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 **The Clydesdale horse** 

=By: Jocelyn Rodriguez= =Period 1= = = =Table of Contents= 1..............Introduction 2..............What is a clydesdale horse 3..............There apperance and there color 4..............History of the clydesdale horse 5..............How they got there name 6..............The growth of this horse 7..............The foals of the clydesdale horse 8..............The bone struture of the clydesdale horse 9..............Where they originate 10............Conclusion 11............Bibliography

=Page 1-Introduction:= When you think about a horse you would think of races and shows. But when you think about a clydesdale horse you will think about the beauty of this horse and this is the topic of my research report. This report will teach you the history of this horse and many more facts about the clydesdale horse. You are thinking I am a horse fan well you guessed right I loved horses since I was 2 years old. I will begin the report with talking about what is the clydesdale horse enjoy. =:-)=

=Page 2- What is a cyldesdale horse?= A clydesdale horse is one of he million draft horses in the world. It is a great working farm horse. the word draft horse means a horse that is adapted of pulling heavy loads suchs as carriages, plowers, ect. A plower is a tool that is used for cutting, lifting, turning over, and turning soil. That is why this horse is a perfect match for a farm and a farmer. Today this horse is used for the same ways I just told you and it is used for exhibition and parade's mostly. Also this horse is used in the budwiser commerical if anyone saw the commerical but if you didn't now you know where on t.v. you can find this horse. =:->=

= = =Page 3- There apperance and there color.= There apperance is beuaitful and there coat is shiny. The clydesdale horses apperance is know for grace. This horse ia a very large horse it can be as tall as 18 hands in numan length up to 8 feet WOW! that is tall. the clydesdale horse has many features to it body such as it hs small ears, large dark eyes, and a heavy forelock. A forelock is a lot of horses manes that grows forward between the ears and the forehead of a horse. The shoulders are heavy and well muscled there legs are long and strong the hoof sive should be twiced the sized of the regular horse for example the quater horse. This horswe as many kinds of colors such as bay know as brown and chesnut they also have many kinds of shaded to there body. They have hair called a feather growing over the hoves which can be white, chestnut, or black mostly it is white. =:-o= =Page 4-History of the Clydesdale horse= This horse was very important in the worlds histroy. Why? Why because the begining of this horses history starts with war world ll this horse came in handy because of it coat and a that hair that grows on the back of this horses feet were comfortable for them in the weather. Then this horse stared to spread throug england where they were used to pull coal skips. Then the clydesdale was spreading to Austrailia, and New Zealand. In Austrailia they were an important draft aniamal and in New Zealand they were used in the royal easter show that they have every yaer in New Zealand. The clydesdale horse was first shipped to north amercia in 1840 then in south america, russia, astruia, and itlay. Then the clydesdale horse was replaced with tractors by the end of war world ll but many people still use the horse for heavy work. The makers of budwiser had made the clydesdale a symbol. The son of the current president of anheuser busch (makers of budwiser) had got a new vehicle one day and then came out of the factory in St. Louis and he saw a studebaker beer wagon with 6 clydesdale horses all tacked up and ready to go any for many years the wagon and the clydesdale horses apperared on the t.v. commericals. Now the clydesdale horses can also be seen in the Tournament of Roses Parade in pasadena pulling the St. Louis, Missouri float. ==)= =Page 5- How they got there name?= There name is pretty but some people can not even pronce the name. The clydesdale horse got there name from were they came from scotland and they were named for that region. when you thinks of the clydesdale horse and that is a hard working horse you would think the name would be diffrent. Everyone would think that a horses name would called at what they were best at. Some people are wrong a horses name could come from were they live or what they are used for ect. ==o=

=Page 6-The growth of this horse.= When you see the clydesdale and how huge it is you think it is like 10 feet. Well that is wrong the right hieght of the clydesale horse can stand up to 18 hands which means up to 8 feet. When a baby clydesdale horse is born it can weigh up to 180 pounds. This horse is a fast grower. After a few months the foal with gain 4.4 pounds each day that is a lot for a baby to gain. The baby clydesdale horse is about half of the mom hieght when it is about 1-2 years old that is a big baby horse. That is the way that these horses grow and they are huge horses so they have a lot of growing to do when they are babys =Page 7- The foals of the cydesdale horse.= The babys of the Clydesdale horse are so cute when they are born. When a baby clydesdale horse is born it weighs up 180 pounds. The mare clydesdale horse mare means the mom of the baby it needs to produce 55 ponds of milk per day in order to support the baby clydesdale development of growing up to be a big clydesdale horse. The foals will stay by there mothers side and run with here but when it is time to go the baby will prance around with the other colts and phillies. A colt is a baby boy horse and a Filly is a baby girl horse. When a boy horse grows up they are called a stallion and when a girl horse grows up they are called a mare. They are also born after a time period of 11 months. ==]=

=Page 8-The bone struture of the clydesdale horse.= the clydesdale horse is a unquie horse and so is it bone struture. This horses bone stuture is jus like a hmans but they are diffrent because of the way they are postitioned. Like every human we have legs and so deos the horse the legs on the clydesdale horse the legs come in handy because they are hard workers. Also they have a neck and there neck is big it is great to pull carriges. Like very human they have ribs but there ribs are placed around they bell and your ribs are placed in your chest where the ribs are there is there stomach, entesnts, and so on. The only thing that is diffrent from a horse and a human is that n human has a tail there tail grows from there spine. There hoves are just like feet we use to walk and the horses use them to galloping, troting, walking, and catering all these ways are hust ways of walking but fro a horse. There back is the top of there belly where u can put the saddle and the blanket also like humans if they hurt there back it hurts real bad because that is there main place where it would hurt. That is all i can tell you about the bone struture of this horse. ==}= =Page 9- Where did the clydesdale horse originate?= The clydesdale horse originate in Lanark,Scotland. Lanark is loctaed in the clyde valley where the clyde river runs. The clydesdale horse was imported from many places such as Russia, North America, South Africa, nad Japan. Everyone thought the clydesdale horse was from america and so did i but i was wrong.I was suprised when I found out that the horse was from scotland. This horse is know all around the world like here in america they are used for the budwiser commerical. :-}

=Page 10- Conlusion= That wraps my report on the clydesdale horse. What did you learn from this report? You leaned the history of this horse and how important it was. Also learned where thay originate and the foals which are so cute etc. I lerned a lot from my report myself and I bet you guys will to. This was a fun report to write even though I didn't know anything about this anaimal and I love horses the only thing I knew was that it was used in the Budwiser commercials. This horse was a great topic to write about and know you guys will think to. This is my report and this is the ending thank you. Bye