Medieval Warhorses
Gone Medieval
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The Size of a War Horse
Horses average perhaps between about 12 and 14 hands through the mediaeval period. They were a little bit larger in the roman periom. The lowest size that the entry grade size for a police horse, is 16 two. In the entire two thousand we looked at, from across theddle ages, there wouldn't have been a single horse that would qualify to be a modern police horse.
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