Horse Poem

I am galloping with you, you know how

past the bear, the biggest cow

I am golloping with you through the snow and grass

Have you ever known how beautiful it was?

I am galloping with you, until the top

I am galloping with you, until you say stop.



All above from American Dream Horses

Fun Horse Facts

All racing thoroughbred born in the United States, Canada, and Europe celebrate their birthdays on exactly the same day, January 1! It's an easier way to track the horses' ages for horse racing. Gee, all the other horses must get lots of party invitations on that day!

Horses need only two to three hours' sleep a day and they get most of that standing up. A horse locks a joint in her back leg, and that joint signals the muscles to relax but no collapse. Now the horse can snooze. Too bad humans can't do that while waiting in long lines.

Open your mouth and take a breath. Horses can't do that. They can breathe only through their noses. Flaps at the backs of a horses throat work like trap doors, allowing only food and water into the stomach and air into the lungs. Having a stuffy nose must be a lot more stressful when you're a horse.

Horses like to stand head to tail and side by side. Why? A horse might answer, "You swish the flies from my face and I'll swish the flies from yours!"

All above from "Oodles of Horses" from American Girl.....