Horses first returned to the Americas with the conquistadors, beginning with Columbus, who imported horses from Spain to the West Indies on his second voyage in 1493. Domesticated horses came to the mainland with the arrival of Cortés in 1519. Read more…
During the Pleistocene (Ice Age), more than 20,000 years ago, wild horses that had evolved in America migrated to the Old World, Eurasia and Africa. More than 6,000 year ago in the Volga basin of eastern Europe horses were domesticated Read more…
Riding can help horses develop strong bonds with their owners. Horse riding can also help horses develop their muscles and work on their agility. It can allow high energy horses to release some of their built-up energy so that they Read more…
Summary. Occasionally, a horse seems to collapse or fall away under saddle while being ridden. This can result from a variety of problems including lameness, neurologic problems, and poor conditioning. This problem is more common in young horses that are Read more…
The discovery of the Hagerman horse proved that horses were present in North America before the arrival of Columbus. In fact, it’s now thought that horses may have first come to the Western Hemisphere over 20 million years ago. Were Read more…
The horse provided the Spanish with faster transportation and an animal that could pull their cannons. The second reason the horse was an advantage for the Spanish is the Native Americans had never seen one before. The horses amazed and Read more…
“Horseplay” is considered a deviation from employment, defined (in the somewhat stilted language of Black’s Law Dictionary) as “departure of the employee from his course of employment and duties to employer for purposes entirely personal.” Black’s Law Dictionary, 5th ed., Read more…
Medieval horse armour emerged in the 13th century and began as leather and quilted fabric. It developed into the complete plate bard in the 15th century. The earliest surviving complete plate bard was made in about 1450–60. Did horses ever Read more…
The samurai were accomplished mounted archers, outfitting their horses with wide stirrups made of iron, wood, and copper or silver; these served as sturdy platforms on which the archers could stand and shoot. Before the 17th century, samurai horses did Read more…
There were three main types of Iberian horses that were brought to America. Columbus brought stock on his second voyage (1493), but the major impact with horses came with the various conquistadors, like Cortez in 1519, when more horses from Read more…