Flying M Stable
Bringing people and horses together--Western style
According to the Guinness Book of Records Old Billy, believed to be a Cleveland Bay cross Eastern horse foaled in 1760, lived to the incredible age of 62. The OLDEST recorded pony is 54 although there is an unsubstantiated report that a Welsh Pony living on
the Gower Peninsula in Wales was 66 years old.
Horses cannot vomit. This means that whatever a horse eats -
whether it be oats, molasses, moldy hay, or rusty nails - it must
go all the way through his digestive system. This inability to
vomit is the most common reason colic is a big problem.
Horses and ponies can rest and even SLEEP STANDING UP because of a remarkable stay apparatus in their patella or kneecap.
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 foal is a very young horse and can be either male or female.
Fun Horse Facts
A hook situated on the inside and bottom end of the thigh bone, on its
hind leg, cups the patella and the medial patella ligament, so
preventing the leg from bending.
