Category: History of Horses
-
I Spoke to you in Whispers
Lest we forget. This is for all the horses who served and died .
-
The Liverpool Working Horse.(Repost)
I recently wrote a post about the horses who pulled the London cabs. I was reminded of this post that I wrote in July 2019.
-
Churchill was not the only famous Winston.
I recently got an interesting comment from Susan who had read my blog post “The Day I met a Cavalry Black”. In this post I had called the horse Winston. I had just made this up to be honest, as I felt he was such a nice fellow I should give him a name. But…
-
Monday Minstrel: The Horses of India.
J.T. Khanewala of Don’t Hold Your Breath blog commented on a recent post about how life would be different if horses had become extinct. He told me that in Asia the heavy work was done by oxen and there are no draft breeds as there are in the West. For both of us this peaked…
-
If horses had become extinct!
Horses were nearly wiped out….
-
Monday Minstrel: Horse’s Ancestor Memories
The ancestor memories of how to survive.
-
Monday Minstrel: The London Cart Horse Parade 1903
586 single horse vehicles, 62 pairs and 30 unicorn teams.!
-
Magic in the Old. Magic in the New.
The trick is to successfully combine the two.
-
Monday Minstrel: The Windsor Grey Mares.
What happens to the horses that serve the Queen when they are older and no longer engaged in active ceremonial duties? I learned recently that they are retired to the Horse Trust. The thing that really peaked my interest was that I had met one of the recently retired Windsor Grey mares. Her name is…
-
Equines Empowering Women!
Women are forming their own equine welfare groups.
-
July 20,1982 Terrorism strikes the Cavalry Blacks
On the eve of Remembrance Day/Veterans Day I am reposting this to remember horses lost not in battle but to terrorism while they served their country.
-
Keeping a Head on your Shoulders!
He claimed they were made from the melted down statue!