I love learning about famous horses and sometimes I share what I’ve learned on this site. Here you will find stories about horses in history, mythology and also modern times.
Valegro, a Dutch Warmblood gelding, and Charlotte Dujardin danced their way into the hearts and dreams of equestrians and non-equestrians throughout the world as they won the Olympic Gold in dressage in both 2012 and 2016.…
Horses are revered animals in the Lord of the Rings, even more so in the books than in the movies. The stunning scenes in the movies depict noble and beautiful horses faithfully serving the characters, and…
Big Jake was a Belgian draft horse gelding that had the distinction of being the world’s tallest horse at 20 hands and 2.75 cm, without his shoes on. The Guinness Book of World Records crowned him…
Centaurs are one of the most interesting creatures to arise from Greek mythology, and their tale is filled with interesting stories. The creature is half man and half horse. The head, shoulders, arms, and upper body…
Einstein is the smallest horse that was ever born, he was only six pounds at birth, on April 22, 2010. Dr. Rachel Wagner and Charlie Cantrell purchased him the day he was born from their friend…
Kelpies are Scotland’s mythological horses. They inhabit lakes, or lochs as they are known there, and rivers. They can shapeshift into a human or equine form, including that of a friendly pony. Their origin was to…
Tulpar is a word that means winged horse in the Turkic language. The Tulpar is considered similar to Pegasus. The winged Tulpar horse has been around almost as long as the Turkic people, with the first…