We’re all now too familiar with the words “pandemic” and “epidemic,” but how about “epizootic”?

The bankers and entrepreneurs of Montana Territory turned to the race track to bolster their reputations.

Researchers consistently observe that longshot horses are overvalued by bettors at the racetrack. Why are they willing to risk it all?

The breeding of race horses validated those aspiring to belong to an American elite while feeding into racist beliefs about genetic inheritance.

Despite all the whips and spurs involved, nineteenth-century Americans believed racehorses loved a little manly competition.

The original inspiration for the now-ubiquitous equestrian statue, a classical bronze of Emperor Marcus Aurelius, was almost melted down and lost forever.

Horses and mules played a major role in the American Civil War. In the end, there were about twice as many dead equines as humans.

A strange initiation ritual involving a toad was required for members of a secret caste of nineteenth-century horse mystics.

Old houses in Ireland often have horse skulls buried beneath the floors, but folklorists and archaeologists disagree on exactly why.

Horses were omnipresent in the West until only a few generations ago, but then they were replaced by machines and disappeared from our streets as well as our consciousness.