History

After the end of the 18th century there were only 2 races of horses that had survived so far. These races of wild ponies were in Europeand the Russian Steppes.The population of horses now days in Asia, Eurpe, and North Ameerica all originated from these two groups of wild horses. All of this happened at the end of the ice age about 12000 years ago. Horses were hardly ever tamed to ride in those days, as they were most often eaten.

3000 years later wild horses became increasingly rare. Until 3000 years arter that horses began appearing in our cultral contexts, which possibly indicates slight forms of domestication.

The oldest native British breed which still remain wild upto this day is the Exmoor horses

People would've found that the Mares would have proven useful because of their milk, and both genderd could be used for heavy draft work. At that point horses were still killed because of their meat, but it was more commonly the stallions.

Horses and ponies have been used for hundreds of years. Before we had machinary,horses were used to pull the ploughs. Horses were a main part of history as nearly all the farmers needed them to pull the ploughs, so that they could grow crops for people to eat.

Horses and ponies started being ridden all over the world about five-thousand years ago.

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