Elvis Presley may have sung about a “Hound Dog†but his favourite animals were horses, it has emerged.
Priscilla Presley, former wife of the King of Rock and Roll, and other sources claimed the singer had at least 18 horses at both Graceland and the Circle G Ranch at one point.
His first horse at Graceland was a quarter-horse named Domino, which apparently he presented to his wife, reports Discovery News.
The singer went on to buy palomino Rising Sun for himself and many of the horses were said to have been stabled in a barn named “The House of the Rising Sun.”
Other animals to have received the star’s affection included a chimpanzee and several dogs.
