My father talked of a poem they tough in high school about teeth in a horse;s mouth.

Anyone know it?

I have never heard of one.I have articles of aging a horse by the teeth and know of the saying "Never look a gift horse in the mouth"

Only thing that comes to mind is the guy with the speech impediment, story ended with 'let me say that differently, can I see her run'

Don't know the poem but,

Uncle had a stallion that reached over and grabbed me by the top of my shoulder, I was about 9 or 10, the pain was 'special' my legs drew up in the fetal position and there I hung from his mouth............

PS: If you don't KNOW, horses or hores's can bite like a sumbeotch.....

Is it this one?:

A Poem on How To Tell The Age of Horses:
To tell the age of any horse,
inspect the lower jaw, of course;
The six front teeth the tale will tell,
and every fear and doubt dispel.
Two middle "nippers" you behold
Before the colt is two weeks old;
Before eight weeks two more will come;
eight months, "the corners" cut the gum.
The outside grooves will disappear.
From middle two in just one year;
In two years the second pair;
in three the "corners," too, are bare.
At two the middle "nippers" drop;
at three the second pair can't stop;
When four year old the third pair goes;
at five a full new set he shows.
The deep black spots will pass from view,
at six years from the middle two;
The second pair at seven years;
At eight the spot each "corner" clears.
From middle "nippers," upper jaw,
at nine the black spots will withdraw;
The second pair at ten are white;
Eleven finds the "corners" light.
As time goes on the horsemen know
the oval teeth three-sided grow;
They longer get, project before,
Till twenty, when we know no more.

“Hores’s” with no teeth would be preferable. 😉

I will have to keep that. Pretty darn accurate.
Here is the total scoop on aging equines up thru 30 years.However anything past 18 or so is questionable

https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/...rticle=1135&context=extension_curall