horse

     

Equus ferus caballus (see text) Equus laurentius

Trivia about horse

  • In 1971 the eagle replaced this animal on the flag of the U.S. Postal Service
  • "You can lead" one of these "to water, but you can't make him drink"
  • Carl Stumpf & his student Oskar Pfungst debunked Clever Hans, one of these animals, who "counted" with its hoof
  • Equine
  • A long-standing tradition in France, hippophagy is the consumption of this
  • A hinny has an ass for a mother & one of these animals for a father
  • When you obtain information first hand, you get it "straight from" this animal's mouth
  • In 1830 one of these raced the locomotive Tom Thumb & beat it
  • Schoolteacher Justin Morgan lent his name to a breed of this animal developed in the U.S. in the 1800s
  • Eohippus was not an early hippopotamus, but the first one of these animals
  • "Mr. Ed" went off the air in 1966, ironically the year of this animal
  • In the famous August 28, 1830 race between Peter Cooper's Tom Thumb & one of these, Tom lost
  • It's said that you can lead this animal to water, but you cannot make it drink
  • The rhino is closely related to this animal, though we won't hear "My kingdom for a rhino" anytime soon
  • In gymnastics, it's safe to vault over; its body is upholstered
  • You've let loose when this animal precedes "around" or "play"
  • VMI's museum has one of these stuffed & mounted that belonged to Stonewall Jackson
  • Odin rode an eight-legged one of these named Sleipnir
  • Dapple Gray is this type of animal
  • Reportedly, in 1854 Flora Temple broke the 2:20 minute mile; of course, Flora was one of these
  • In the song "Tennessee Stud", the Tennessee Stud isn't a macho cowboy, it's one of these
  • Buggy's partner:caballo
  • Of a senator, Civil War hero, or horse, identity of the Justin Morgan for whom the Morgan is named
  • Winchester, one of these that belonged to Gen. Sheridan, is on display--all 16 hands of him
  • The multiple-toed feet of Eohippus, this domestic animal's ancestor, evolved into 1 toe covered by a hoof
  • A violin bow traditionally uses hairs taken from the tail of this animal
  • I'm supposed to "beware of Greeks bearing gifts"--but if they bring me a gift one of these, I shouldn't look in its mouth...hmmm
  • In "A Very Brady Sequel", Tim Matheson struggles to steal the Bradys' statue of one of these animals
  • Lexington is home to the International Museum of this animal
  • As Professor Wagstaff in "Horse Feathers", Groucho told his son, "I'd horsewhip you if I had" one of these
  • Because of their close association, eating this animal is the main food taboo among Gypsies
  • A well-equipped knight had several of these, including a palfrey for travel & a fast courser for battle
  • In this "equine" basketball game, you get a letter if you miss a shot & your rival makes one -- if you spell the game, you lose
  • Scientists believe that eohippus, about the size of a small dog, was the earliest ancestor of this animal
  • This animal resembling today's Przewalski's was a source of meat in Europe 30,000 years ago
  • Robert Redford: "The _____ Whisperer"
  • Equus caballus
  • Quick Draw McGraw
  • I may say "neigh!" if you do a pas de cheval, a ballet step that imitates this animal
  • Black Beauty
  • The percheron & the palomino are types of this
  • 1943:"My Friend Flicka"
  • Odin gallops across the sky on one of these called Sleipnir, whose teeth are inscribed with runes
  • A Lipizzaner
  • Jordan & Bird hit "nothing but net" playing this shot-for-shot basketball game in 1990s TV ads for McDonald's
  • You might be just "banging your head against the wall" when you "flog a dead" one of these
  • Kumis, a national specialty of Kazakhstan, is the fermented milk of this animal
  • Revelation 6:8 says, "Behold, a pale" one of these "and his name that sat on him was Death"
  • "A" this "of a different color"
  • Not the Master of the House, but the Master of the this is responsible for the sovereign's carriages & certain animals
  • Of a dragon, a horse or a lion, the type of animal that the winged mythical creature Pegasus was
  • Philips Wouwerman painted about 1,000 pictures & most included a white one of these animals
  • Friesian,Appaloosa,Pinto
  • A little-known political candidate or Oscar nominee is called a "dark" this
  • Robert E. Lee called Gen. James Longstreet his "Old War" this
  • Navicular disease usually refers to lameness in this animal's foreleg
  • 1983:"Phar Lap"
  • In the 1990s the Przewalski variety of this was reintroduced to Mongolia
  • This quadruped is un cavallo
  • Sometimes called "Irish Cobs" or "Gypsy Cobs", Irish Tinkers are a type of this animal
  • Gobi explorer Nikolai Przhevalski discovered a wild camel & the world's last surviving wild species of this
  • A candidate put forward to ease the way for another candidate is called a "stalking" this