Cool Horse Facts?

Question

Please don't copy and paste! Make them your own and unique. Not about mares..not that easy. Advanced things...any vet things would help!

Answer 1

OK WHAT ABOUT THIS The "OLDEST" recorded horse

was "Old Billy" an English barge horse, who lived to be 62 years old.



The "TALLEST" ever horse recorded was a Shire called Samson. He stood 21.2 and a half hands

The "SMALLEST" breed is the Falebella of Argentina.There

are over 350 different breeds of horses and ponies.

A horse's "HEART WEIGHS" about 10 pounds!

Horses can drink up to ten gallons of water a day

Horses expend more energy lying down than they do when they are standing up

horses cannot breathe through their mouths. That's why you'll never see one panting like a dog.

Horses have a good sense of memory, if you'v been with the same horse for a long time, they will remember you, but if you havent, they usually wont remember you

Answer 2

General Custer's horse Commanche was the ONLY survivor of Custer's Last Stand,

He's also stuffed and on display somewhere in Kansas because of it.

So that's my lame fact, haha. Can't think of anything better at the moment =/

Answer 3

The world's horse population is estimated at 75,000,000.

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" pony in history was a stallion named "Little Pumpkin." He stood 14 inches and weighed only 20 lbs!

World Record "LOG PULLING" was set in 1893. 2 Clydesdale Stallions hauled a sledge stacked with timber weighing 128 tonnes. The equivalent of pulling 22 African Elephants.

The above mentioned Samson (tallest horse) was also the heaviest horse at 3360 pounds!

Answer 4

When the autopsy on the famous Thouroughbred racehorse Secretariat was preformed, it was discovered that his heart was twice as big as a normal horse.

Answer 5

Unlike other animals, horses' intestines are not attached to anything but ride around loose in their abdomen.  This is why you can't let them roll when they're colicing and why they get twists and such.

This is an evolutionary advantage, because it assists with breathing on the run.  The horse takes one breath per canter/gallop stride, no matter how fast he's going or how long.  Every time his hind legs push him forward, all the innards fall backwards in the abdomen, creating a vacuum-type pull on the diaphragm, which helps the lungs suck in air.  Then, when his front feet hit the ground, he's momentarily slowed and the momentum onthe intestines pushes them all forward against the diaphragm, helping expel the used air in his lungs.

This lets the horse breathe a much larger volume of air with the same effort.

Another interesting factoid is that galloping horses can build up enough heat in their bodies to actually bake their tendons.  This doesn't seem to hurt them, either, it just shows up on necropsy and is considered normal.

Answer 6

dunno if this works 4 all horses

if u get a piece of string n mesure it from the lil cheastnut under the hock to the pionty bit of the elbow(front legs only) and then with the same piece of string bring the bottom bit straight up from the elbow, where the string ends up the top is generally how tall a horse will mature.

Answer 7

A horse called Sandy was the only horse to return to australia from WW1.

When he died his head was taxidermied, and now resides in the Australian War Memorial with his master's bridle on him.

In WW1, at the end of the war, the horses that were young and healthy were sold to locals, and the ones too old or unwell were put down, although many soldiers did this themselves because they did not trust the authorities to be humane. When the horses were examined, the ones that were to be killed had their mane and tail cut off so they could be identified.

The horses used by the Australian men in the army were called Walers. This is because the breed was originally developed in New South Wales. They were very tough and well built animals. The breed is still around, although not as popular as it was during WW1

Answer 8

Horses drink an average of 10 gallons of water per day, depending on how hot it is out, what type of forage they are eating (grass has water in it, hay is drier, etc.)

A horse will completely regrow its hooves every 11 months.

A 1200 lb horse eats about seven times its own weight each year.

The average horse's head weighs almost 12 lbs.

A horse's front legs support two-thirds of its body weight.