This was the horse our cavemen ancestors knew. Its primeval antecedents are apparent in its 

 appearance. It is a horse, yet somehow not quite a horse and, indeed, Lydekker, the great 

 naturalist, described it as 'being intermediate in character between the horse on the one hand 

 and the kiang and onager on the other'. 



Swift, agile, hardy, it is the only true wild horse that survives. In ever-decreasing numbers 

 it grazes the remote steppes of Mongolia. It is known as Prejevalski's Horse after the Russian 

 explorer who 'discovered' it during the last century. 



Another early horse. In fact, the first horse that many of us encounter. The rocking horse in 

 the nursery is often a child's first memory. He may not run in the 3.30, but 'Dobbin Grey' 

 ('He could amble. He could trot. All around the chimney-pot') has run many a thrilling race 

 in childish imagination. 



