Horses are used mostly for pleasure: horse racing, war reenactments, rodeo, horse shows, fox hunting, trail riding, polo, gaming, wagon rides, etc. However, there are still some horses used for working: Amish and some homesteaders still use horses to plow their fields and to pull their buggies for transportation. Horses are used for police work in cities and also patrol forrests. Some horses were even used by the military recently in Afghanistan as they were better suited to the mountainous terrain. Some loggers still use horses to haul logs out of the woods.
Black horses and carriages were traditionally used for funerals and the such. Nowadays they are used for reenactments and for the flashy look the present.
Before plows, farm horses would pull a plow like-device to help with crops. Nowadays, farm horses are used as horses to ride, like schooling horses
A horses hooves used to be able to be made into snuff boxes, jewelry boxes and other like things. However nowadays horses hooves are not used to make anything.
Horses are the ones that you hear about the most, but nowadays they are just as likely to be slaughtered and eaten.
In 10,000BC horses were about the size of modern medium sized dogs.
Nowadays the use of horses has been cut to a minimum. All patrolling is done in cars, and traditional use of horses for crowd control has been stopped.
Back in the 'old days' horses were used for transportation, hauling heavy freight, delivering goods, moving barges and once they died cooked down to make candle wax and many other house hold goods. Nowadays they are used for transportation& pleasure/leisure riding while in the city.
Horses have been used throughout history for transportation, agriculture, warfare, sports, and recreation. They were essential for pulling carriages, plowing fields, carrying soldiers into battle, racing, and providing companionship. Today, horses are still used for riding, racing, and therapy purposes.
No horses are used for "war horses" anymore.
Yes, horses were used in 1809
At first, horse riding was all about necessity and hunting for the prehistoric, primitive people. They didn't have any tack (equipment) and their knowledge of the care-taking of horses was basic so the horses didn't last very long. Horse-riding became more about long-distance transport and cart-pulling in later years. Horses were often used in war because of their brave and loyal nature. Only the aristocracy had well-bred horses and the rest were owned by lowly tramps, like cart-horses. Mainly male adults rode and they used horses for hunting for entertainment. Horses were then used in farming but they weren't much ridden for this. Nowadays, horse-riding is both a leisure activity that is popular among young children and adults, and in many cases girls ride more than boys, and an art from (i.e. dressage). It is also fiercely competitive, with horse-racing being a popular sport, and the police use horses as well (i.e. mounties). Horses are also used for hunting, but nowadays hunts are more for entertainment and less about animal killing. Hope this helped!
Before cars horses were used to pull carriages and as transport and before the first world war horses were used in battle. Horses used to be used in carrying machinery, pack horses and carrying other stuff. Also ploughing, hunting etc.