Despite its popularity, horse racing is a dangerous sport for both horse and jockey. Last week, Churchill Downs—site of the Kentucky Derby—announced it would suspend racing operations for the ...

Several horses recently discovered in a 2,000-year-old stable appear frozen in a failed flight to safety from the eruption of Vesuvius. After this horse died in the eruption of Vesuvius, its body ...

But she did keep going. She kept pushing, and when she crossed that fifty-mile mark, she had done it. She beat a horse. While Teeny isn’t the first person to outrun a horse (Welsh marathoner Huw ...

This story appears in the October 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine. Let’s face it: When it comes to expressions, a horse is no one-trick pony. Recent findings have revealed that our ...

Brisk business and activism collide at this Texas horse auction. At one of the largest sales in the country, seasoned traders and rescuers face off each month over the fate of hundreds of horses.

Twin jockeys Dennis and Davis Ahinakwa tell me that their grandfather was a jockey; Allotey’s great-grandfather was one, too. Mohammed Jara, who oversees the stables, comes from a family that ...

At a feedlot in Alberta, Canada, up to 10,000 horses await their death. In the winter, when temperatures can drop to -30 degrees Fahrenheit, the snow-covered equines huddle together for warmth. On ...

Two of the oldest are bronze horses from 1191–1148 B.C., wearing simple mats rather than saddles. A bronze mirror dating from 770 to 256 B.C. features a decorative rider on a horse with a saddle ...

Ancient nomads from the Eurasian Steppe may have been the earliest people to ride horses, new archaeological evidence suggests. And the equestrian practice could have given them a competitive ...

A safari in Africa usually conjures an image of mud-spattered 4x4 vehicles bouncing through the bush. But there’s another way to travel: on horseback. Although horse safaris originated in Kenya ...