Remarkably the evolution of the word ‘jockey’ to identify a professional horse rider took just 4 major steps according to my source excluding the ancient source. And they are pretty clean, identifiable steps. Of course, it is the English language. English speakers shouldn’t forget that …
This is an Infographic on the names to describe various types of horse. I found researching this interesting. I am indebted to Desmond Morris, the author of the book HORSEWATCHING. The Infographic is deliberately compressed tremendously in terms of the information provided as there is …
In general, humans do not eat horses because they have nearly always given their lives to benefit humans either to carry them and/or in some other way been a servant to humans. As a consequence, when a horse goes into retirement, they are deserving of …
NEWS AND COMMENT: Cowboy Trail Rides in the Red Rock Canyon Conservation Area just outside Las Vegas, provide a riding experience to customers on well-trained gentle horses in the distinctive countryside of this area of America. But among the piece and charm of this landscape …
UK: A tourist touches the reins of a Queen’s Guard horse and is almost immediately screamed at by the soldier: “Don’t touch the reins!”. She quickly backs off as you would if you were unexpectedly yelled at that fiercely. I have seen this before in …
In a new book which marks Queen Elizabeth II’s 70 years on the throne, Sir Michael Morpurgo explains the origin of her lifelong love for horses. Sir Michael Morpurgo is a children’s author and he was having lunch at Buckingham Palace. He sat next to …
I am going to rely on Dr. Desmond Morris, my favourite source of information with respect to the relationship between animals and people, to answer the question. In his book Horse Watching he comes to the conclusion that the earliest stirrup was “a looped rope …
The infographic below shows you how the word “jockey” evolved. It’s quite a neat evolution and I thank Dr. Desmond Morris for it. I add some meat to the skeleton of the infographic below. Centuries ago, the name “Jack” was used as a term to …
