The Fjord horse. The Fjord horse is one of the world’s oldest, and its pure bloodlines go back at least 4,000 years. Historians believe the breed migrated to Norway thousands of years ago, where it became domesticated. Breeding of the Fjord horse has occurred for over 2,000 years. What is Read more…
1). The duties of farriers and marshals (ferrer and menescal) became mixed up in the farriers because both groups shoed horses and treated their diseases. Catalan-aragonese scribes used either of these terms and even used the words in combination: farrier-marshal (ferrer-menescal). Who owned horses in the Middle Ages? It was Read more…
The knights of medieval times were warriors. Any man who trained to fight could become a knight. What were medieval warriors called? KnightsKnights were medieval gentleman-soldiers, usually high-born, raised by a sovereign to privileged military status after training as a page and squire. Originally knights were attendants or specialized foot-soldiers, Read more…
THE HIPPOI AREIOI (Horses of Ares) were four immortal horses named Aithon (Aethon), Phlogios (Phlogius), Konabos (Conabus) and Phobos (Phobus) which drew the chariot of the god Ares. What animal does Ares have? Ares’ sacred animals are the vulture, venomous snakes, dogs, and boars. His Roman counterpart Mars by contrast Read more…
The major fodder provided to the animals were oats, hay, straw, and cut grass, with the occasional mention of other foodstuffs like bran, beans, peas, and ‘horse bread’, a mixture of grains and ground legumes. The amount provided for each animal depended on its age and type, but ascertaining exactly Read more…
The American Indian Horse is defined by its breed registry as a horse that may carry the ancestry of the Spanish Barb, Arabian, Mustang, or “Foundation” Appaloosa. It is the descendant of horses originally brought to the Americas by the Spanish and obtained by Native American people. What horse is Read more…
This oil on canvas painting of President Andrew Jackson’s gray mare Bolivia was completed by Edward Troye in 1836. Did Andrew Jackson ride a horse? In Ellicott’s Mills, Maryland, President Andrew Jackson boards a Baltimore & Ohio Railroad train for a pleasure trip to Baltimore. Jackson, who had never been Read more…
The Reign of the Horse Nation The horse culture was brought to a violent and tragic end with the Indian Wars and forced tribes to relocate to reservations. At its peak, the horse culture of the plains tribes encompassed the Comanche, Cheyenne, Arapaho, Lakota, Crow, Nez Perce and more. Which Read more…
The rare, endangered Przewalski’s horse, named Kurt, was created from cells taken from a stallion that had sat frozen at the San Diego Zoo for 40 years before the cells were fused with an egg from a domestic horse. How do they clone a horse? Cloning horses involves a tissue Read more…
Colors such as green, brown, red, and gray don’t bother the horses, but they react less when these colors are on walls rather than the floors. Do horses react to red? With only two types of cones in their retinas, horses have more limited color perception than people. Neitz found Read more…