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Facts are statements which are held to be true and often contrasted with opinions and beliefs. Our unusual and interesting facts about Horses, trivia and information, including some useful statistics will fascinate everyone from kids and children to adults. Interesting Facts about Horses are as follows:

Fact 1 - Definition: The horse is a solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times

Fact 2 - The horse (Equus ferus caballus) is a hooved (ungulate) mammal, a subspecies of the family Equidae

Fact 3 - There are many varieties of horse differing in form, size, color, gait and speed capability

Fact 4 - Horses were domesticated in Egypt and Asia

Fact 5 - The has six broad molars, on each side of each jaw, with six incisors, and two canine teeth, both above and below

Fact 6 - The feral (wild) horses of America are domestic horses that have run wild

Fact 7 - What's the difference between a horse and a pony? Answer: Size. Horses are 14.3 hands and above and ponies are below this size. Ponies have larger heads, and stocky legs

Fact 8 - A "hand" is four inches, originally named for the breadth, not length, of a human hand.

Fact 9 - Alexander the Great had a horse named Bucephalus. Only Alexander could mount Bucephalus who would always kneel to allow him to do so

Fact 10 - Trigger was the name of the Golden Palamino stallion who co-starred with Roy Rogers in movies and on TV

Fact 11 - Black Beauty is a famous horse the book by Anna Sewell written in 1877

Fact 12 - Horses usually live for around 20 to 25 years

Fact 13 - Names:

A male horse is known as a stallion - females are known as a mares

A young female horse is known as a filly

A baby horse is known as a foal

The father of a horse is known as a sire

The mother of a horse is known as a dam

Fact 14 - Foals are fully grown by 3-4 years of age

One of the first horses was called a Hyracotherium. It lived about 50 million years ago and was as tall as a fox. It had toes! This horse changed over millions of years to become a modern horse.

Camargue horses are completely white as adults. Their babies are pure black when they are born.

There is a breed of horse from Russia called Akhal-Teke. It can go for days without food or water.

You measure a horse's height in hands. Each hand equals four inches. If you say a horse is 16.2 hands high, the 2 stands for 2 fingers.You can tell how old a horse is by how many teeth it has. A horse gets all of its teeth by the time it is five years old. After that, they just get longer.

A female horse is called a mare. In the wild it is the mare that decides when the herd moves on to another spot to find food.

A male horse is called a stallion. Usually only one stallion will stay with a herd.

Any marking on a horse's forehead is called a star, even if it is not shaped like a star.

Horses and ponies feel safer when they are in a herd. Mustangs are one of the few breeds of horses that live wild in North America. They are related to the horses that the Spanish explorers brought to North America 400 years ago.

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