Lukas was intended to be a race horse, but the stubborn gelding didn't like having his will forced. After collapsing on the track in last place and the end of his first race, he was given away to several homes, where he was later neglected and left to starve in a secluded backyard. After being rescued, Karen acquired the recovering Lukas from a friend. Karen had 30 years of experience of psychiatric nursing, so she used the same caring, loving, and positive enrichment methods on her patients on to Lukas through a series of games. Slowly gaining trust, Lukas revealed he was one smart horse! He was able to understand concepts such as proportions, shapes, colors, his own reflection, and identify numbers and letters. Karen wanted Lukas's story to be an example of what kind treatment can do for animals, so they applied for the record Most numbers identified by a horse in one minute. After a high pressure sixty seconds, Lukas identified 19 numbers, earning him a Guinness World Records title and the affectionate name "World's Smartest Horse".

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In the News - Punching any horse in the face is never OK.

A man was arrested after trying to punch a police horse in the face.

http://newsofthehorse.com/2017/man-arrested-after-trying-to-punch-police-horse/