2002-06-12 - 3:27 p.m.

Horse facts

The top speed of a of a Horse is about 45 Mph (70 Kph)

The smallest horse ever recorded was a Falabella (miniature pony) which stood 48cm (19 Inches), or just under 5 Hands

and weighed 14Kg (30 Lbs)

The heaviest horse ever recorded was a Belgian that stood 1.8M (6ft) tall, or 18 Hands, and weighted 1400Kgs (3200Lbs)

Horses have the largest eyes of any land animal

There are 60 Million domestic Horses worldwide

While walking a horse consumes 1 Litre (.25 gallon) of oxygen a minute but at racing gallop the horse takes exactly 1 breath per stride and consumes nearly 60 Litres (15 gallons) of oxygen per minute

A horse can eat more food each day then a cow of the same size

Horses were domesticated in Eurasia about 6000 years ago

Horses became extinct in both North and South America about 15,000 years ago

hat is the largest horse? What is the largest cow? What is the largest pig and sheep?

The largest recorded horse was a Percheron breed in 1903 that was 21 hands high, and weighed

3,940 lbs. A Suffolk breed in 1930 was 21 hands high and 2810 lbs., ) thats 7 feet tall at the shoulders) and the Brooklyn Supreme, a Belgian breed that lived in the 1930s was 19.2 hands high, and weighed 3,200 lbs. Link to pic of brooklyn supreme: (http://www.zooish.com/_borders/horse_large_belgian.jpg

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