“Grazing” horses on land is classified as agricultural from a planning use perspective even where the horses are recreational rather than working horses. The key is that the horses are only on the land for the primary purpose of “grazing”. Can you graze horses on agricultural land UK? It’s illegal Read more…
(horse racing) Of a racehorse or jockey: to achieve victory in a race for the first time. What is a maiden filly? A mare that has never had a foal before is called a “maiden mare”. Just like women, a mare is more fertile in her younger years. As a Read more…
Wikipedia says that the term “Gee-Gee” is taken from horse-racing where a Gee-Gee is the first horse out of the starting gate. Other sources say that GG is short for the command given to horses to go: “gee up”. What does Gee Gee stand for? Founded in 1848, the University Read more…
Growing out of one man’s desire for the perfect rain sheet and company founder Edith Friedman’s willingness to try something new, The Clothes Horse now makes items for some of the most prestigious show barns and horse shows in the country, as well as for private horse owners nationwide. What Read more…
1788. Clothes horse: In 1788, a clothes horse referred to an upright wooden frame for hanging clothes to dry. The word appeared in the English language around the same time as “sawhorse”. What is the origin of clothes horse? From 1850 the term referred to a male fop or female Read more…
From 1850 the term referred to a male fop or female quaintrelle, a person whose main function is, or appears to be, to wear or show off clothes. In this context, the term is similar to “fashion plate”, which originally referred to a lithograph illustration of fashionable clothing in a Read more…
A clothes horse, sometimes called a clothes rack, drying horse, clothes maiden, drying rack, drying stand, Frostick, airer, or winterdyke, is a frame upon which clothes are hung after washing to enable them to dry. The frame is usually made of wood, metal or plastic. Why is a clothes horse Read more…
122,000 horses. Fact: There were 122,000 horses exported from Australia during WWI. At the end of 1918, 11,037 were still in use with the Australian Light Horse units in the Middle East. How many horses died in WW1 from Australia? And all Australia’s other military horses? Around 30,000 died in Read more…
During WWI more than 130,000 Australian horses were sent overseas to support Australia’s war effort. The horse that was most favoured was a mixed breed known as a waler, because many had been bred in New South Wales. How many Australian horses were sent to WW1? In the First World Read more…
Many Army garrisons have conveniently located horse stables with a variety of equestrian services. Some garrisons offer guided trail rides. Pony rides are also available at select locations. What do you call a soldier riding a horse? Soldiers who fought on horseback were known as cavalry. They often dominated the Read more…