Horse 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, is 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.