Horse

News Horses slide over 6 metres in this Mexican sport

In a sport that has similarities to dressage and reining, horses slide long distances and are scored by judges. But does it hurt the horses?

Follow Video HORSES FOUND IN POMPEII MAY HAVE BEEN HARNESSED TO FLEE ERUPTION Several horses recently discovered in a 2,000-year-old stable appear frozen in a failed flight to safety from the eruption of Vesuvius.

News Ancient DNA Study Pokes Holes in Horse Domestication Theory

A long-held theory on how horse domestication and language spread across Asia has been disrupted by a look at our genetic past.

Follow Video An Unlikely Surrogate Mum When Legacy was a foal her owners couldn’t feed her as much as she needed. That’s when they brought in Buttercup the dairy goat to do the job. Legacy took to his new mother well and fed from her utter until he was almost double buttercups size.

News Horses Make Facial Expressions Just Like Humans

Our equine friends use 17 separate movements to communicate.

Follow Video Dally and Spanky A Jack Russell Dally and a miniature horse Spanky strike up a rare friendship. However, Spanky was never so open to other animals.

News This Three-Day Horseback Ride Keeps Mexican Traditions Alive

Despite a dark chapter in its recent past, this small community is carrying on its colourful traditions.

Follow Video Bill The Bastard Saves The Day No one could ride him but one man, Major Michael Shanahan. They shared a bond so strong between horse and man they were like one body. Bill saved the lives of many troops to became an Australian legend and war hero.

News Bill The Bastard

The legendary tale of Australia’s greatest war horse.

Follow Video Bill The Bastard This is the story of Australia's most celebrated war horse, Bil; a bastard horse with immense stamina a size much larger than most walers.

News Australia’s Mighty War Horses

How the horses of the Desert Mounted Corps carried their men to victory during World War I

About Horse

There is only one species of domesticated horse, scientific name Equus caballus, but about 400 different breeds.

An adult male horse is called a stallion and an adult female is called a mare. A young male is called a colt and a young female is known as a filly.

Horses are herbivores, grazing mainly on hay, grass and grains.

The first horses were domesticated around 4,000 years to go and put to work servicing humans. Now, many of traditional horse duties have been taken over by machines.

Wild horses are descended from once-domesticated animals. Groups of wild horses are generally made up of one stallion and multiple mares and foals.

The brumby is a free-roaming wild horse found in Australia, with the largest populations located in the Northern Territory and Queensland. Many brumbies are descended from the horses brought to Australia by early European settlers.

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