationally as the Epsom Derby, is considered one the most prestigious flat thoroughbred horse races in the world. The race takes place each year in June at Epsom Downs, Epsom, Surrey, England.... The race is a contest for three-year-old colts and fillies-colts 9 st(126 lb or 57. 2 kg), fillies 8 st 9 lb(121 lb or 54. 9 kg).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
  • Jeux et compétitions (Sports)

Spanish

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Record 5 2005-09-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mammals
  • Horse Husbandry
DEF

A young horse under one year old.

CONT

To avoid confusion regarding the age to which a horse is assigned in racing contests, all thoroughbreds have an official birthday other than the day they were foaled(born). The animal is always one year older on January 1.... Before the horse's first birthday, it is referred to as a foal.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mammifères
  • Élevage des chevaux
DEF

Nom donné au jeune cheval [...] de sa naissance à la fin de sa première année.

CONT

Foal : c'est le nom donné aux chevaux de moins d'un an jusqu'au 31 décembre. La deuxième année, on les nomme «yearling».

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Mamíferos
  • Cría de ganado caballar
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Record 6 2005-07-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Horse Racing and Equestrian Sports
  • Horse Husbandry
CONT

Since about the year 1000, the monastery of "Einsiedeln" in central Switzerland is known for its horse breeding activities and livestock trading to north(Germany, Austria) and south(northern Italy). Therefore, horses from Einsiedeln might have influenced horse populations on both sides of the alps. Einsiedler horses are also known as horses from "Schwyz" and have always been used for various services(riding, driving, field work, army).

CONT

The Einsiedeln horse, “Cavalli della Madonna”, is still bred at the monastery.

OBS

Sometimes known as the Swiss Anglo-Norman.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
  • Élevage des chevaux
OBS

D'origine suisse, parfois appelé le normand suisse.

CONT

L'élevage des Einsiedler se distingue en particulier par une sélection en lignée passant par les juments. Au premier plan de la recherche se trouvent deux lignées de juments de Einsiedler, dont les données des origines permettent de remonter le cours de l'histoire jusqu'à la moitié du 19e siècle [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Carreras de caballos y deportes ecuestres
  • Cría de ganado caballar
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Record 7 2004-06-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Science
  • Animal Reproduction
CONT

A nationwide scheme has begun on Dartmoor to conserve the country's dozen rarest breeds of horse. The Rare Breeds Survival Trust began collecting semen form 10 Dartmoor ponies on Widecombe-in-the-Moor on Wednesday. About 1, 000 stallions from rare breeds across the UK will be evaluated over the next five to eight years. The programme was launched a year ago, after the foot-and-mouth outbreak put many breeds at risk of dying out. Vulnerable breed : So far, £750, 000 of the £2. 5m target has been raised. The trust hopes to create semen banks for each rare breed to protect against future threats to the bloodline. Dartmoor ponies are categorised as "vulnerable" by the trust, with many bloodlines in danger.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Zootechnie
  • Reproduction des animaux
CONT

Selon la FEZ [Fédération européenne de zootechnie] une race est menacée de disparition lorsque son potentiel génétique, à savoir ses gènes et ses associations de gènes, y compris celles qui ne sont pas encore connues, risque d'être entièrement ou partiellement perdu; à court terme, par la perte totale des sujets d'une race, à moyen et à long terme, par la modification des fréquences génétiques due aux facteurs croisement, consanguinité, dérive génétique et sélection artificielle.

Spanish

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Record 8 1995-06-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Astrology
OBS

... the horse holds the seventh position in the zodiac cycle. Each zodiac animal has a unique temperment and set of characteristics. In Chinese astrology, the year of birth is regarded as having the strongest influence on an individual, followed by the month, day and hour of birth.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Astrologie
OBS

Cheval, septième signe de l'astrologie chinoise ...

Spanish

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