Horses were first domesticated in the Pontic-Caspian steppes, northern Caucasus, before conquering the rest of Eurasia within a few centuries. Did horses originate in Europe? Horses aren’t native to Europe, according to most scholars. The earliest fossil discoveries of Eohippus, the ancestor to modern-day horse species, dated back around 54 Read more…
Today, most Belgians found in the U.S. have light blonde manes and tails with chestnut, sorrel, or blonde coats. All of these coat colors are red-brown. Can a Belgian draft horse be black? Conformation. Bay is the most common colour for Belgian draft horses, but you’ll also find them in Read more…
Patton and Colonel Charles H. Reed saved hundreds of noble horses from being slaughtered and eaten by the Russian Red Army near the end of the Second World War. Who saved the Lipizzan horses? The rescue of the Lipizzans by the United States Army, made famous by the Disney movie Read more…
The Selle Français (SF) is a breed of sport horse from France. It is renowned primarily for its success in breed, but many have also been successful in dressage and eventing. An athletic horse with good gaits, it is usually bay or chestnut in color. What is a French breed Read more…
Rhode Island – America’s First Horse Center The pre-eminence of Kentucky as a horse-breeding region has been an established fact for some time. But back when Kentucky was only a remote and unknown woodland, the chief horse breeding region of America was Rhode Island. Were there horses Colonial America? Not Read more…
About The British Horse Society. We are the largest and most influential equestrian charity in the UK. The BHS makes a positive impact on the lives of horses and horse owners with wide-ranging campaigns and initiatives across education, welfare, access and safety. Is the BHS a charity? We are the Read more…
Liberty Trainers Double Dan Horsemanship. Started as two young, rope-slinging, crowd-pleasing cowboys, Dan James and Dan Steers turned their passion into a franchise. When the team first began their ventures into the art of liberty training in 2008, they never turned back. Who was the first horse trainer? KikkuliWritten records Read more…
The breed is now firmly established in Britain Numbers of Quarter Horses here in the UK, whilst only a minute fraction of the worldwide total, are increasing swiftly and have more than doubled over the last ten years from less than 1000 in 1996 to well over 3000 in 2010. Read more…
English Horse Breeds Cleveland Bay Horse. Size: 15.2–16 hands. Dale Pony. Size: 14–14.2 hands. Dartmoor Pony. Size: Up to around 12.2 hands. Exmoor Pony. Size: 11.2–12.3 hands. Felly Pony. Size: 13 to 14 hands. Hackney. Size: 14.2–16.2 hands. New Forest. Size: 12–14.2 hands. Suffolk Punch. Size: 15.2–17.2 hands. What type Read more…
“The ponies are as wild as the hills,” says Gareth Wyn Jones, a local farmer whose ancestors have managed them for 370 years. Each herd has a matriarch that is believed to be more influential than the group’s stallion. Thousands of these wild ponies once roamed the mountains of Snowdonia, Read more…