Horses were, in the Celtic world, closely linked to the sun.

On account of their supreme position in horse ( Ashva ) culture, they were also popularly known as Ashvakas, i. e. the " horsemen " and their land was known as " Home of Horses ".

Horses were also extremely important, and each knight often owned several horses for distinct purposes.

Horses ( and other large mammals as reindeers ) were hunted during the Late Paleolithic in western Europe.

Horses were domesticated 1000 years later.

Horses were occasionally fitted with a coat of mail as well.

Horses such as the Trakehner were used in World War II which, at the end, nearly destroyed the breed as Soviet troops advanced from the East, causing flight and expulsion of Germans during and after WWII.

Horses, Western society's basic form of personal transportation for thousands of years, were replaced by automobiles and buses within the span of a few decades.

* 2000 BC: Horses were tamed and used for transport.

Horses and animal products were traded mainly for agricultural tools, such as the harrow and the plough, and clothing of which silk was most popular.

Horses were corralled on Potrero Hill, and the milking sheds for the cows were located along Dolores Creek at what is today Mission High School.

It made some moneymaking films like Bob Fosse's Cabaret, Woody Allen's Take the Money and Run, and Sydney Pollack's They Shoot Horses, Don't They ?, while other films like Song of Norway and Candy, were critical and box-office disasters upon release despite them both being heavily promoted while still in production.

Horses were brought back to North America by European explorers, beginning with the second voyage of Columbus in 1493.

The control of the Mississippi River by the Union prevented the sugar crop from going to market, Horses and mules were seized by the Union forces, and crops were left unharvested in the fields, so the sugar industry was bankrupt at the end of the Civil War.

Horses and mules were bought, sold and traded just as automobiles are today.

Like the grounds and buildings of the Campground ( so designated in April 2005 ), the Flying Horses were designated a National Historic Landmark by the Secretary of the Interior.

* The Hi-Lo Country and All the Pretty Horses, released in 1998 and 2000 respectively, were almost entirely shot here.

Horses were used for pulling wagons and for farming and most of the prairie was broken up with walking plows.

Horses were forced to drink from the few stagnant creek pools that could be located.

The song " You Can't Always Get What You Want " on the Let It Bleed album ( 1969 ) was supposedly written about Faithfull ; the songs " Wild Horses " and " I Got the Blues " on the 1971 album Sticky Fingers were also allegedly influenced by Faithfull, and she co-wrote " Sister Morphine ".

Although bandmembers would work with each other again on various individual projects ( including Sylvian and Jansen's Nine Horses project ), no further full Japan reunions were planned in any form.

Horses were generally used as universal standards of barter.

Animals — the embodiment of romantic passion — were incorporated into paintings such as Arab Horses Fighting in a Stable ( 1860 ), The Lion Hunt ( of which there exist many versions, painted between 1856 and 1861 ), and Arab Saddling his Horse ( 1855 ).

Horses would come to the Pueblo in the 17th century, introduced by the Spanish.

Jane Goodall and William Shatner have introduced his documentary film on primitive equine behavior, Such Is The Real Nature of Horses, the culmination of 20 years of research.

Horses were introduced sooner in Norfolk than elsewhere and crop rotation helped to intensify cultivation.

Horses, however, immediately thrived from the time they were introduced to North America in the 17th century.

Also in the 2004 TV poll to find " Britain's Best Sitcom ", Blackadder was voted the second-best British sitcom of all time, topped by Only Fools and Horses.

Francisco and his brother, Gustavo A. Madero, are mentioned in the 1992 book All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy.

The Quarter Horse normally requires both parents to be registered Quarter Horses, but allows " Appendix " registration of horses with one Thoroughbred parent, and the horse may earn its way to full registration by completing certain performance requirements.

Horses with the same sire but different dams are simply said to be " by the same sire ", and no sibling relationship is implied.

Horses should never be tied by the reins.

Horses guiding vehicles by means of a pole, such as two-horse teams pulling a wagon, a hay-mower, or a dray, will have pole-straps attached to the lower part of the horse collar.

A study of the Highland folklore literature prior to 1933 with specific references to Kelpies, Water Horses and Water Bulls suggested that Loch Ness was the most mentioned loch by a large margin.

The first album to come out of this downtown scene was released in November 1975: Smith's debut, Horses, produced by John Cale for the major Arista label.

A Man Herding Horses, by Han Gan ( 706 – 783 ), a court artist under Xuanzong

Only Fools and Horses, one of the most successful sitcoms, began in 1981 and was the most durable of several series written and created by John Sullivan.

Their best known songs to date are " Brain Collapses ", " Unveiling the Secret ", " Eternal ", " Misery ", " Tears ", " Sanctuary ", " Gods and Monsters ", " 15 Minutes ", and a remake of the famous Q Lazzarus song " Goodbye Horses " made popular by the movie The Silence of the Lambs ; as well as their cover version of Soft Cell's " Sex Dwarf ".

Also included for the serious collector was Psyche's cover version of the Q Lazzarus song " Goodbye Horses " made famous by the movie The Silence of the Lambs.

Horses are diphyodontous, erupting a set of first deciduous teeth ( also known as milk, temporary, or baby teeth ) soon after birth, with these being replaced by permanent teeth by the age of approximately five years old.

Similarly, The Guardian reported of grunge-influenced groups from Yorkshire, including Dinosaur Pile-Up, The Old Romantic Killer Band, The Tempus, Above Them, Pulled Apart by Horses, and Wonderswan.

In 1981 he found his most enduring and popular role, Derek ' Del-Boy ' Trotter in the BBC situation comedy Only Fools and Horses, created by John Sullivan.

Horses crossing a plain near the Simpson Park Wilderness Study Area in central Nevada, managed by the Battle Mountain BLM Field Office

Le Villaret, located in the Cevennes National Park in southern France and run by the Association Takh, is a breeding site for Przewalski Horses that was created to allow the free expression of natural Przewalski's horse behaviors.

Image: Hangan02. jpg | A Man Herding Horses, by Han Gan ( 706 – 783 AD ), Tang Dynasty original.

Horses owned by Windfields Farm have won the Queen's Plate eleven times, but the most successful was the stable owned by Joseph E. Seagram, a prominent distiller from Waterloo, Ontario.

*" Heartbreak on the 101 ", by Band of Horses

Advertising for the film ( pictured at right ) boasted of the extravagant expense incurred in presenting the spectacle :" Actual Sinking of an Ocean Liner. Two Battleships Sunk by United States Navy .$ 18, 000 Used for Ammunition in One Battle. 40, 000 People Employed. 10, 000 Horses in Thrilling Cavalry Charges. 40 Aeroplanes in Great Air Battle. Every Death-dealing Device Known to Modern War in Operation. One Year in the Making. Cost $ 1, 000, 000. 00. Entire Cities Built and Destroyed. An Awe-inspiring Spectacle that one minute makes your blood run cold and another thrills you with its touches of human gentleness. The Story of the Greatest Love of the Ages —- the Love of Humanity.