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as a pump, to all
parts and is returned to the heart through a system of veins.
According to the Guinness Book of Records Old Billy, believed to
be a Cleveland Bay cross Eastern horse foaled in 1760, lived to
the incredible age of 62. The OLDEST recorded pony is 54 although
there is an unsubstantiated report that a Welsh Pony living on
the Gower Peninsula in Wales was 66 years old.

Horses have small stomachs and short intestines, therefore, they
cannot handle large amounts of grain at one time. Horses should
be fed frequently, but in small amounts (3+ times daily).
Horses cannot vomit. This means that whatever a horse eats -
whether it be oats, molasses, moldy hay, or rusty nails - it must
go all the way through his digestive system. This inability to
vomit is the most common reason colic is a big problem with
horses.
The world's largest horse at 19.2 hands and 3,200 lbs. "Brookie"
wore a 40-inch collar and boasted a girth measurement of 10 feet,
2 inches around. It took 30 inches of iron for each of his
horseshoes. Foaled in 1928, he eventually became the property of
C.G. Good of Iowa. Good's partner, Ralph Fogleman, exhibited the
big horse around the country, charging spectators 10 cent apiece.
Brookie died in 1948.
The World's Largest Horse: Purebred Belgian stallion by the name
of Brooklyn Supreme. He stood 19.2 hands (6'6") at his withers.
He weighed over 3,200 pounds and is entered in the Guiness Book
of World Records. He was foaled in 1928 and died in 1948. This
photo was taken when he was fully mature. He lived in Iowa.
A pair of Draught Horses, believed to be Shires, pulled the
HEAVIEST LOAD of 53.8 tons (55 tonnes) in 1893.
Horses and ponies can rest and even SLEEP STANDING UP
because of a remarkable stay apparatus in their patella or kneecap.
A hook situated on the inside and bottom end of the thigh bone, on its
hind leg, cups the patella and the medial patella ligament, so
preventing the leg from bending.
A person known as a HORSE WHISPERER is said to be able to
communicate with the horse in its own language. Some Whisperers
have used this ability to train horses whilst others use it to
'heal' with their hands.
How many years can a horse live?

In 1970 there was a Welsh Pony, in a farm near Pebbles Bay, Gower
Peninsula, South Wales, and they say he was 66 years old. But
there are not proof.
54 years old for a pony?
In 1919 there was living in Central French a Pony stallion, 54
years old. This was documented.
53 years old for a horse?
In 1969 on November 1st, in a farm near Danville,

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