>> the average life expectancy for a working horse was only around 3 years. Wow. Just googling horse lifespan gives range of 25-30 years. Those horses must ha

>> the average life expectancy for a working horse was only around 3 years. Wow. Just googling horse lifespan gives range of 25-30 years. Those horses must have been massively abused (or have huge disease problems) to die so quickly. You'd think they'd have taken better care of them, since I imagine they weren't cheap. But I guess it's probably an example of market incentives creating perverse results quite different from what the propaganda would tell you.