Do you like horses? Right now I will tell you some amazing facts about horses!

• Horses can sleep both laying down and standing up.
• Horses have bigger eyes than any other mammal that lives on land.
• Horses can run shortly after birth.
• Domestic horses have a lifespan of around 25 years.
• Horses are herbivores.
• Because horses eyes are on the side of their head they are capable of seeing nearly 360 degrees at one time.
• Horses have four speeds called gaits  They walk (slow speed), trot (it’s like when we skip), canter (like when we run), gallop (this is like when we sprint).
• Horses gallop at around 27 mph, the fastest recorded sprinting speed of a horse was 55 mph.
• A male horse is called a stallion.
• A female horse is called a mare.
• Young horses are not called ponies, they are adult horses shorter than 56 inches.
• A young male horse is called a colt.
• A young female horse is called a filly.

What is your favorite type of horse?