The known history of the horse in Britain starts with horse remains found in Pakefield, Suffolk, dating from 700,000 BC, and in Boxgrove, West Sussex...

Horse racing is the second largest spectator sport in Great Britain, and one of the longest established, with a history dating back many centuries. According...

The horse has been present in the Indian subcontinent from at least the middle of the second millennium BC, more than two millennia after its domestication...

transforming warfare in Britain. Until the late 19th century, the horse was scoured every seven years as part of a more general local fair held on the hill. Francis...

has resulted in the preservation of skills that would otherwise have vanished once horses were no longer used in combat. In Britain, horse racing became...

The railway system of Great Britain started with the building of local isolated wooden wagonways starting in the 1560s. A patchwork of local rail links...

The economic history of the United Kingdom relates the economic development in the British state from the absorption of Wales into the Kingdom of England...

"Old War Horse" Horses in the Middle Ages Horses in East Asian warfare History of the horse in South Asia Horses in the Napoleonic Wars Horses in World War...

The horse (Equus ferus caballus) is a domesticated, one-toed, hoofed mammal. It belongs to the taxonomic family Equidae and is one of two extant subspecies...

The history of the United Kingdom begins in 1707 with the Treaty of Union and Acts of Union. The core of the United Kingdom as a unified state came into...

Great Britain have taken many different forms from the utopian philanthropism of Robert Owen through to the reformist electoral project enshrined in the Labour...

the Duke. It opened in 1761 and was the longest canal constructed in Britain to that date. Canal boats could carry thirty tons at a time; one horse could...

The Icelandic horse (Icelandic: íslenski hesturinn [ˈistlɛnscɪ ˈhɛstʏrɪn]), or Icelandic, is a breed of horse developed in Iceland. Although the horses...

Aesculus hippocastanum, the horse chestnut, is a species of flowering plant in the maple, soapberry and lychee family Sapindaceae. It is a large, deciduous...

mixed with gold flake, and that Caligula made the horse a priest. The accuracy of the received history is generally questioned. Historians such as Anthony...

Horses have been an important component of American life and culture since before the founding of the nation. In 2023, there were an estimated 6.65 million...

The Percheron is a breed of draft horse that originated in the Huisne river valley in western France, part of the former Perche province, from which the...

fault at shows, in addition to other conformation flaws. The Saddlebred has origins in the Galloway and Hobby horses of the British Isles, animals sometimes...

The history of the Jews in England goes back to the reign of William the Conqueror. Although it is likely that there had been some Jewish presence in...

Horse racing in Ireland is intricately linked with Irish culture and society. The racing of horses has a long history on the island, being mentioned in...

"A Horse with No Name" is a song by American folk rock trio America. Written by Dewey Bunnell, it was released on the Warner Bros. label, in late 1971...

This List of British racecourses gives details of both current and former horse racing venues in Great Britain. As of 24 November 2024, there are 59 racecourses...

The Friesian (Fries paard in Dutch; Frysk hynder in West Frisian) is a horse breed originating in Friesland in north Netherlands. The breed nearly became...

Horse Guards is a historic building in the City of Westminster, London, between Whitehall and Horse Guards Parade. It was built in the mid-18th century...

A draft horse (US) or draught horse (UK), also known as dray horse, carthorse, work horse or heavy horse, is a large horse bred to be a working animal...

The history of sports in the United States reveals that American football, baseball, softball, and indoor soccer evolved from older British sports—rugby...

Master of the Horse is an official position in several European nations. It was more common when most countries in Europe were monarchies, and is of varying...

The Ardennais or Ardennes is one of the oldest breeds of draft horse, and originates from the Ardennes area in Belgium, Luxembourg, and France. They are...

The history of the British Army spans over three and a half centuries since its founding in 1660 and involves numerous European wars, colonial wars and...

A pantomime horse is a theatrical representation of a horse or other quadruped by two actors in a single costume who cooperate and synchronize their movements...