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	All About Horses This is the site where you learn all about horses.

Body and Conformation

A horse's body is perfectly designed for its way of

 life. The neck is so long that the horse can stoop

 to graze, and long, muscular legs allow it to run

from danger. The proportions of a horse's body, or

conformation may vary according to the group or breed.

Points

The external features of a horse are called the

points. Each point has a different name and

together they make up the horse’s conformation.

 

 

Skeleton and Muscles

The framework of the horse consists of a skeleton,

 made up of a number of connected bones that are

moved by muscles. Along the spinal, or vertebral,

column, which runs from head to the tail, is the

spinal cord-the connection between the horse’s

brain and body. When a horse wants to move, it

sends a message from its brain down to the cord via

 nerves to signal the appropriate muscle.