Always think in terms of safety first when handling horses–safety for you, the horse, and anyone else in the general area. Like it or not, horses are fight or flight creatures and can be unpredictable when faced with new people or surroundings. With quick thinking and action, close attention to the horse’s language, and some [...]

Wow!  This is very interesting.  There is apparently new evidence to suggest horses were domesticated over a 1,000 years earlier than first believed to be the case.
It’s amazing what science and archaeology can uncover these days - and I have problems working out what I did 20 years ago!
This is a fascinating article which you [...]

There are over 350 different breeds of horses and ponies. These fall into four main groups:
“light” horses with small bones, thin legs and weighing less than 1300 pounds; e.g. Thoroughbreds, Quarter Horses, Morgan horses and Arabians “heavy” or draft horses which can weigh up to 2000 pounds and are strong with large bones and sturdy [...]

The mother horse, or mare, is pregnant (or “in foal”) for 11 months.
Most mares give birth in the spring to a single baby (foal) although twins are not uncommon.
Mares produce milk for their young and will feed them for several months.
Within 1-2 hours of birth a foal is able to stand up and walk.
When foals [...]

This was shown on a TV show in the UK last November, hosted by comedian Graham Norton.
Enjoy!

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It was reported today that a neglected horse was put down and this could be the likely plight for many more with the average bill for a healthy horse verging on $1,500 per year per horse. This article has some ideas of what to do if you are struggling with the costs of keeping your [...]

All horses, regardless of when they were actually born, are considered to have a common birthday of January 1. This is one of the reasons most horsemen don’t like their foals to be born late in the year: Even if a foal is born on December 31st he or she will have their first birthday [...]

This phrase originates from the 19th century. In keeping with its American origin, it originally was written as ‘hold your hosses’ and it appears in print that way many times from 1844 onwards.
In Picayune (New Orleans) September 1844, came the expression:
“Oh, hold your hosses, Squire. There’s no use gettin’ riled, no how.”
It’s clear that [...]

The horse has one stomach. In contrast, cattle, sheep, goats, bison, deer, elk, caribou, moose, and camels are “ruminants” which means (among other things) they have four digestive chambers instead of just one stomach.
The horse is an herbivore, which means it feeds mostly on plants.
The normal horse’s small intestine is about 70 feet long.
The normal [...]

“Floating” a horse’s teeth means to file the sharp edges or points off in order to create a flatter, more efficient chewing surface, and to keep any sharp edges or points from cutting the inside of the horse’s mouth.
Adult horses have teeth that are several inches long. Most of the tooth cannot be seen because [...]