Explainer: It's dangerous, so why do we still ride horses?

By Associate Professor Kirrilly Thompson
Updated April 24 2017 - 3:43pm, first published 3:39pm

Humans have been riding horses for around five and a half thousand years, so it's little surprise that we take the idea of horse-riding for granted. But when you think about it, there are very few animal species which humans ride.

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