Horses have for a long time been a symbol for strength and majesty. Horses have interacted with humans for many many generations in all sorts of capacities, both for pleasure and for survival.

The horse was domesticated around 3500 BC in central Asia and would eventually find itself on every continent except for Antarctica. Horses were used for transportation and plowing fields.

Today there are many types of horses and they all portray a message of beauty and agility. These are 12 horses that we thought were particularly awesome.