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Take a moment, and try to imagine a horse. No
matter from which breed you will choose it, since they are over 350 breeds of
ponies and horses in the world today. However, via this speedy thought you will
see, a truly magnificent creature full of grace and elegance; every part of his
body is perfectly shaped. The head is modeled like a diamond. The neck is long
and arched like the palm tree. The legs are strong and long like the twin tower
and last but not least the mane and tail are long and extremely fine in
texture, however, due to all these typical traits, horses are easily wins a
special seat in history, ranking high marks of honor, nobility and power.
Horses are not only an emblem of magnanimity, but
they are also a faithful human companion in both work and art. Over the past
several centuries, a deep connection have been created between horses and
humans, based on mutual trust and honesty. A horse does not know how to hide
its perception, he always gives us an honest response to what he perceives
through his eyes. Anyway, their acute sense of sight helps them to communicate
widely through body language with his/her rider, moreover, Horses use
attentively their vision to examine every movement and body posture that is
made around them.
The horse`s eyes is the most delicate organ,
that distinguish them from a large part of animal, his eyes are set on the side
of the head, rather than facing front as in human, which gives them an
extraordinary peripheral vision. Horses has three eyelids, the upper and lower
eyelids are composed of sheets of cartilage covered on the outside by skin. They
doesn`t make contact with the surface of the eye, because there is a thin layer
of tears between them. The third eyelid is not visible, because it is located
at the inside corner of the eye, it`s fundamental function is to clean and
lubricate the eyes.
As was previously stated, horses and specially
the Arabian race, are a symbol of physical splendor. Its grace, beauty and
adaptability, makes them one of the most remarkable breeds. Personally, I cannot
see a horse, without having this feeling of divine nobility or without seeing
this loyalty on his eyes. In the end, I completely share the same opinion with
Sharron Ralls Lemons, when he said that “ The essential joy of being with
horses is that it brings us in contact with the rare elements of grace, beauty,
spirit, and fire”, because I think that the human-horse connection is a kind of
spiritual relation than just a physical or emotional relation.
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