Westbury or Bratton White Horse is a hill figure on the escarpment of Salisbury Plain, approximately 1.5 mi (2.4 km) east of Westbury in Wiltshire, England. Located on the edge of Bratton Downs and lying just below an Iron Age hill fort, it is the oldest of several white horses Read more…
The horse is often called ‘the white horse of Kent‘ or ‘Invicta’. Invicta, meaning unconquerable in Latin, is the motto of Kent county, and is often found written below the image of the horse. It is generally accepted that the name comes from Kent’s resistance to William the Conquer. Why Read more…
Oxfordshire. The figure is situated on the upper slopes of White Horse Hill in the English civil parish of civil parish (in the ceremonial county of Oxfordshire and historic county of Berkshire), some 16 km (10 mi) east of Swindon, 8 km (5.0 mi) south of the town of Faringdon Read more…
Here and there you will see patches of white chalk shining through and over the years around thirteen white horses have been carved out of the chalk. Out of that thirteen, only eight white chalk horses are still visible today. How many chalk horses are there in the UK? Horse Read more…
The Kilburn White Horse is on Sutton Bank near Kilburn in North Yorkshire, just on the edge of the magnificent North York Moors National Park. At 318 feet long and 220 feet tall, it’s the largest and most northerly white horse hill figure in the United Kingdom. Where is the Read more…
Westbury or Bratton White Horse is a hill figure on the escarpment of Salisbury Plain, approximately 1.5 mi (2.4 km) east of Westbury in Wiltshire, England. Located on the edge of Bratton Downs and lying just below an Iron Age hill fort, it is the oldest of several white horses Read more…
Westbury or Bratton White Horse is a hill figure on the escarpment of Salisbury Plain, approximately 1.5 mi (2.4 km) east of Westbury in Wiltshire, England. Where is the white horse in the landscape? Osmington White Horse, Dorset Sculpted into limestone hills north of Weymouth in 1808, the Osmington White Read more…
The shape drastically changed over the centuries just like the land around it. The Uffington White Horse can be seen from over 20 miles away and it’s almost miraculous that it has survived all these years! Can you see the white horse from the road? While you can see the Read more…
After the fastest two minutes in sports, Rich Strike, an 80-1 longshot, took this year’s race, becoming the horse with the second-longest odds to ever win the Derby. Rich Strike’s 80-1 odds were the second longest ever for a Derby winner, trailing only 1913 race-winner Donerail. Photo courtesy of Flickr. Read more…
Franz Marc loved to paint animals, especially horses. He was a very spiritual man and he felt that animals were innocent and close to God. He also had theories about color, believing, for example, that yellow is a feminine color and blue is masculine. Why did Franz Marc paint animals? Read more…