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[edit] Citation

This article truly does need more verifiability. We need citations. Please try to add a few as you can. Follow wikipedia guidelines, I urge everyone to use the <ref> cited material </ref> and <ref name="source"/> tags so that there is a complete list of footnotes created at the bottom.

Please don't just add good books about horses at the end, add source material we are actually using in the article...some of the books listed are in fact sources, let's use the <ref name="source"/> tag as needed to insert them into footnotes wherever they are used. Thanks! Montanabw 19:13, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] help with classifying and adding an image

I took a picture of a horse with a covered face, see Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Mammals#Image_of_a_horse_with_covered_face. -- PER9000 16:47, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

This is a FLY MASK. I have no clue why they have it on in the winter when there aren't any flies, but that's what it is. Maybe it is there for some other purpose, but it's actually made of a see-through mesh -- the horse, as you can see from its forward-pricked ears, is obviously looking at something.

Here is an example from a catalogue: http://www.horse-tack-and-equestrian-clothing.com/fly-masks-fringes-masta-fly-mask-prod1688.html —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Montanabw (talk • contribs) 19:19, 25 February 2007 (UTC).

Here are some more examples: http://www.statelinetack.com/global/search/search_results.jsp?Ntt=fly+mask&In=Horse&previousText=fly+mask&N=2050678 Montanabw 19:26, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

See Fly mask. /Per —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 193.15.169.146 (talk) 12:50, 26 February 2007 (UTC).

[edit] How much?

does it cost for one?74.195.9.240 02:46, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

A horse or a fly mask? Horses cost anywhere from "free to a good home" (for a sick or problem horse) to over one hundred million dollars (to syndicate a champion racehorse stallion), depends on the horse. Fly masks can be had for under 20 dollars at any tack store... Montanabw 18:07, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Sleeping

Forgive me for knowing virtually nothing about horses, but I tried to find my own information on how horses sleep before looking at Wiki (the horror), and I found some stuff on a 'stay apparatus,' but also some things that said that horses don't always sleep standing up. Since I am 95% ignorant on this, it'd be great to see something added about how horses sleep. 71.49.115.125 02:53, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

This has been requested a couple of times. I'll see what we can do. Montanabw 14:57, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

By popular demand, a section on horses' sleep patterns has been added to the Behavior section of this article. Montanabw 15:34, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] more games

Reply to removed comment: please see gymkhana for information on games.Montanabw 14:57, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

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