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Interesting Facts About Horses You Should Know About

Interesting Facts About Horses You Should Know About
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Interesting Facts About The Horses

Interesting Facts About Horses You Should Know About

  1. The horse has evolved from a tiny multi-toed creature called Eohippus to a massive, single-toed creature of today.
  2. Around 4000 BC, humans began domesticating horses.
  3. The modern domestic horse has a life expectancy of 25 to 30 years, depending on breed, control, and environment.
  4. Old Billy, a 19th-century horse that lived to the age of 62, had the oldest verifiable record.
  5. Popular horse breeds around the world include, Hackney Horse, Orlov Trotter, Marwari Horse, Gypsy horse, Friesian Horse, Morgan Horse, Arabian Horse, Carolina Marsh Tucky.
  6. 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.
  7. Did you know the height of horses is determined at the highest point of the withers, where the neck meets the back?
  8. In some English speaking countries, the horse heights are often expressed in terms of hands and inches.
  9. Did you know the size of horses varies by breed, but also by diet?
  10. Did you know the largest horse in recorded history was undoubtedly a Shire horse named Mammoth, who was born in 1848?