Hello, do you have any experience with horses?
I've ridden them a few times. We started domesticating them around 4000 BC.
Wow, that was a long time ago. When did they create saddles, so that riding a horse would be more comfortable?
I'm not sure. People started out putting blankets on horses, and padding got added later.
That's interesting. What are the most common things that horses eat?
Equine nutrition
Equine nutrition is the feeding of horses, ponies, mules, donkeys, and other equines. Correct and balanced nutrition is a critical component of proper horse care.
Horses are non-ruminant herbivores of a type known as a "hindgut fermenter." Horses have only one stomach, as do humans. However, unlike humans, they also need to digest plant fiber (largely cellulose) that comes from grass or hay. Ruminants like cattle are foregut fermenters, and digest fiber in plant matter by use
. Then, when they have the horse nicely broken, you give to a cowboy. Why don't you give the wild horses to the cowboys to break in? They ride on saddles, and it would not be so hard for them.' But the chief cowboy only said, "Well, I can't be bothered by a little thing like that. You will have to see Buffalo Bill about the horses.' But I retorted, "You know very well that Buffalo Bill does not know what you do