Horse Power for More than Horseracing
Horses are believed to have contributed to human civilization more than any other domestic animal. Horses acted as powerful, enduring modes of transportation for explorers venturing new worlds and making new discoveries. Horses carried historically great armies to their victories. Horses acted so essentially in wars that empires from Egypt to Mexico endured defeat due to the advantage their enemies had of swiftly approaching on horseback. Also, for a good deal of time horses acted as the key means of long distance travel.
Aside from the utility of speed and distance travel, horses contributed their great strength to the building of industries. This was perhaps the greatest contribution that horses have made to human civilization. Trade could extend distances due to the heavy weight that horses could pull and raw materials could be transferred for variant uses in construction.
The modern horse species is called Equus caballus. This species accounts for the range between miniature Shetland ponies and the huge load carrying horses. Fifty million years ago a small coyote-sized animal inhabited North America and grazed on fruit and leaves. The arched-back body of the animal was only about a foot in height and it had a long tail and short snout, and the creature had hooves. These creatures were the primitive ancestors that horses evolved from.
Over the last few centuries Thoroughbred horses have evolved into the fastest creatures to endure the distances that they run. Horses have thus changed the face of sporting and entertainment as horseracing is now the second most popular spectator sport in the U.S. and England and is a major sport in several other countries.
Horseracing provides a large avenue for exciting entertainment and is a respected sport honoring, prestigious, elegant and swift animals.
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