Information About Horses

• Horses can sleep both lying down and standing up.
  
• Horses can run shortly after birth.
  
• Domestic horses have a lifespan of around 25 years.
  
• A 19th century horse named ‘Old Billy’ is said to have lived 62 years.
  
• Horses have around 205 bones in their skeleton.
  
• Horses have been domesticated for over 5000 years.
  
• Horses are herbivores (plant eaters).
  
• Horses have bigger eyes than any other mammal that lives on land.
  
• Because horse’s eyes are on the side of their head they are capable of seeing nearly 360 degrees at one time.
  
• Horses gallop at around 44 kph (27 mph).
  
• The fastest recorded sprinting speed of a horse was 88 kph (55 mph).
  
• Estimates suggest that there are around 60 million horses in the world.
  
• A male horse is called a stallion.
  
• A female horse is called a mare.
  
• A young male horse is called a colt.
  
• A young female horse is called a filly.
  
• Ponies are small horses.