Interesting Facts About The Horses
- The horse has evolved from a tiny multi-toed creature called Eohippus to a massive, single-toed creature of today.
- Around 4000 BC, humans began domesticating horses.
- The modern domestic horse has a life expectancy of 25 to 30 years, depending on breed, control, and environment.
- Old Billy, a 19th-century horse that lived to the age of 62, had the oldest verifiable record.
- Popular horse breeds around the world include, Hackney Horse, Orlov Trotter, Marwari Horse, Gypsy horse, Friesian Horse, Morgan Horse, Arabian Horse, Carolina Marsh Tucky.
- Sugar Puff, the world’s oldest living pony, died in 2007 at the age of 56. It had been listed in Guinness World Records as the world’s oldest living pony.
- Did you know the height of horses is determined at the highest point of the withers, where the neck meets the back?
- In some English speaking countries, the horse heights are often expressed in terms of hands and inches.
- Did you know the size of horses varies by breed, but also by diet?
- Did you know the largest horse in recorded history was undoubtedly a Shire horse named Mammoth, who was born in 1848?
