A horse can stand over 7 feet tall.
Horses can run 45 miles per hour
A typical horse can learn up to 25 vocal cures.
The horse's small intestine is eight times the length of his body.
A 1,000-pound mare produces four gallons of milk daily for her foal.
Frightening situations will seldom panic a pony as they would a horse.
Horses shed gradually, but continuously all year long.
It is not uncommon for young, confined horses to chew the tails of others. However, it is hightly unusual for a horse to chew his own tail.
The skin of a horse is about 35 square feet.
Although dogs frequently become frightened during storms and can be destructive, thunder phobia is unusual in horses.
Gymkhana, which means a field day on horseback, originated at a British military post in India as a way of relieving the soldiers' boredom.
The adult horse has 36 teeth: 12 incisors and 24 molars.
A horse can produce about 10 gallons of saliva a day.
Any horse that intends to begin running will betray the fact by lifting his tail first.
Each time you ride or perform the simplest chore with your horse, you are teaching him something.
Whiskers are part of the horse's sensory apparatus, which also includes the tactile hairs that project from the ears, eyes, nose and lips.
All healthy foals are born hungry.
Horses spend 85 to 90 percent of their lives on their feet. They lie down to rest for 15 to 20 minute periods several times a day.
A 17th century veterinary manual recommends treating muscle cramping in a horse by burying him up to his head in a dunghill for an hour or two.
Orphaned or isolated foals are likely to mature into temperamental horses because of inadequate equine socialization.
Eating dirt may simply be a behavioral trait that has nothing to do with nutrition.
Horses were first trained for draft work about 2300 B.C.
The muscles used to dilate a horse's nostrils during exercise do only that.