The horse is a mammal of the family of the équidos ones, herbivore, quadruped and of long and bent neck. To the female of the horse mare is called to him and to the young colts if they are male, and potrancas if they are females. The young and use of the horse on the part of the man know themselves like horse or equine cattle ranch, and its domestication goes back at least at the age of the Bronze. The height of the horses, like in the other quadrupeds, is moderate until the cross, where they find escápulas, that is to say the point where the neck with the back in the horse is united. Point is chosen like east reference for being a stable height that cannot raise or lower like the head or the neck. The size of the horses varies considerably between the different races, and also it is influenced by the nutrition. According to their bearing the horse races usually are divided in three groups: • heavy or of shot; • light or of chair; • ponis and races miniature.
The Chilean horse, also known like " corralero", it is a race of present horse in the countryside of Chile, mainly in the central and South zone of this country. It presents/displays a musculatura specialized for the speed and an adaptation for a life in mountainous areas. Their helmets are strong and its double hair layer makes very adaptable to warm cold climates as well as to and droughts. Due to his raised median he is special for the practice of the Chilean roundup and races to the Chilean q are traditional activities that are carried out in the central zone and South zone in their majority by the countryside of the localities.
