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Horses are the large, powerful, fast running and has been one of the most useful animals for over more than thousands years. Horses were the fastest way for land travel those days. They have hooves, a tail, and long hair above their head and on their neck. Horses come in a variety of size and structures depending upon breed.

Horses usually weigh up to a range from 660 and 4400 pounds. Horses live their life span up to a maximum of 25-35 years depending upon their health. Horse likes eating grass, soft grass; sometimes they eat hay and grain. A horse can continuously run up to 42 miles per hour. A male horse is called as "Mare" and female horse is called as "Stallion".

Horses feel comfortable when they sleep while lying down but the have the capability to stand and sleep also. The Stallion will generally have one baby at a time. After a period of eleven months, a baby horse is born. A Baby horse is called "Foals". The foal will not be able to stand properly after born, but after 20 minutes the foal starts following her mother and will stay very near to the mother for few days.

In todays modern age objects faster than horses have been developed though people use horse to get work out of them while many other people keep horses for recreation and for sports specially horse race.

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