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36. No - it's quite elderly, actually

Sat Dec 29, 2012, 12:36 PM

Dec 2012

Not that many live that long. Thirty is ancient for a horse, and only a few live to be older than that.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horse#Lifespan_and_life_stages

Lifespan and life stages

Depending on breed, management and environment, the modern domestic horse has a life expectancy of 25 to 30 years.[6] Uncommonly, a few animals live into their 40s and, occasionally, beyond.[7] The oldest verifiable record was "Old Billy", a 19th-century horse that lived to the age of 62.[6] In modern times, Sugar Puff, who had been listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's oldest living pony, died in 2007 at age 56.[8]

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