Facts about Horses

Interesting Facts about Horses

Interesting Facts about Horses
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Did you Know? List of Interesting Facts about Horses
Facts are statements which are held to be true and often contrasted with opinions and beliefs. Our unusual and interesting facts about Horses, trivia and information, including some useful statistics will fascinate everyone from kids and children to adults. Interesting Facts about Horses are as follows:

• Fact 1 - Definition: The horse is a solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
• Fact 2 - The horse (Equus ferus caballus) is a hooved (ungulate) mammal, a subspecies of the family Equidae
• Fact 3 - There are many varieties of horse differing in form, size, color, gait and speed capability
• Fact 4 - Horses were domesticated in Egypt and Asia
• Fact 5 - The has six broad molars, on each side of each jaw, with six incisors, and two canine teeth, both above and below
• Fact 6 - The feral (wild) horses of America are domestic horses that have run wild
• Fact 7 - What's the difference between a horse and a pony? Answer: Size. Horses are 14.3 hands and above and ponies are below this size. Ponies have larger heads, and stocky legs
• Fact 8 - A "hand" is four inches, originally named for the breadth, not length, of a human hand.
• Fact 9 - Alexander the Great had a horse named Bucephalus. Only Alexander could mount Bucephalus who would always kneel to allow him to do so
• Fact 10 - Trigger was the name of the Golden Palamino stallion who co-starred with Roy Rogers in movies and on TV
• Fact 11 - Black Beauty is a famous horse the book by Anna Sewell written in 1877
• Fact 12 - Horses usually live for around 20 to 25 years
• Fact 13 - Names:
  • A male horse is known as a stallion - females are known as a mares
  • A young female horse is known as a filly
  • A baby horse is known as a foal
  • The father of a horse is known as a sire
  • The mother of a horse is known as a dam
• Fact 14 - Foals are fully grown by 3-4 years of age

• Fact 15 - Over 75% of the world's breeding resources are devoted to the 18 most popular horse breeds:

  • Arabian
  • Andalusian
  • American Quarter Horse
  • Missouri Fox Trotting
  • Paint
  • Friesian
  • Minature
  • Peruvian Paso
  • Thoroughbred
  • Paso Fino
  • Appaloosa
  • Icelandic
  • Morgan
  • American Saddlebred
  • Tennessee Walking
  • Trakehner
  • Welsh Pony and Cob
  • Hanoverian

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