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Horses were once the critical step in much of our transportation industry. The automobile certainly replaced them, but horses are still amazing creatures. Here are some interesting tidbits about horses you may or may not know.

A broad splash of white that covers most parts of the forehead between the eyes and carries down the nose to the muzzle is called a Blaze.

Horses make 8 basic sounds - snort, squeal, greeting nicker, courtship nicker, maternal nicker, neigh, roar, blow.

Depending on maturity, breed and the tasks expected, young horses are usually put under saddle and trained to be ridden between the ages of two and four.

A horse has a wide range of vision. A horse can see completely around its entire body except for small blind spots directly in front of its face, underneath its head, and directly behind itself. This is why it’s very important not to walk up right behind a horse - you are in its blind spot and if you startle it you may get kicked.

Horses require approximately two and a half hours of sleep, on average, in a 24-hour period. Most of this sleep occurs in many short intervals of about 15 minutes each.

A horse is usually not considered to be a horse until it is 5 years old. Before that, males are known as colts and females are known as fillies. However, it is still acceptable to call a colt or filly a horse.

A horse’s upper jaw is wider than its lower jaw. During normal chewing sharp edges or points frequently form along the outside edge of the upper teeth and the inside edge of the lower teeth due to the uneven grinding surface created by the different width of the jaws.

Horses are able to sleep both standing up and lying down. They are able to doze and enter light sleep while standing, an adaptation from life as a prey animal in the wild.

Horse meat has been used as food for animals and humans throughout the ages. It is eaten in many parts of the world and is an export industry in the United States and other countries.

The average horse’s heart weighs approximately 9 or 10 pounds. The great American racehorse Secretariat had a heart estimated during his autopsy to weigh 21 pounds, though the heart was not weighed.

China not only has the most people in the world, but also has the most Horses with 10,000,000

A hinny is a cross between a male horse and a female donkey. Hinnies are usually sterile.

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