Horse images and designs are extremely popular with equestrians and horse enthusiasts who spend countless hours riding and caring for horses. There is a unique bond that is constructed between a horse and rider than is only understood by equestrians. Horse riding is particularly popular in more rural areas where riding is a serious sport and competition that requires endurance and years of training. Images of horses for many represent a dedication to equestrianism. Additionally, horses can be a representation of a wild and unbridled freedom, a connection to the natural, undomesticated world.

People love horses and the love had for this majestic animal leads to many tattoos. These tattoos represent a respect for an animal that has played a big role in the lives of humans.

About the Horse

Horses are mammals with hooves and therefore called ungulates. In addition, they have short hair, long tails, long and thick necks, strong torsos. Horses were once found in specific places in the world but because they are domesticated now, you can find horses everywhere.

It’s no surprise these animals have become domesticated. They’ve been around for around 50 million years when getting the data from the American Museum of Natural History. The were first found in North American but were then found in Europe and Asia.

According to Oklahoma State University, it was between 3000 and 4000 BC the first horses were domesticated in Asia. At the time, horses were used primarily for meat and milk. Soon after, the horse started being used as a source of transportation and working animal.

Horses are large animals and when looking at the close to 400 different breeds of horses, they can be as big as 2,200 pounds and 69 inches tall from shoulder to hoof. The smaller breeds can be as short as 30 inches from shoulder to hoof and around 120 pounds.