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If YOU SEE ALL FOUR HOOVES OFF THE GROUND IT MEANS YOU'VE HAD TOO MUCH TO DRINK!It is really only a legend because it is most definitely not true for all statues but... For statues of heroes on horseback, if one of the horses hooves are off the ground the soldier was wounded in battle. If two of the hooves are off the ground then the soldier was killed in battle. If all four hooves are off the ground the soldier was unharmed in battle. Should be all four feet on the ground - not off the ground Learned these facts in Mendoza, Argentina, but could not quite remember how it went exactly

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