Horses

Born in 1935, Monty Roberts is a world-renowned horse trainer, who was inspired to find a kinder way to train horses after witnessing his father’s traditional methods of domesticating a horse. Unfortunately, these ways were aggressive and brutal. Monty didn’t like this and discovered his own way by using his body language, listening and responding to the horse’s behavioural feedback.

In a 24 hour period, a horse requires around 3 hours sleep. A horse can sleep either lying down or standing up.

A big horse with stamina and the strength to pull heavyweights, the Shire Horse has been used as a working horse to help humans complete their jobs more effectively.

Overcoming his smaller stature and not winning his first 17 races, Seabiscuit went on to become one of the greatest racehorses of all time.

During World War 1 farms and country estates were requested to give their horses to the war effort. Along with the battles on horseback by the cavalry, larger horses helped to deliver food and weapons to the soldiers.

All over the world horses are used to help with law enforcement. You may see trained police officers riding horses at sports events, protests and to protect important people. Mounted police are great at controlling large groups of people because of the horses’ size and visibility.

Horses that have been poorly treated are sometimes in need of being rescued by humans to ensure they have a better life going forward.

All horses that we now call wild are in fact feral horses who were once domesticated but reintroduced to their natural habitat to live as untamed wanderers living off the land.

When Rupert and Kirstin Isaacson discovered their two-year-old son Rowan was autistic they were unsure what life may hold. They could never have guessed the adventure it would lead them on.

Having been shown photos of people with either a happy or angry expression, the reaction of 21 different horses were examined when they met the people in the photos in real life.

Stroking, brushing, walking and mucking out specially trained horses are some of the activities that can help people to improve their physical and mental health.