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.
The story of Alexander the Great’s horse, Bucephalus, has always been one of my favorites because it shows how gentleness can connect with even the “wildest” horse. It is no surprise that Alexander the Great was…
Marengo was an Arabian stallion and is famous for being one of Napoleon Bonaparte’s war horses. Standing only 14.1 hands he would be classified as a “pony” by today’s height standards. Yet this courageous mount carried…
Proving the bravest hearts can come in small packages, “Reckless” was a 14hh pony who served in many battles during the Korean War. During the Korean War one of the U.S. Marine Corp’s most deadly weapons…