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Although known only from Roman contexts, the name Epona ('Great Mare') is from the Gaulish language; it is derived from the inferred Proto-Celtic *ekʷos 'horse', [5] which gives rise to modern Welsh ebol 'foal', together with the augmentative suffix-on frequently, although not exclusively, found in theonyms (for example Sirona, Matrona) and the usual Gaulish feminine singular -a. [6]
Desert Orchid: won King George four times and Cheltenham Gold Cup; Dr. Fager: "the Doctor"; set the world record at 1 mile on any surface, 1:32 1/5, and held it for more than 20 years. The only horse in American history who in 1968 won 'Racings Grand Slam'. Dream Journey: Winner of 3 GI races, including the Takarazuka and Arima Kinen of 2009 ...
Old Bob, Abraham Lincoln's horse; Popcorn Deelites, the main horse who played Seabiscuit in the Oscar Nominated film Seabiscuit; Prometea, born May 28, 2003, the first cloned horse and the first to be born from and carried by its cloning mother; Rugged Lark, famous quarter horse owned by Carol Harris, in the American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame
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Around 4,200 years ago, one particular lineage of horse quickly became dominant across Eurasia, suggesting that’s when humans started to spread domesticated horses around the world, according to ...
Researchers believe the very earliest horse ancestors arose in North America, then sauntered across the Bering Strait into Asia around a million years ago. They flourished in Asia, but went extinct in the Americas. People had domesticated other animals several thousand years before horses — including dogs, pigs, cattle, goats and sheep.
Horses were known to humans on what is now the Iberian Peninsula as far back as 25,000 to 20,000 BC, as shown by cave paintings in the area. [1] Among the local wild horses originally used by humans were the probable ancestors of the modern Lusitano, as studies comparing ancient and modern horse DNA indicate that the modern "Lusitano C" group contains maternal lineages also present in wild ...
She appears only by name, but is a horse girl from a generation much earlier than Maruzensky, and is the pioneer of the Symboli family who challenged the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. Sonon Elfie (ソノンエルフィー, Sonon Erufī) Voiced by: Ami Koshimizu She is a NPC horse girl who retired from racing and becoming a professional athlete.