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Horse Trivia . . . Did you know?
- The average horse weighs about a half a ton, and its brain is the size of a baking potato.
- A horse’s hoof is like the human fingernail.
- Some of the equine family’s closest relatives are tapirs and the rhinoceros.
- A horse can poop up to 14 times a day!
- Horses cannot vomit.
- Horses can drink up to ten gallons of water a day
- A horse can see better at night than a human. Horse’s eyes take longer to adjust from light to dark and from dark to light than a human’s.
- A different image is seen by each horse’s eye so a horse is seeing two different pictures at the same time.
- Have you ever noticed a horse’s ears pointing in different directions? They can use them to hear two different sounds at the same time.
- A horse can see completely around its entire body except for small blind spots directly in front of its face, underneath its head, and directly behind itself.
- Horses evolved in North America but became extinct here about 16,000 years ago. “Wild” horses in the Americas are descended from horses brought over by Europeans.
- Horses can lock the muscles in their legs so they can sleep standing up without falling over.
- When it comes to wild horses, the mare decides when and where the herd will go and the stallion follows.
- Horses cannot breathe through their mouths.
- If a horse’s age is unknown, the veterinarian can give you an estimate by looking at its teeth.
- Horses produce approximately 10 gallons of saliva a day (about the same as the amount of water they drink each day!).
- The average horse heart weighs 9–10 pounds.
- There are more than 300 breeds of horses and ponies throughout the world.
- It is estimated that there are about 750 million horses in the world.
- Horses distinguish tones rather than particular words when you speak to them.
- Why do riders usually mount and dismount from the left side of a horse? Men used to wear scabbards for their swords on their left hip (so they could draw the sword quickly with their right hand. If they had got on from the other side of the horse the sword would have got in the way!
Equestrian Records:
- The smallest breeds are the Falabellas of Argentina. The tallest breed is the Shire,
from England. - The tallest horse on record was a Shire named Samson. He was 21.2 hands (7 feet, 2 inches) tall. He was born in 1846 in Toddington Mills, England. Samson is also recorded as the “HEAVIEST” horse weighing 1,524 kg (3,360 lbs)
- The oldest horse on record is “Old Billy,” an English barge horse. He was 62 years old when he died, living from 1760 to 1822.
- The record for the highest jump made by a horse is held by a horse named Huaso who jumped 8 feet, 1 and 1/4 inches on February 5th, 1949 in Vina del Mar, Chile. He was ridden by Captain Alberto Larraguibel.
- The record for the longest jump over water is held by a horse named So mething who jumped 27 feet, 6 and 3/4 inches on April 25, 1975 in Johannesburg, South Africa. He was ridden by Andre Ferreira.
- World Record “LOG PULLING” was set in 1893. 2 Clydesdale Stallions hauled a sledge stacked with timber weighing 128 tons. The equivalent of pulling 22 African Elephants.
