Horse evolution is an overlooked aspect that we ignore often. Think of them like dogs: today, there are several different breeds of varying sizes, some burlier, some sleeker. In the early stages of domestication, this variety wasn’t there, but with time and lots of selective (cross)breeding, we got to where we are today.
Belgian Drafts tend to be big, and this one was the absolute unit
Yeah… there’s a difference between the kind of horse you bred to work in a team and pull a cart or carriage or train of them…
… and the kind of horse that’s a one rider endurance runner vs sprinter…
… and the kind of horse that you would gird with steel armor and sit a steel armored man on them, and then charge them directly into melee combat as heavy shock cavalry.
Horse evolution is an overlooked aspect that we ignore often. Think of them like dogs: today, there are several different breeds of varying sizes, some burlier, some sleeker. In the early stages of domestication, this variety wasn’t there, but with time and lots of selective (cross)breeding, we got to where we are today.
Belgian Drafts tend to be big, and this one was the absolute unit
Yeah… there’s a difference between the kind of horse you bred to work in a team and pull a cart or carriage or train of them…
… and the kind of horse that’s a one rider endurance runner vs sprinter…
… and the kind of horse that you would gird with steel armor and sit a steel armored man on them, and then charge them directly into melee combat as heavy shock cavalry.
That glorious equine appears to be about average sized for a Clydesdale. Never heard of the Belgian Draft breed before.
That neck. Wow.