Whips have DNA?
Muslim Horse breeding involves a step stool......
It started when we ate the slow ones.
Just can't not inject modern PC nostrums into anything and everything, apparently. They weren't "interested" in diversity, it was just pretty much physical reality with geographic limitations and restricted travel for most. I'd say they were most interested in docility and utility, myself.
Humans have not always bred so selectively..
Tell me about it. From 18 to 30 I...well...forget it.
I don't believe that any horse that is the product of artificial insemination would be considered a thoroughbred by the Jockey Club, and so would not be eligible to race at any US Thoroughbred Racetrack, and probably not at any Thoroughbred Racetrack worldwide.
ML/NJ
I have a Spanish Mustang in the barn.Anyone who needs a horse faster than her must have a death wish.The Spanish ranchers sure knew how to breed horses.Smart,fast,and tough.
I seem to remember reading many years ago that all thoroughbred race horses today descend from Nashua (IIRC). Morgan horses also have a specific progenitor. But I wouldn’t think this applies to all breeds.
But... They’ve never been anything other than horses. Evolution my ass.
"Invented in Asia and subsequently spreading worldwide, the oldest known trousers are found at the Yanghai cemetery in Turpan, Xinjiang, western China, dated to the period between the 13th and the 10th century BC. Made of wool, the trousers had straight legs and wide crotches, and were likely made for horseback riding."
These are the people who probably domesticated the horse and invented pants:
The Curse Of The Red-Headed Mummy
This is Cherchen Man and he has on the oldest pants ever found.
(And, he was found in China)
If nothing else, it indicates humans have been involved in bioengineering for a much, much longer time than anyone thought. And that the world didn’t implode because of it.
CC
Do you think somebody might want to tell the Washington Post that long, long ago, horses used to be work animals. Hence, in the past, many breeds were bred for purposes other than winning horse races.
Mares were more valuable, since they could produce each year. Whereas studs are a pain to keep more than a few of, and so more likely to be eaten or used as high-mortality rate war horses.
