"Horse is as everyone can see" - this famous quotation by Benedykt Chmielowski, the author of the 18th century polish encyclopedia titled "New Athens", does not say everything, that might be said about this animal. According to the newest research, horses were domesticated already 5,5 thousand years ago - the traces of breeding from that period were found in the north of Kazakhstan. They are present in mythologies of most of the nations, accompanied men in the years of wars and peace. Currently horses are displaced by technology and slowly but surely they are going to retire. However, it is nor possible that these animals would lose their supporters.
