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Did You
Know!
The world's horse population is
estimated at 75,000,000.
China not only has the most people in the world, but also has
the most Horses with 10,000,000
There are over 350 different breeds of horses and ponies.
The Horse belongs to the Equus Family. Equus comes from the
ancient Greek word meaning "QUICKNESS"
One of the first horses was called a Hyracotherium. It lived
about 50 million years ago and was as tall as a fox. It had
toes! This horse changed over millions of years to become a
modern horse.
The Pliohippus was the first ancestor of the horse to have
hoofs?
The average lifespan for a horse is around 20 - 25 years, though
they can live up to 30 years.
The "OLDEST" horse recorded to
date is - "Old Billy", an English Barge horse born in 1760 who
lived to the age of 62 years old.
The "OLDEST" pony in history was
54 years old when he died in France.
The "OLDEST" horse ever to give
birth was a 42 year old Australian brood mare.
The "SMALLEST" breed is the
Falebella of Argentina. The tallest of the breed stands about 74
cm (30 inches) at the shoulder.
The "SMALLEST" pony in history
was a stallion named "Little Pumpkin." He stood 14 inches and
weighed only 20 lbs..!
The World's Largest Horse ever recorded was a Shire gelding
named Samson, bred by Thomas Cleaver of Toddington Mills,
England. Foaled in 1846, this horse measured 21.2 1/2 hand high
( 7 ft. 2 inches) in 1850, and weighed 3,360 pounds. Samson is
also recorded as the "HEAVIEST" horse weighing 1524 kg (3360
lbs.)
The world speed record for a horse is 43.2 mph, it was set by a
four year old race horse named Big Racket.
World Record "LOG PULLING" was set in 1893. two Clydesdale
Stallions hauled a sledge stacked with timber weighing 128
tons.
The longest tail measured was 22 ft. long was grown by an
American Palomino named Chinook.
The longest horse mane was 18 ft. long and grown by a
Californian mare named Maude.
In the wild horse world, the mare decides when and where the
herd will go while the stallion follows.
The fastest Pony Express ride was 7 days, 17 hours and was
carrying Lincoln's inaugural address.
One horsepower (cars)= 746 watts; one metric horsepower= 736
watts.
HIPPO PHOBIA - Is the fear of horses.
EQUINOPHOBIA - Is the fear of horses.
If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front
legs in the air, the person died in battle; if the horse has one
front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds
received in battle; if the horse has all four legs on the
ground, the person died of natural causes.
The AQHA was founded in 1940.
The American Saddle Horse Breeders Association was formed in
1891.
Shetland ponies were first imported into the U.S. in 1885.
Basic Horse
Facts:
Horses are measured in hands. A hand is
four inches.
A horse is generally over 14.2 hh (hands high).
Anything under 14.2 hands high is a pony.
A horse is considered adult at age four.
A female horse over 4 years old is called a mare.
A male horse over 4 years old is called a stallion.
Horses can drink up to ten gallons of water a day.
The average horse's HEAD WEIGHS 11.84 pounds
A horse's "HEART WEIGHS" about 10 pounds.
The scientific name for the horse is equus caballus.
The Clydesdales became the Anheuser-Busch symbol on April 7,
1933.
Adult male horses generally have 40 teeth while the females only
have 36.
Horses cannot breathe through their mouths.
Horses can see color.
Horses have two blind spots. One is directly behind them, the
other is directly in front of them.
Horses expend more energy lying down than they do when they are
standing up.
Horses can communicate how they are feeling by their facial
expressions. They use their ears, nostrils, and eyes to show
their moods. Beware of a horse that has flared nostrils and
their ears back. That means it might attack.
You can tell how old a horse is by how many teeth it has. A
horse gets all of its teeth by the time it is five years old.
After that, they just grow longer.
With his long limbs and large heart and lungs, the horse is
designed for galloping. Jumping is not a natural activity for
horses and left to their own devices most will go around
obstructions.
When spoken to, horses distinguish tones rather than particular
words.
Horse
Superstitions:
Gray horses are supposed to be lucky.
Horseshoes are supposed to be lucky, and must be hung right side
up. Horseshoes hung upside down, are said to have the luck
running out.
The luckiest horse shoe of all is one off the hind leg of a
large gray mare.
Strange Facts:
The horse is New Jersey's state
animal.
Human hair and fingernails are made from the same protein as
horse hooves.
Horses like classical music.
Horses are required to wear hats in hot weather in Rasario,
Argentina.
A British law states that an Englishman must not sell a horse to
a Scotsman.
Hippocrates means horse master.
The only mode of transportation on the Greek island of Hydra are
horses and ponies.
Approximately 90% of all Thoroughbreds can be traced back to
Eclipse, a stallion brought to England in the early 1700s. The
horse got its name because it was foaled during a solar eclipse.
He died in 1789. Eclipse, a liver chestnut with a blaze and one
hind stocking.
In New York City, it is illegal to open or close an umbrella in
the presence of a horse.
Colorado bans fishing from horseback, as do Washington D.C. and
Utah.
Tennessee prohibits riders from lassoing fish.
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