About Horses

by Tristan and Ada

If you like horses, ride them or want to know more about them, then you should read this article.

There are many types of horses and ponies. Horses and ponies lifespans are 25–30 years.

It started off from Arabian horses when the Romans would battle different tribes. But then days started to get more modern and there started to be more types of horses. Romans started to make different tack (like a saddle) when their bridle (a thing to control where your horse) would just be a piece of rope wrapped around the horses bottom jaw.

Now let’s start talking about big horses. There are less big horses than regular sized horses. Big horses were usually for pulling wagons and harvesting crops back then, and they still do that today. If you have ever gone to a horse show, sometimes there are clydesdales, percherons, shires, haflingers, or belgians. They have a special kind of tack to connect to wagons.

Here are 5 facts about horses:

• Horses can’t vomit or burp

• Horses have a 360 degree vision

• Horses have 10 different muscles in their ears

• Horses have one less bone than a human

• The oldest horse ever was 62 years old

Hope you liked this article!