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...

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...

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...

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

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...

"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...

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...

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...

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

The history of the United Kingdom began in the early eighteenth century with the Treaty of Union and Acts of Union. The core of the United Kingdom as...

The history of sports in the United States shows that American football, baseball, softball and indoor soccer evolved out of older British (Rugby football...

"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...

Great Britain (commonly shortened to Britain) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean off the north-west coast of continental Europe, consisting of England...

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...

This is a list of some of the breeds of horse originating in the British Isles. Twelve of the native breeds are considered rare and are marked with a "†"...

This List of British racecourses gives details of both current and former horse racing venues in Great Britain. As of 18 April 2024, there are 59 racecourses...

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

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...

originated), Great Britain, Canada, United States, Australia, and France. The name is derived from early races in which orientation of the course was by reference...

British, French, and other European colonists. Native peoples of the Americas quickly obtained horses and developed their own horse culture. Horses remained...

The British Armed Forces are the military forces responsible for the defence of the United Kingdom, its Overseas Territories and the Crown Dependencies...

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...

Wellington: A Personal History. Great Britain: Da Capo Press. p. 65. ISBN 978-0-7382-0148-1. "Marengo: the Myth of Napoleon's Horse". The Waterloo Association...

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...

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 Morgan horse is one of the earliest horse breeds developed in the United States. Tracing back to the foundation sire Figure, later named Justin Morgan...

Lee Min-ho in the TV series The King: Eternal Monarch Brooklyn Supreme, said to be the largest horse in history Burmese, favourite mount of Queen Elizabeth...

on horse racing or horse betting commonly occurs at many horse races. Modern horse betting started in Great Britain in the early 1600s during the reign...