BTB: Lukas: Another smart, sensitive TB

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Lukas: Another smart, sensitive TB Posted: 16 Dec 2010 12:13 PM PST I'm a little wary of people who teach "only with love" but this lady has a sincerity about her, and her regard for Lukas (and his regard for her) is pretty obvious. The number of tricks doesn't impress me as their rapport. clipped from www.aolnews.com Super Smart Horse Hoofs It Into Guinness Book (Nov. 29) -- A 17-year-old thoroughbred gelding in Chino Hills, Calif., is going into the record books, not for the speed of his feet but for the quickness of his mind. The horse in question is Lukas, who is touted as the smartest horse in the world for the many amazing feats he's been able to master: 35 in all. According to Karen Murdock, Lukas' owner and trainer, he is able to count and discern different shapes, spell his name and recognize the difference between objects that are the same and those that are different, those that are bigger or smaller than others and a concept called "absentness."

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