Do horses have good memories?
Do they ever! They seem to remember everything that happens to them. That's one reason they are so trainable. What you teach a horse today, they will remember tomorrow. The more you reinforce it, the more it will stay in their memory until finally, it will be ingrained for life.
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Why do you measure horses in hands and what does it mean?
Oddly, at least to nonhorse people, the size of a horse rests in the palm of the hand. You see, even in an age of laser accuracy where distances are measured with great precision, the standard measurement of a horse's height is still done in hands.
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