History of the Horse

Horses in Battle
The horse have been used for thousands of years to carry soldiers and knights into battle.













In Agriculture

The heavy horse supplanted the Oxen as the first choice for ploughing and other cultivations and as a draught animal. The chief breeds used on British agriculture were the Shire, Suffolk Punch, Clydesdale









In the Mines                                           Image below: Pit Pony France
















Horses in Religion
In revelation the four Horsemen of the apocolypse bring woes upon the earth, Jesus Christ is depicted in the same book as coming on a white horse and a long sword protrudes from his mouth tostrike the nations. Horse were the great sacrifice i some cultures and sometimes the queen had a mock scene of bestiality and connection with the horse. 







Horse Racing

















Famous Horses
It is not known when humans first started to name horses however the practice goes back at least 2,400 years
Becephelos: Alexander the Great

Black Bess: Dick Turpins Horse

Travellor: General Robert E Lee