Category: Horse Facts

Horses come in many different sizes. Discover how heavy a full grown horse is as well as different weights horses come in by breed, height, type and age. You may want to know a horse’s weight...

Palominos are one of the few golden colored horse coats out there. I used to lease a palomino horse named Spike. I remember the golden sheen glistening under the rays of the sun when I would go out...

If you are wondering what a female horse or a male horse is called you are in the right place. There are a handful of terms we call horses based on their gender and their age. This also pertains to...

A popular belief among many non-horse people and beginner equestrians is that ponies are baby horses, which is not true today. However the word was derived from a French term poulenet meaning foal,...

You know horses wear shoes and have seen a metal horseshoe before, but do horses actually need to wear shoes? Did you know that like wild horses, some horses in captivity don’t wear...

I recently heard someone ask this question before and I wondered this myself when I was working at the barn during my pregnancy. I was curious to find out the answer so I decided to do a little...