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great Belgian draft horses are by nature more humble but because of their massive size they exhibit great and awesome power and agility, and they can pull up to five tones in many cases they are still traditionally used with all the modernisation at our disposal.

The Great Irish horse was only permitted to be owned by kings and high ranking nobility but there were plenty of them as there were 150 kingdoms in Ancient Ireland as the country was divided into Fifths, Conn of the hundred battles, is a legendary king of Irish pre-history He had to be ever vigilant in guarding his territories at Tara, lest they be seized by the femora's, he needed every assistant that he could muster included wolfhound dogs, because he is described as being almost constantly at war, he was eventually slain allegedly by an Ulsterman, dressing up as a woman.

The hounds were used as war dogs to forcefully drag men off their horses in fighting fear to the ground, cutting them off the chariots, and rendering them helpless, the stories as so wild scattered throughout the countryside, and legend would send blazing terror to the listeners ears around the fireside in many homes, and there were many other courageous tales told in Irish mythology of horses and dogs ferociousness and bravery that they possess in battle cry.

Horse guard parade is something of a tradition with monarchs seen by many to be the way for celebrating royal occasions, birthdays and anniversaries, these horses were also used to be enlisted with the special force of Dragoon guards to protect large properties, and just as their name suggest, they were great accomplice in warning off danger from entering crown jewel areas, Horses are also highly used in sport especially horse racing at the Curragh in Kildare, racing draws the maximum crowd of gamblers, punters and losers, each year the grand national is an aggressive race run by only the best horses that have been trained to the highest standard of performance, their task for the day simply to conquer the most gruelling encounter with high fences, over four miles.

The grand national is indispensable woven into the English heritage The National is one of the highlights of the entire sporting year and the race captures the imagination of millions of people in various countries around the world, unlike the Kentucky derby, this event is a favourite with Mums and Dads and many work colleges will go out of their way to have a flutter on a horse, even although throughout the remainder

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