This document discusses horses and provides information about their characteristics, feeding requirements, gaits, common horse breeds, and uses for draft horses. Horses are warm-blooded mammals that give birth to live young, and there are 36 known types of horses. Their diet should include hay, grass, grain, salt, and plenty of water. Horses can walk, trot, canter, and gallop. Some large draft horse breeds mentioned are Clydesdale, Belgian, Percheron, Shire, and Suffolk, which are used for heavy work like farming or pulling wagons.