11-04-2010, 08:18 PM
Percherons were war horses once, and I suspect it would take a good length of steel to stop one. But it is hard to imagine a similar Roman horse.
For two events last year we used a Percheron crossed with an Appaloosa. The mare had a lovely temperament, good speed, and looked like a hippo.
The rider isn't large, and the horse is around 14.2
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For two events last year we used a Percheron crossed with an Appaloosa. The mare had a lovely temperament, good speed, and looked like a hippo.
The rider isn't large, and the horse is around 14.2
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John Conyard
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A member of Comitatus Late Roman
Reconstruction Group
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