Horse Head Portrait with Halter coloring page

About this coloring page

A horse head portrait puts one of the animal’s most striking features front and center: its eyes. They sit on the sides of the head, which gives a horse an incredibly wide view of its surroundings. Without turning its head, it can keep an eye on nearly everything around it, a big advantage for a prey animal that once had to spot wolves and big cats early.

That wide view comes with two blind spots. A horse can’t see well right in front of its nose or directly behind its tail. That is why trainers teach riders never to walk up behind a horse without speaking first and never to thrust a hand straight at its face. A startled horse may jump or kick out of pure surprise.

Horses see well in dim light, which helps around dawn and dusk, yet their eyes adjust more slowly than ours when moving from bright sunshine into a dark space. That can explain why some horses hesitate before stepping into a trailer or a shadowy barn aisle.

The halter this horse wears is the everyday tool for handling from the ground. Clip on a lead rope, and a horse can be led to pasture, tied for grooming or held still while its hooves are cleaned.

• horse portrait
• horses
• halter
• barn
• farm animals