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Horses have been domesticated by humans for thousands of years. Once used for transportation, hauling, and war, they are now kept mostly for sports, recreation, and companionship.
See also horse racing. ...more
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Fascination with horses predated every other single thing I knew. Before I was a mother, before I was a writer, before I knew the facts of life, before I was a schoolgirl, before I learned to read, I wanted a horse.
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― A Year at the Races: Reflections on Horses, Humans, Love, Money, and Luck
― A Year at the Races: Reflections on Horses, Humans, Love, Money, and Luck
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There is a lot of folklore about equestrian statues, especially the ones with riders on them. There is said to be a code in the number and placement of the horse's hooves: If one of the horse's hooves is in the air, the rider was wounded in battle; two legs in the air means that the rider was killed in battle; three legs in the air indicates that the rider got lost on the way to the battle; and four legs in the air means that the sculptor was very, very clever. Five legs in the air means that th
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― I Shall Wear Midnight
― I Shall Wear Midnight
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