Medieval horses were vital to life in the Middle Ages – but their existence was far from easy. In this video, we explore the daily struggles faced by these hardworking animals, from grueling ...

Their work revealed that the majority of medieval horses, including those used in war, were less than 14.2 hands (4 feet 10 inches) tall from the ground to their shoulder blades—the maximum ...

Horses from the Middle Ages were the size of ponies – much smaller than horses today, according to the largest-ever study of horse bones.

Thundering warhorses beating down a plain would have been a fearful sight for opposing forces in the Medieval ages. But new research shows that, to our eyes, many of these warhorses would have been ...

Archaeological analysis of a medieval animal cemetery has revealed horses that had the status of modern-day supercars. The remains, discovered in Westminster nearly 30 years ago, include those of ...

The archaeologists found that English medieval knights led their charges on horses shorter than 14.2 hands tall—today they would be classified as ponies, not horses.

Medieval warhorses were actually less than 5ft high and no bigger than modern-day ponies, study finds. University of Exeter-led experts analysed the remains of medieval equines ...

Rather than the large horses of 17 to 18 hands high, they found that horses were often under the height of 14.2 hands. Modern-day ponies can range from about 14 hands to nearly 14.3 hands tall.

Prof Oliver Creighton, a medieval specialist at the University of Exeter, said the finest medieval horses were "inordinately expensive and finely tuned vehicles" that proclaimed their owner's status.

The study suggested that horses of 16 and even 15 hands, common today, would have been seen as very large by medieval people. Alan Outram, an archeology professor at the University of Exeter and a ...