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The term Great Horse may refer to

  • Destrier, the "great horse" ridden by knights during the Middle Ages
  • Leonardo's horse, aka Gran Cavallo, a statue of a destrier or great horse
  • "Great Horse", a song by Tyrannosaurus Rex from their 1970 album A Beard of Stars

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Great Horse

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The term Great Horse may refer to Destrier, the "great horse" ridden by knights during the Middle Ages Leonardo's horse, aka Gran Cavallo, a statue of...

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Great horse manure crisis of 1894

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The great horse manure crisis of 1894 refers to the idea that the greatest obstacle to urban development at the turn of the century was the difficulty...

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Henry Clay

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sectional crises, he earned the appellation of the "Great Compromiser" and was part of the "Great Triumvirate" of Congressmen, alongside fellow Whig Daniel...

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Horse racing in Great Britain

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Horse racing is the second largest spectator sport in Great Britain, and one of the longest established, with a history dating back many centuries. According...

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Shire horse

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world records both for the largest horse and for the tallest horse. The Shire has a great capacity for weight-pulling; it was used for farm work, to tow...

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Great White Horse Hotel

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The Great White Horse Hotel is a historic inn in the town centre of Ipswich, Suffolk, England. A hotel has existed on the site since 1518. Previously...

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List of horse breeds

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Gelderland horse Giara Horse Gidran Groningen Horse Hackney horse Haflinger Hanoverian horse Heck horse Heihe horse Henson horse Hequ horse Hirzai Hispano-Bretón...

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List of fictional horses

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General's horse in Roger Zelazny's Creatures of Light and Darkness Bucephalus, Alexander the Great's horse in Katherine Roberts' novel I Am the Great Horse Cadoc...

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Big Spotted Horse

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interpreter, Big Spotted Horse, on being called a "big horse thief" thought at first that he was being complimented as a "great horse thief". He was soon disabused...

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Crazy Horse

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Postal Service in 1982 with a 13¢ Great Americans series postage stamp. Sources differ on the precise year of Crazy Horse's birth, but most agree he was born...

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I Am the Great Horse

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I Am the Great Horse is a historical fantasy novel by English writer Katherine Roberts, published in August, 2006 by The Chicken House and aimed at teens...

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Horses in the Middle Ages

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Horses in the Middle Ages differed in size, build and breed from the modern horse, and were, on average, smaller. They were also more central to society...

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Horse

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The horse (Equus ferus caballus) is a domesticated, one-toed, hoofed mammal. It belongs to the taxonomic family Equidae and is one of two extant subspecies...

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Crazy Horse Memorial

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The Crazy Horse Memorial is a mountain monument under construction on privately held land in the Black Hills, in Custer County, South Dakota, United States...

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Horse racing

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Horse racing is an equestrian performance sport, typically involving two or more horses ridden by jockeys (or sometimes driven without riders) over a...

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Destrier

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war horse of the Middle Ages. It carried knights in battles, tournaments, and jousts. It was described by contemporary sources as the Great Horse, due...

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American Quarter Horse

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The American Quarter Horse, or Quarter Horse, is an American breed of horse that excels at sprinting short distances. Its name is derived from its ability...

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Percheron

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the "'great horse,' which could accommodate an armored knight" and was bred in the geographical setting of the poem. During the 17th century, horses from...

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Horse trading

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the merits of a horse offered for sale, the sale of horses offered great opportunities for dishonesty, leading to use of the term horse trading (or horsetrading)...

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Icelandic horse

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The Icelandic horse (Icelandic: íslenski hesturinn [ˈistlɛnscɪ ˈhɛstʏrɪn]) is a breed of horse developed in Iceland. Although the horses are small, at...

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Trojan Horse

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Greek mythology, the Trojan Horse (Greek: δούρειος ίππος, romanized: doureios hippos, lit. 'wooden horse') was a wooden horse said to have been used by...

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Uffington White Horse

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the Vale, particularly around the villages of Great Coxwell, Longcot, and Fernham. The Uffington White Horse was created some time between 1380 and 550 BC...

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Land of the Great Horses

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"Land of the Great Horses" is a short story by R. A. Lafferty from Harlan Ellison's science fiction anthology Dangerous Visions. The story takes a broad...

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