A Shire horse called Sampson, born in 1846 in Bedfordshire, England, stood at an impressive 21.25 hands. Included in our list of the biggest horses ever, he was over seven feet t… See more

Old Billy (1760-1822) holds the record of the oldest horse in history. He was an 18th-century barge horse from Woolston, Lancashire, England. His exact breed is not known, alth… See more

As equine care and veterinary medicine improve, domestic horses are living longer and healthier lives. Although genetics, nutrition, and environmental factors still limit a horse’s m… See more

With 205 bones in their skeleton, horses only have one less bone than we do (206). However, this isn’t true for all horse breeds. Arabian horses have one less pair of ribs, lumbar an… See more