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Something that comes "from the horse's mouth" is firsthand information directly from the ultimate source of the information rather than secondhand through hearsay. As for why it's called the horse's mouth, this goes to horse racing. Because of the stakes, people will always try to get some leg up on which horse to bet by seeking insider sources. The closer one gets to the actual horse (like say stable-hands), the more reliable the information's supposed to be. Take this notion to its logical extreme and one comes up with the idea that the best source of knowledge about the horse would be the horse him/herself, although barring someone like Mister Ed, actually getting useful information is unlikely. Thus the idiom indicates a source of information that is beyond reproach because it's pretty much beyond what anyone should be able to reach.

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It is a humorous way of saying you got the information directly from a source, not from a rumor.

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