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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 ...
There are two main forms of horse racing in Great Britain. Flat racing, which is run over distances between 5 furlongs and 2 miles 5 furlongs 159 yards on courses without obstacles. National Hunt racing, races run over distances between 2 miles and 4 + 1⁄2 miles, where horses usually jump either hurdles or fences (races known as steeplechases).
Genetic evidence indicates that domestication of the modern horse's ancestors likely occurred in an area known as the Volga–Don, in the Pontic–Caspian steppe region of eastern Europe, around 2200 BC. From there, use of horses spread across Eurasia for transportation, agricultural work, and warfare. Scientists have linked the successful ...
Galloway pony. Irish Hobby. Norfolk Trotter. Old English Black. Yorkshire Coach Horse. Yorkshire Grey Horse.
Suffolk Punch. The Suffolk Horse, also historically known as the Suffolk Punch or Suffolk Sorrel, [1] is an English breed of draught horse. The first part of the name is from the county of Suffolk in East Anglia, and the word "punch" is an old English word for a short stout person. [2] It is a heavy draught horse which is always chestnut in colour.
The word hobby is glossed by the OED as "a small or middle-sized horse; an ambling or pacing horse; a pony". The word is attested in English from the 14th century, as Middle English hobyn. Old French had hobin or haubby, whence Modern French aubin and Italian ubino. But the Old French term is apparently adopted from English rather than vice ...
Flat racing, where horses gallop directly between two points around a straight or oval track. Jump racing, or Jumps racing, also known as Steeplechasing or, in Great Britain and Ireland, National Hunt racing, where horses race over obstacles. Harness racing, where horses trot or pace while pulling a driver in a sulky.
Military horses. Autumn Dew, horse owned by Emperor Taizong of Tang. Babieca, horse of El Cid. Bill the Bastard, legendary Australian war horse. Black Jack, the last Quartermaster-issued U.S. Army horse, died February 6, 1976. Blueskin, one of Washington's two primary mounts during the American Revolutionary War.