A few facts to start

Hello this is my first post on my new blog Horse facts and chat.

Horse life.

Horses are group animals. This means that wild horses live in herds. Different horse breeds are used for different things examples include:

Shires = pulling carts and riding.

Shetlands = pulling carts, riding and as small pets.

Thoroughbred= everything, normally associated with racing.

Species of horse

Each horse is in a group of some  breeds these groups are :

Heavy horses

Light horses

Ponies.

Each different breed is a member of one of these groups. These breeds include:                                                                                           

Shire, Suffolk punch , Appaloosa, Friesian, Lipizzaner, Mustang, Palomino, Paso Fino ,Thoroughbred,  Haflinger.