Racehorses can wear out new shoes in one race.
Full-grown Clydesdale horse shoes are more than 22 inches across and weigh five pounds.
Arabian horses have one fewer vertabrae than other horses.
The most horses in a movie was 8,000 for war and peace.
China is the country with the most horses. They have nearly 11 million.
There are over 150 breeds of horses.
Lippizaners have a black coat when born. ~sent in by Little bit
Eqhippus was the first in the horse family. ~sent in by Little Bit.
There are 3 main types of bridles. ~sent in by Little Bit
An emine is a little strip of color around the leg just above the hoof. ~Sent in by Little Bit
There are 8 main saddles.~sent in by Little Bit
Horse can have feathered or clean-legged har above their hooves.~sent in by Little Bit
Despite the name the Missouri Fox Trotter was just last week made the official horse of Missouri.~sent in by Spaz
The saddlebred had a smooth gait called a rack that is the beat of a trot, but instead of bouncing up and down you sway for side to side. ~sent in by Spaz
The Nez-Peirce indians were the ones who bred the Appaloosas. They are now breeding a new breed that crosses Appaloosas and Akhal-Tekes, but it is not yet a registered breed.~sent in by Spaz
For years the animals we now know as horses have been a food source. It is only 5,000-6,000 years ago we started riding them.~sent in by Spaz
The first ones to rid and domesticate the horse were the Ayran people. ~sent in by Spaz
The American Cream Draft is an endangered animal, there are less than 100 left.~sent in by Spaz