The horse’s ancestor is thought to have been a primitive creature about the size of a fox which emerged sometime after the time of the dinosaurs. Called Eohippus, this diminutive animal had four toes, and lived in the dense jungles that then covered much of North America. Where do horses Read more…
Yes, it is one of the most cost effective ways to become a racehorse owner. Syndicates are an ideal way to give racing enthusiasts the thrill of racehorse ownership for just a fraction of the price. However, as is the nature of sport, there is no guarantee of winning every Read more…
Plains Indians generally made their own bridles, using twisted or woven horsehair or buffalo hair, rawhide, and tanned leather. Sometimes they would attach a steel bit to the bridle, but they preferred to guide their mounts only by a thin rawhide thong or a rope of braided buffalo hair looped Read more…
Plains Indians made bridles out of twisted or braided horse hair, buffalo hair, rawhide, or tanned leather. They did not use bits, but rather looped the rope over the lower jaw or nose creating one or two reins. Did Indians use bridles on their horses? Plains Indians generally made their Read more…
Horses brought short-term wealth and portability, but there were long-term consequences also. The Indians began killing more bison than could be replaced, the horses and bison competed for food diminishing the prairie grass and the further the Indians traveled more disease was spread. What was the impact of horses on Read more…
In the western part of the state, the Sioux, Cheyenne, and Arapaho lived in skin tepees and roamed over most of western Nebraska as nomadic hunters. Horses allowed them to expand their traditional nomadic lifestyle across the plains. How important were horses to the Cheyenne? Horses helped the Cheyenne change Read more…
By 1900, most farmers used draft horses for hard labor. The 1,800 pound animals plowed the fields for corn and oats, planted the crops, cultivated the fields, brought in the hay crop, pulled wagons of field corn, hauled manure. Farms would not have been as successful without the aid of Read more…
The earliest horse remains found in the area now covered by Britain and Ireland date to the Middle Pleistocene. Two species of horses have been identified from remains at Pakefield, East Anglia, dating back to 700,000 BC. Were horses native to the UK? Domestic horses and ponies are a familiar Read more…
between 13,000 and 11,000 years ago. The last prehistoric North American horses died out between 13,000 and 11,000 years ago, at the end of the Pleistocene, but by then Equus had spread to Asia, Europe, and Africa. When did horses go extinct in North America? “Horses in North America went Read more…
about 3500 BCE. The earliest evidence suggesting horses were ridden dates to about 3500 BCE, where evidence from horse skulls found at site in Kazakhstan indicated that they had worn some type of bit. Evidence from Bhimbetka rock shelters suggest mounts were used at least 10,000 BCE. When did humans Read more…