The name “Dala” (pronounced “daw-la“) comes from the Swedish province of “Dalarna,” in central Sweden. The familiar bright red decorated horses originated in the 1800s when the painted kurbit or flower-patterned saddle was regularly added to the horse. What does Read more…
The Romans did not use horses as draft animals for farm work, nor chariots in warfare, but Polybius specifies that the victim is a war horse. What kind of horses did the Romans have? In the Roman world there were Read more…
Ulysses S. Grant. Here’s a fun Presidential fact for you – Ulysses S. Grant got a speeding ticket on a horse. Yep, the 18th President was given a $20 speeding ticket for riding his horse too fast down a Washington Read more…
Since British currency was decimalised on 15th February 1971, the Guinea has no longer been accepted as legal tender. The term is still used in certain circles such as horse racing to describe values equivalent to one pound and one Read more…
Thus, at the beginning of the Columbian Exchange, there were no equids in the Americas at all. Horses first returned to the Americas with the conquistadors, beginning with Columbus, who imported horses from Spain to the West Indies on his Read more…
50. Yet in Eminence, they roam the wild expanse—a special kind of horses that have amassed incredible fame—the wild horses of Missouri. They are not many. According to federal law, their number is capped at 50. How many wild horses Read more…
Appaloosas. The horses are Appaloosas first bred by the New Pierce people in Idaho. Talking to Liz Coleman of Missouri Tourism about a trip to the state’s mountainous south we were surprised when she nonchalantly threw us this curveball: “Then Read more…
1720s. Horses offered a much superior option for both transportation and work, and indigenous people were quick to acquire them. Through a combination of trade and warfare, the horse spread gradually across the North American Plains and reached present-day southern Read more…
Feral horses in Alberta Currently, the highest feral horse populations are found west of the town of Sundre. The majority of these are believed to be descendants of domestic horses used in logging and guiding and outfitting operations in the Read more…
Andrew Jackson. In the center of the park stands an equestrian statue of Andrew Jackson erected in 1856, one of four identical statues in the U.S. by the sculptor Clark Mills. Who is the horseman outside the White House? Andrew Read more…