Horses have been our companions for thousands of years, but there's much more to these animals than meets the eye. Some of their quirks might even surprise you! These little-known facts will change ...

Horses are something of a specialist pet – a great deal of knowledge and effort goes into keeping them. However, that’s not to say you can’t sound like an expert in all things equine by boning up on a ...

Shire horses are one of the oldest breeds of draft horses, which are large, strong animals bred for their ability to do farm work and other labor. Shire horses are known for their gentle temperaments ...

Horses are well-known to be extremely intelligent and emotional beings and more and more people want to learn more about these fascinating animals, who are companions for numerous humans and also used ...

THE FOLLOWING are excellent uses for wax: 1) Wrapping peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. 2) Fake sweet lips that kids from the 1960s and '70s used to wear and chew on. 3) Making candles that give the ...

In his upcoming book, ‘Hoof Beats: How Horses Shaped Human History,’ William Taylor writes that today’s world has been molded by humans’ relationship to horses Nearly a million years ago in what is ...

Horses and hands do not sound like words that should go together because everyone knows horses in fact don't have hands. Then why do these words go hand and hand (pun intended)? Well it is how horses ...

If this May marks your first trip to the Kentucky Derby, you probably have a couple of questions. OK, maybe a few more than that. The length of the Kentucky Derby race is a mile and a quarter, or 10 ...

Heber • As he trotted around a wide gravel pen, his muscular black neck arched and nostrils flared, Comanche did not look like a horse who was past his expiration date. Yet if Debra West hadn’t ...