Old Billy
(1760-1822)

Died aged c. 62

Verified to be 62 at his death, Old Billy was the longest-lived horse on record. He worked as a barge horse in England. Old Billy was said to look like a big cob/shire horse. His lithograph was published, showing Old Billy, with Henry Harrison, who had known the animal for fifty-nine years. Billy's skull now resides in the Manchester Museum.

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