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Jan 1, 1500
Witchcraft
(Now this takes place in the 1500's, but no specific date/year)
Morocco was a horse that was taught to do tricks, he lived in France. His official "title" was "The Trick Horse of Banks". Back in the Middle Ages witchraft was basically treason, Morocco and his owner were said to be praticing witchcraft; that's why the horse could do those tricks. Rumours followed them saying that they were burned because of Satanic reasons. Rumours are rumours though, and Morocco and his owner live untli old age. -
Jan 1, 1519
Colonial Spanish Horses
In 1519 Cortez arrived at the Mexican coast and and slyly invaded and took over the people native to that land. His men and him traveled to a from Mexico bringing back smallish horses now known as the Colonial Spanish Horse. They were basically a perfect horse for the people of Mexico because they were gentle, compact, speedy, and well..the only horses avaliable to those people at that time period...
They're a hardy breed, basically like mountain ponies but in Mexico. -
"Early 1600's"
Warmblood were not always around you know.
You had your desert-horse hot bloods, and your fancy English cold bloods. In the early 1600's horse armour was stripped down and tradded for the 2 key elements in winning wars. Speed and Stamina. Those hot blood horses were very fast, and had a lot of stamina and also impecable conformation. The cold blooded horses were very large and could pull heavy carts. When they crossed these two types of horses they got Warmbloods: better known as sport horses. -
King's Plate Horse Race
Not much is said about when Charles II created the horse race called King's Plate (now called the Queen's Plate since we have a Queen).
What is known is that he was very keen on horse racing and actually wrote the rules for the King/Queen's Plate!
The town that he designated for this race was Newmarket, the town known for the birth of the thoroubred horse races. -
The Begining
Janus (foaled in 1746, but transported in 1756). The most well know sire that started it all for the Quarter Horses today. Contrary to popular belief, Janus was not a stocky horse like most quarter horses, he was a thoroubred which may be where the Quarter Horses incredible racing speed came from. -
"The Best Horseman"
From the start horses have be saving people (even though sometimes we we don't deserve to be saved because of our actions against the horses). In one remarkable case Geroge Washington simlpy fell into a stream but his horse saved him, more specifically his horse's headstall gave Washington something to hold onto.
This is significant because the horse could've just easily shook off Washington's hand hold, but because of the bond they shared his horse, Eagle, saved him from certain death! -
Marengo
The famous mount of Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, a stallion that was imported to France at only 6 years old. This horse was thrown into two different homes after the Battle of Waterloo before finally staying with Lieutenant-Colonel Angerstein where he died at 38. Marengo was famous because he belonged to Napoleon, was a very speedy horse and was also wounded 8 times during his 4 battles and still survived! -
Professor McGillivray
Probably one of the first (well acclaimed) natural horsemanship practioners. Not much is known about him besides his skills that could match Monty Roberts in the sense that he could get a horse to accept a rider within a VERY short amount of time. -
The Last Stand
Comanche. One of the most famous war horses because of his status of being the last survivor at the Battle of Little Big Horn. There was really nothing special about Comanche; he was born in the wild and captured anywhere from ages 4-7. He was treated like a solider; when he was wounded after Little Big Horn he was excused from all other duties besides "pasture rest" for the rest of his life except at regimental functions.
He died of colic and was soon imortalized and put in the Smithsoian. -
Beautiful Jim Key
This horse lived in the late 18th century, early 19th century as a performing horse. The most astounding thing about this horse is that his owner, Doctor William, was a former slave and he trained "Beautiful Jim Key" without the use of whips. He is quoted saying that he only used "patience and kindness in teaching the horse".This would have opened many peoples eyes to how horses could be useful in ways OTHER than for labour purposes. Doctor William showed another side of horses. -
Tom Dorrance
This man was all about listening and observing horses. That's how he became so well known. Humans are horses are different but Tom knew that so he spent countless hours watching the horses interact with each other so that when the time came for him to interact with them he had an idea of what to ask and (the important question) how to ask it. -
Sir Barton
Way before it was known as the Triple Crown, Sir Barton came galloping in an stole the title as first ever horse to win the Kentuckey Derby, Preakness and the Belmont Stakes!
No one expected him to win. He was even supoused to win, his stablemate Rose, was supoused to be the glory horse. After this win he became the most famous horse next to Mar 'O War.
