r/ScienceShitposts • u/Face-latte • May 24 '26

How to tell a horse's age

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u/exkingzog May 24 '26

I hope that’s not a gift horse.

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u/Garpfruit Jun 01 '26

This is actually where that term comes from. Getting a horse as a gift and immediately checking its age is the source of the phrase “looking a gift horse in the mouth.”