A to Z Challenge – Z is for …

Zombies!!!!

No, not really

Actually it’s for the other Z.

These little stripey horses look spectacular and over the years many people have tried to train them in the same way as one would train ordinary domesticated horses. They met with limited success, because the domestic equine has been selectively bred for 8000 years not just for strength speed and stamina but for tractability.

Zebras are still too close to the wild to be handled like a horse and despite rumours that Roman emperors travelled...