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A memorial to the horses that served in the Second Boer War. While many statues and memorials have been erected to human heroes of war, often shown with horses, a few have also been created specifically to honor horses or animals in general. One example is the Horse Memorial in Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. [203]
The native Irish horse, the Irish hobby, represented today by the Connemara pony, [citation needed] was a horse measuring twelve to fourteen hands high. Their name derives from the word 'hobin', a French word thought to be derived from the Gaelic term 'obann', meaning 'swift.' Though small, the hobby was not necessarily a horse of poor quality.
These war wagons were slow and cumbersome, but provided a protected elevated platform for javelineers and slingers. Chariots with spoke -wheels pulled by horses were lightweight and fast which made it feasible to outrun light infantry and wagons.
Category for famous horses used in war, typically owned by well known people. Horses portal; Pages in category "Individual warhorses"
These horses were usually stallions, bred and raised from foalhood specifically for the needs of war. The destrier was specifically for use in battle or tournament ; for everyday riding, a knight would use a palfrey , and his baggage would be carried on a sumpter horse (or packhorse ), or possibly in wagons.
Mares were the preferred war horse of the Moors. [10] [page needed] They also were preferred by the Mongols. [42] War horses were more expensive than normal riding horses, and destriers the most prized, but figures vary greatly from source to source. Destriers are given a values ranging from seven times the price of an ordinary horse [3] to 700 ...
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The Numidian cavalry's horses, ancestors of the Berber horse, were small compared with other horses of the era, and were well adapted for faster movement over long distances. [2] [unreliable source] Numidian horsemen rode without saddles or bridles, controlling their mounts with a simple rope around their horse's neck and a small riding stick.