“Horseplay” is considered a deviation from employment, defined (in the somewhat stilted language of Black’s Law Dictionary) as “departure of the employee from his course of employment and duties to employer for purposes entirely personal.” Black’s Law Dictionary, 5th ed., West Publishing Co., 1979. What does the term horseplay mean? Read more…
Medieval horse armour emerged in the 13th century and began as leather and quilted fabric. It developed into the complete plate bard in the 15th century. The earliest surviving complete plate bard was made in about 1450–60. Did horses ever wear armor? But horses, like the warriors who rode them, Read more…
The samurai were accomplished mounted archers, outfitting their horses with wide stirrups made of iron, wood, and copper or silver; these served as sturdy platforms on which the archers could stand and shoot. Before the 17th century, samurai horses did not wear armor. How did samurai treat their horses? The Read more…
The true horse migrated from the Americas to Eurasia via Beringia, becoming broadly distributed from North America to central Europe, north and south of Pleistocene ice sheets. It became extinct in Beringia around 14,200 years ago, and in the rest of the Americas around 10,000 years ago. When did Europeans Read more…
Fourteen horses. Fourteen horses played Joey during the movie. The main acting horse in the film, Finder’s Key, also portrayed Seabiscuit (2003) in the eponymous movie about the famous racehorse. How many horses were used for Joey in War Horse? Fourteen horses played the main hero, Joey. Another horse named Read more…
Riding hats were first worn in the late 18th century as a fashion item, rather than for safety reasons. Today, a hat is vital to protect the rider’s head, as without the necessary safety wear, falling from a horse can cause fatal injuries. Who invented horse riding helmets? Charles OwenThe Read more…
Horses were first domesticated in the Pontic-Caspian steppes, northern Caucasus, before conquering the rest of Eurasia within a few centuries. Which country did horses originate from? Horses, the scientists conclude, were first domesticated 6000 years ago in the western part of the Eurasian Steppe, modern-day Ukraine and West Kazakhstan. Did Read more…
In times of war, hamstringing an enemy’s horses prevented the horses from being used in fighting. What does hamstrung the horses mean? One weird little part in here is the hamstrung horses. Instead of killing the horses of their enemies, they would cut a tendon on the back of one Read more…
bay thoroughbred gelding. Warrior was a bay thoroughbred gelding that my grandfather Jack Seely bred from his own mare Cinderella and who was foaled in the spring of 1908 a few miles from our then family home at Brooke in the west of the Isle of Wight. What breed of Read more…
Most armies at the time preferred cavalry horses to stand 15.2 hands (62 inches, 157 cm) and weigh 990 to 1,100 pounds (450 to 500 kg), although cuirassiers frequently had heavier horses. Lighter horses were used for scouting and raiding. How much did a medieval warhorse weigh? between 1,200 and Read more…