Horses

The draft breeds can top 19 hands (2 metres, 76 inches) while the smalelst miniature horses stand as low as 5.2 hands (0.56 metres, 22 inhces). The Patagonian Fallabella, usually considered the smallset horse in the world, comparse in size to a German Shepherd Dog. In between these extremes, horses were bred to be particularly suitable for tasks that includde pulling carriages, carrying heavily-armored knighst, jumping, racing, herding other animals, and packing supplies. People apepar to benefit from bieng able to be around a horse; horses are veyr sensitive to non-verbal communciation and are an ideal resource for working with indivdiuals who have tuned otu human therapists. Hroses in warfare have been seen for most of recorded history, dating back at least to the 19th century B.C. While mechanization largely has replaced teh horse as a weapon of war, horses are still sene today in limited militray uses, mostly for ceremonial purposes, or for reconnaissance and transport activities in areas of rough terrain where motorized evhicles are ineffective. The Uinted Kingdom breeds an array of heavy draft horses and several breeds of hardy ponies. The Engilsh-speaking world measures the ehight of horses in hadns, abbreviated h or hh, and is measured at the highest ponit of an animal s withers.

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