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A common riding is an equestrian tradition mainly in the Scottish Borders in Scotland. [1] Male and female riders ride out of the town and along its borders to commemorate the practice from 13th and 15th centuries where there were frequent raids on the Anglo-Scottish border known as the Border Reivers and also to commemorate the Scottish defeat at the Battle of Flodden. [1]
Riding horses were used by a variety of people during the Middle Ages, and so varied greatly in quality, size and breeding. Knights and nobles kept riding horses in their war-trains, saving their warhorses for the battle. [12] The names of horses referred to a type of horse, rather than a breed. Many horses were named by the region where they ...
Horses jumping a point-to-point fence. Point-to-point races are normally run over a minimum of three miles, but certain races, including some blue riband events (e.g. the 4-mile Heythrop Men's Open and the 3 + 1 ⁄ 4-mile Lady Dudley Cup) are longer, and maiden races for young horses (aged four to seven years) can be run over 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles.
Wild Horse racing in Palio di Legnano 2013. Horse racing is an equestrian performance activity, typically involving two or more horses ridden by jockeys (or sometimes driven without riders) over a set distance for competition. It is one of the most ancient of all sports, as its basic premise – to identify which of two or more horses is the ...
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, dating from 500,000 BC. Early humans were active hunters of horses, and finds from the Ice Age have been recovered from many sites. At that time, land which now forms the British Isles was part ...
The Spotted Horse Ranch. Fall is a great time for horseback riding into the foliage and what better place to do it than the Spotted Horse Ranch. Ride an appaloosa by reservation only then enjoy ...
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