10 Facts about Horses

  Horses

Top Ten Facts About Horses:

1. Dogs and cats drink by lapping water with their tongues while cattle and horses make use of a sucking action.
    
2. A baby female is called a filly, a baby boy is called a colt, a baby boy or girl is also known as a foal.
    
3. When first born, foals cannot eat grass because their legs are too long to reach the ground.
    
4. Foals can stand up within one hour of being born.
    
5. Most foals are born at night.
    
6. Thoroughbreds all have the same birthday which makes it easier to keep breeding, racing, and showing records.
    
7. As well as using them for fly swatting, horses use their tails to send signals to each other about how they are feeling.
    
8. A horse's height is measured in hands.  1 hand = 4 inches.
    
9. Horses belong to the equus family which comes from the Greek word meaning "quickness".
    
10. A pony is not a baby horse, but rather a full grown small horse.