The average lifespan of a horse is 22-28 years depending on which study you read. Some horses have been known to live well into their 40's.

Factors that effect the foot/hoof: Heredity, Management, Nutrition, Shoeing/trimming, Exercise.

30% of all Horses are boarded.

65% of a horse's weight is carried on the front legs.

70% of all horses are used for pleasure and recreation.

Horses are rear wheel driven.

Normal temperature for horses is 100+/- 1 degree.

Normal Pulse Rate for a horse is 40+/- 6 BPM.

Lame horses in the front drop their heads at the trot.

Duct Tape will waterproof a bandage.

The trot is a two beat gait. The walk is a four beat gait. The canter is a three beat gait.

Some Saddlebreds are three gaited, some are five gaited.

The "Rack" is an exaggerated walk with a very pronounced up and down motion of the legs.

The horses' natural response to fear is flight or fight.

Bone Spavin is osteoarthritis in the hock joints.

Gait is the horses' way of going.

Good conformation is wasted without disposition and heart.

A "Star" is any white mark above the bottom of the eyes.

A "Strip" is any white mark below the eyes, above the nostrils and between the nasal bones.

"Parrot Mouth" is an overbite and may be a serious conformation fault.

"Ligaments" connect bone to bone.

The horses' field of vision is 320 degrees. And with a slight head turn in each direction, it's 360 degrees

Horses cannot see the food they eat due to the location of their eyes. Their "whiskers" feel the food they eat

Horses have binocular and monocular vision. They use monocular vision when looking to the side or rear. The image is different in each eye.

In a breeze, a white sheet may look like a large animal jumping out at the horse due to its monocular vision.

A horse approaching a jump cannot see it when he gets within 4 feet of it.

Due to placement of the eyes, horses cannot see anything in the center of the forehead.

Mares do not always have K-9 teeth.

At about age 10 a groove starts to form in the upper corner teeth - "Galvaynes Groove"

A Horse "over reaches" when the toe of the hind foot grabs the front heel.

There are 9.2 Million Horses in the USA.

Your friend says there is a grullo (pronounced gru-yoh). It's a Color, not a Breed. A grullo is mouse colored or smokey. It is not a mixture of black and white hairs (a Blue Roan). A Grullo usually has a black mane and tail and black on the bottom portion of the legs. It may also have a dorsal stripe. (Dorsal means on the back)

An effective Western Pleasure Horse is slightly back at the knee

An effective Reining Horse is slightly cow hocked

A Pinto Horse technically is not a breed. It's a color registry since any horse of color can be registered with the Pinto Registry.