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Longma or "dragon horse" connects with other creatures in Chinese folklore. While longma sometimes applies to the Qilin, [13] the closest relative is the legendary tianma 天馬 "heavenly horse" or the "Chinese Pegasus ", which was metaphorically identified with the hanxuema 汗血馬 "blood-sweating horse" or Ferghana horse.
Hobby horses may be constructed in several different ways. The types most frequently found in the United Kingdom have been categorised as follows: [1] Tourney horses are meant to look like a person riding a small horse that is wearing a long cloth coat or caparison (as seen in medieval illustrations of jousting knights at a tourney or tournament).
Horse improvement as a goal, and horse breeding as an enterprise, date to medieval times; King John imported a hundred Flemish stallions, Edward III imported fifty Spanish stallions, and various priories and abbeys owned stud farms. Laws were passed restricting and prohibiting horse exports and for the culling of horses considered undesirable in type. By the 17th century, specific horse breeds ...
The horse was a direct influence on much later hill figures of white horses, [5] including Kilburn White Horse (1858) in Yorkshire, [32] Folkestone White Horse (2003) at the Channel Tunnel terminal near Kent, [33] and a white horse cut from heather that existed from 1981 until the mid-1990s in Mossley, Greater Manchester. [34]
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Combined driving (also known as horse driving trials) is an equestrian sport involving carriage driving. In this discipline, the driver sits on a vehicle drawn by a single horse, a pair or a team of four.
Boulonnais horse. The Boulonnais, also known as the "White Marble Horse", [1] is a draft horse breed. It is known for its large but elegant appearance and is usually gray, although chestnut and black are also allowed by the French breed registry. Originally there were several sub-types, but they were crossbred until only one is seen today.
The horses have been used throughout history as war horses, both as cavalry mounts and to draw artillery, and are used today mainly for heavy draft and farm work, meat production and competitive driving events. They have also been used to influence or create several other horse breeds throughout Europe and Asia.