Horses Facts

A single gallon of gasoline contains enough energy to move a 3,000-pound car about 30 miles, equivalent to the work output of roughly 500 horses running for one minute.

In 2004, The Japanese Ice Cream Association promoted "raw horse flesh" ice cream in hopes that it would boost the popularity of ice cream!

Thumbelina, the smallest horse in the world, was about the size of a dog.

Sifrhippus was a species of horse about the size of a house cat, weighing only 8.5 pounds, and roamed North America around 56 million years ago during the Eocene epoch.

Old Billy was a barge horse in 18th-century England who hauled canal boats for a living. He was born in 1760 and died in 1822 — at 62 years old. The average horse lives 25 to 30. His taxidermied head is still on display at the Manchester Museum.