Portal:Horses/Did you know/22

... that by kneeling before a cross the renowned 16th-century English performing horse Marocco saved his master from death by burning as a witch?
...that in Greek mythology, Arion (or Areion) was an extremely swift immortal horse that could talk?
...that Muhamed, a German horse, seemed to extract cube roots and tap out the answer with his hooves?
...that in 2007, the first Australian outbreak of equine influenza caused all horse racing to be cancelled?