Helen Clark
Learning about this extremely loyal friend of humans is always exciting.
#1 In general, domesticated horses live up to 25 years.
#2 Stallion is the name of a male horse. Mare is the name of a female horse.
Colt is the name of a young male horse. Filly is the name of a young female horse.
#3 Horses have 205 bones in their bodies.
#4 In the wild, a typical horse team can have 3 to 20 horses.
#5 It is actually a dominant female that leads the herd or the team.
#6 A ‘hand’ is the official unit for measuring the height of a horse. One hand equals 4 inches.
