It’s often said that dogs are mans best friend, but I’d say that our history with horses, both in and outside of the sport of horse racing, holds just as much worth for many of us. A telling illustration of that was in news recently, when it was announced that a Prehistoric sandstone engraved with horses had been found near Bordeaux in France. Located at an ancient hunting site the carvings, thought to be around 15,000 years old, very clearly depict part of a horse, and also other smaller animals.
Other items were found at the Angoulême site including arrowheads and also heated pebbles, thought to be part of a fireplace. These fascinating discoveries from the Palaeolithic period will soon be on show for the public to see and offer a meaningful glimpse into our own past. Above all else and in the context of the website, it’s just nice to know that even thousands of years ago, we were appreciating the majestic nature of our equine friends. On a more creative note, it’s also marginally depressing that someone 15,000 years ago was able to carve a better engraving of a horse, than I can draw today on a piece of A4 paper in 2019!