Interesting facts on horses and ponies, historical facts and information on the different breeds of horses and the uses of horses from sports, war and working horses.
- The animal of New Jersey is the horse.
- It is illegal to open an umbrella near a horse in New York.
- Horses and ponies are the only legal means for transportation on the Greek island of Hydra.
- The smallest ever horse was called "Little Pumpkin" a Fallabella stallion with a Height of only 35.5 cm. He weighed only 9 kg!
- Horses are required to wear hats in warm weather in Rosario, Argentina.
The biggest horse in the world goes by the name "Big Jake" who is a Belgian draft horse gelding and is an incredible 2.10m tall.
- The brain of an average adult horse weighs half that of a human brain.
- Horses are unable to vomit.
- The first cloned horse was in Italy in 2003, it was a Haflinger mare
- Horses teeth don`t stop growing
- The gestation period for a horse is 11 months, but a donkey is 12 months.
- The Russian breed of horse called Akhal-Teke can withstand several days without food and water.
- Horse uses facial expressions to communicate with each other.
- Horses have a wide visual field side, but very limited front. Horses have good long distance eyesight. In terms of color vision horses can only distinguish the colors green, yellow and gray.
Horses usually live 20 to 25 years on average
- Horses were first domesticated around 5000 years ago by Mongol tribes
- The smallest ever horse was called "Little Pumpkin" a Fallabella stallion with a Height of only 35.5 cm. He weighed only 9 kg!
- Worldwide, there are approximately 300 different breeds of horses.
- The oldest horse recorded lived until the age of 62 years and died in 1822 in Manchester, his name was Old Billy.
- The largest horse museum in the world is the International Museum of the Horse in Kentucky.
- Arabian horses have an extra vertebra and a rib more than other horse breeds.
- Worldwide, there are approximately 300 different breeds of horses.
- The first horse was as small as a fox, called Hyracotherium it lived around 50 million years ago.
- Horses gallop at an average speed of 44 km/h (27 mph), although the record speed is 88 km/h (54 mph)
- The scene with the horses head in the Godfather was filmed with real horses heads, donated by a manufacturer of dog food in New Joursey.
- The scene with the horses head in the Godfather was filmed with real horses heads, donated by a manufacturer of dog food in New Jersey.
- Horses have 7 common blood types (A, C, D, K, P, Q, U).
- Horses only breath through there nostrils and cant breath through there mouth.
- Alexandria the great named a city after his famous horse Bucephalous.
- Department stores keep their perfume counter near the front of the store, because in the old west, horses relieved themselves on the street.
- There are more horses in Mongolia than people, estimated to be over 3 million horses.
- Ragweed is responsible for more deaths of horse than most other toxic plants. Some other poisonous plants for horses are the fern, hemlock, tansy ragwort and Sudan grass.
- Hipofobia is the fear of horses. People who suffer from hipofobia may also be afraid of other hoofed animals such as mules, donkeys, ponies etc..
