Modern Marvels: How Horses Changed History (S15, E34) | Full Episode | History

one animal that changed the course  of civilization a no-nonsense warrior   a beast of burden with strength stamina and speed  the heart of a multi-billion dollar industry   i'll give you three million gold to get  down three million three and in some nations   the main course of an exotic meal that was really  good now the horse on modern marbles horses 75   million populate the earth today 9 million in  the united states 350 different breeds ranging   from 30 inches to more than 6 feet tall from 50  pounds to 2500 not predators but animals of prey   instinctively motivated to flee from danger  unless directed by a trustworthy human companion   scientifically horses may not  be as smart as dogs or cats   it all comes down to brain size on average  a horse's brain weighs only a pound   one thousandth or less of total body weight  human brains weigh two to three pounds   yet horse intelligence gives them  extraordinary muscle balance and coordination   a combination that's earned them respect on  race tracks battlefields farms even city streets   you want a horse that's smart but not too smart  if they're too smart they try to figure out   ways around whatever you're asking them to do if  they're not smart enough they never figure it out   they never learn fossil evidence shows the first  animal considered a horse to be the much smaller   condylarth which roamed the earth 75 million years  ago it was the size of a fox terrier with actual   toes but during the course of evolution the  horse emerged with only one toe called a hoof hundreds of cave paintings in france prove that  we've revered horses for thirty thousand years but   archaeologists believe man didn't try riding one  until 6000 bc in the area now known as kazakhstan first challenge for riders a steering mechanism  and so came the bit burst made from leather and   wood then metal a bit fits into the bars which are  the it's a toothless section of a horse's mouth   pulling action puts pressure into that bar and  to some degree causes discomfort that entices   a horse to go where you want him to go a man on  horseback could travel up to 100 miles per day   compared to 20 on foot with travel came  civilization and warfare this is the last   remaining horse-mounted unit in the u.s army the  first cavalry division based at fort hood texas   its primary missions in the 1800s  were fighting indians and in the   civil war today it keeps those memories alive by  demonstrating the value of warriors on horseback   if you take it in a modern concept the  horse cavalry or the or the mounted service   is the tanks of that time period they were the  shock and awe they they moved forward in great   numbers and lots of noise and lots of the snort of  the horse and and the rattle the sabers or spears   in the fourth century bc alexander the great and  his father king philip were among the first to   take advantage of the shock and awe of cavalry  their mounts were majestic persian occultechus   a breed that eventually evolved  into modern thoroughbreds alexander himself led his cavalry  to test the flanks of an enemy   when you're dealing with infantry formations  and if you started hitting the flank on those   that whole unit has to turn around to engage  the enemy they have a tendency to get routed   or to disintegrate and you can throw  that whole line right out of formation by   putting pressure on one of the flanks alexander's  cavalry rode bareback or with blankets saddles and   stirrups weren't invented until the 3rd century  bc by asian nomadic tribes the increased stability   allowed them to use spears while galloping in  the 12th century genghis khan's cavalry troops   could shoot six arrows per minute at full speed  from the backs of their smaller mongol horses the 15th century brought medieval  knights fighting from much larger   and illusions these horses went into  battle with the knights and of course   one one feature that they were looking for would  be something that would be large and be imposing   not just to be able to carry the weight but  also to put some fear into those that they were   flying down on spanish conquistadors  brought the horse to north america native americans riding the horse's spaniards  left behind wreaked havoc on american settlers   until the u.s cavalry began firing cult  revolvers and carbines from horseback like every cavalry before them the  americans also had their favorite breed   the quarter horse named for its ability to  move quickly in short sprints of a quarter mile   the horse became a favorite of cowboys as well this little guy right here he's a typical quarter  horse as you can tell he's short stocky he's   got a good chest on him if you're working cattle  roping cattle or even in the job we do i mean he's   he's easy to see off of he keeps his head low so  you can see your targets when you're shooting or   you see your cattle when you're open for troopers  in the army's first cavalry division keeping   the memory alive requires historical accuracy  horseshoes are forged and hammered by farriers   like they were when invented during the 10th  century crusades a horse's foot is exactly   like a human's hand it's almost just like your  middle finger on up and this is basically just the   fingernail of a horse's foot so it's it's the same  way you got it you can you got to go through and   trim it just like getting a pedicure or a manicure  this is the cannon bone or basically like the tip   of your finger and then this right here is the  hoof wall same thing as what your fingernail would   be it doesn't hurt the horse at all with the nails  going in the horse's front legs are just like your   arms and a horse's back legs are just like your  feet just missing a couple of fingers basically   troopers in the leather shop employ the same  traditional skills crafting 1886 mcclellan saddles what we'll do is we'll take a naugahyde we'll  glue that onto the tree and from there you'll   come to the backside tracy you'll cut it that's  how you get your patterns from there put it on   a side of leather cut out your parts once you get  them all stitched together you'll soak it in water   i'll take my knife trim along the outside pull out  my tacks dye it throw my brass on and then i'll   start building saddle bags leather stirrups  stuff like that the term cavalry eventually   evolved in world war one to include four  wheeled vehicles as well as four legged horses   the last recorded cavalry charge came in 1942  on the island of luzon in the philippines but the role of the horse as a  powerful enforcer was far from over   police departments worldwide recognized that  one officer on horseback was for all practical   purposes a 10-foot cop an imposing  figure that stands out in any crowd   in washington dc the mounted unit of the u.s park  police performs two critical tasks keeping the   peace and acting as diplomatic representatives all  park police horses are donated from private owners   the primary selection criteria is height horses  must be at least 15 hands tall measured from   ground level to the back ridge between a horse's  shoulder blades the withers in horse speak the   hand unit of measurement developed centuries ago  when it simply meant the width of four fingers   addition to proper height good temperament  is also critical for park police horses they have to be able to go down to the monument  areas they have to be able to go around   the washington monument with flapping flags  over their heads they have to be able to go   through the lincoln memorial with pedestrians and  tourists and bicycles and scooters and motorcycles   these are not normal things that the  majority of horses are exposed to   all the time and our horses are horses chosen for  the program go through a 90-day boot camp a major   part of training involves crowd control washington  dc is the nation's hot spot for demonstrators   horses spend a lot of training time learning to  move large groups that may not be so inclined our goal here with the ball is it's a it's  a big solid object with many panels of color   so there's a lot going on for the horse to look at   but we want to teach the horse that saw they can  move something that looks solid and what this   does is when we're faced with a massive crowd  and they say okay we need to move the crowd   or open up the street she doesn't see a solid  wall of people and go i can't move them she's   learned that she can use her body not attack  it but just use her body to push something   every day that we go out on patrol we  practice and rehearse things whether it be   walking over a steam grate walking by construction  site with jackhammers it's all a matter of   building that relationship of trust and once we  get that relationship of trust the horse might be   afraid of something but he'll say well we've been  by this before i'll go ahead and do it because i   trust you today law enforcement agencies in the  united states maintain nearly 100 mounted units   officers on the equine beat in washington  understand why it's so rewarding when you see   so many people coming up to you and thanking  you for being visible patrolling these icons   but also just being there with the horse they  really enjoy seeing horses the response that we   get from the public is absolutely fabulous and  then when we have to patrol for things like big   demonstrations and stuff like in front of the  white house we realize that we can provide a   real good service so that people can exercise  their first amendment rights and do so safely   horses working as cops on the beat continue  to prove the value of animals over machines that also holds true in america's forests but how  much horsepower is required to pull a one-ton log war horses performed critical  tasks for victoria's armies   but larger breeds of workhorses helped  civilize newly conquered territories   until the 9th century a.d oxen were the  animals of choice as beasts of burden   but when the horse collar was  invented to pull heavy loads   native belgian draft horses were bred with other  bloodlines to produce workhorses like clydesdales   percherons and english shires i think english  showers are one of the most handsome breeds you   notice all the large feathering on their legs and  that was for protection during the evolutionary   process this type of horse was in the western  european mountains and so they had to be thick   they had to be heavy and they had to be rugged  uh he has a great deal of mass and weight   so that he could be very efficient he's sort of  like a diesel drift horses became the tractor   trailer rigs of their day towing barges down  canals and pulling wagon loads of supplies   and just as the biggest horses served a need so  did the smallest this is an american miniature   horse and these guys are found all over the world  they were actually they were bred for royalty   thank you sophie in uh in france and in england  uh but they also served very practical purpose   too and that they were used in the coal mines  and wales and scotland uh as pit ponies and   these guys would be responsible for bringing  the coal back out pit ponies lived tough lives   they were stabled underground coming  to the surface only during holidays   they worked eight-hour shifts pulling tons  of coal and carts along underground railways   at their peak use in 1913 seventy thousand  pit ponies worked underground in great britain   the term horsepower was invented  by steam engine pioneer james watt   when he observed how much  weight one pit pony could pull   rather than call it pony power he increased  the test results by 50 and called it horsepower   one of the biggest factors affecting the use of  workhorses on farms was the evolution of the plow when wooden plow blades were replaced by  metal horses could pull them through dense   hard packed soil more quickly than oxen by  the mid 18th century the horse-drawn plow   was a farmer's dream machine using hand tools a  man could only till a sixth of an acre per day   with oxen maybe a half acre but a single  horse-drawn plow increased daily production   to a full acre a mechanical farm machinery like  this appeared it still needed horsepower at the   time of the revolution the average family farm  might have been 100 acres by 1830 1840 because of   increased machinery you've got the reaper you've  got all kinds of sophisticated technology that's   starting to come along and it needed a stronger  power source just as freeways spawned the   development of suburbs today trails cleared for  horses expanded the boundaries of early cities in the mid-19th century streets were filled  with horses and wagons from the simple carts   of fruit peddlers to fancy carriages by  1859 40 manufacturers in new york city   were selling 5 000 carriages per year by 1900 new  york city boasted a population of 150 000 horses   generating 10 million pounds of manure a year   far more than could be used readily as fertilizer  but then came a godsend for city street sweepers   the steam engine when steam and gasoline-powered  vehicles became popular and affordable many   workhorses were retired but some kept their jobs  not because of what they did but how they did it since the mid-19th century horses worked for  loggers pulling felled trees from forests at the   time no mechanical devices could do the job the  same steam and gasoline revolution that retired   city workhorses also decreased the need for  their country cousins today most major logging   companies use heavy machinery but many smaller  companies in the u.s canada and the united kingdom   happily continue to use real horsepower  especially with the uncertain cost of fuel   they cost me about two dollars and fifty cents a  horse per day so you can't get better power than   that tim carroll is president of the north  american horse and mule logging association   in austin minnesota he begins  his work day mowing hay   with two draft horses pulling antique mechanical  sights these two are great for mowing hay   they have longer legs and they have the right  pace tim owns five horses the two belgians for   sheer power and three percherons for their  size and agility he's also training a new   half-breed percheron taking advantage of the  horse's natural instincts as an animal of prey   my shoulders are square to him and my eyes are on  his eyes a pretty aggressive stance hands are open pretty much a predatory position with him and  he's already come off the fence he's getting   as close as he can to me he wants to end this now  he comes into me now pretty much wherever i go   now he's looking and chewing he's saying  he wants to be my friend and i'm gonna   reward him for tim and his crew a typical  logging job involves a trip to a work site   where he's been contracted to remove large  trees mostly hardwoods like oak and cherry when a tree is down the horses move in   it takes all five to move a one ton log  and even then they need a little help   the friction of dragging the log across the  ground effectively almost doubles its weight so some simple physics a chain that lifts the  front end of the log makes the process work if you're going to work them steady all day long  you don't want more than 250 to 300 pounds on   a horse i'm always looking for that longevity  in them how long am i going to pull today how   much am i going to work how many board feet  am i going to get out the horses pull the log   to a portable sawmill set up on site where the  hardwood is immediately cut into board lengths   then the process is repeated and repeated until  the horses and tim run out of gas usually after   about six hours it's an efficient operation and  tim likes to point out environmentally friendly   machines run right over  smaller trees horses do not   they ain't no different than us if  i've got a sapling that's an inch   in diameter i'm not going to step on it if i hit  it with my foot i move my foot around it well they   do that too and you can increase your residual  production which means the trees that are left   in the woods by as much as 30 percent just because  of the lack of damage you do machine lovers might   think negatively about horses only being able to  work six hours a day tim doesn't see it that way   what i find in myself is if i'm working more than  that in the woods actual cutting working and so   forth is after that amount of time i get clumsy  the risk of accidents increased dramatically after   that so what they do is they regulate my life to  do what i'm supposed to do they're great teachers   loggers like tim carroll normally pay between  500 and 2 thousand dollars for a good draft horse   the animals purchased as an investment  eventually become part of the family in lexington kentucky thoroughbred horse owners   and breeders share the same financial  and emotional bonds with their horses   but their investment can run into millions of  dollars in five and five million five people   welcome to the world capital of  thoroughbred horse racing lexington once kentucky year breeders trainers and owners  gather at keeneland racetrack as well as stakes   to place their bets on which one-year-old  yearling may be the next triple crown winner   475 all done five underway at 47.5 eighty five  four eighty five now you're in the middle of   the video get ready then three twenty five  fifty two three feet in front one seven   about two twenty five two twenty five at two  hundred and twenty five two hundred degrees   two twenty five to fifty in two weeks more than  five thousand horses are sold buyers will name   them so for the auction they are simply defined  by the numbers tagged to their hips this horse hip   number 127 was bred from two racing champions and  is expected to bring the highest price of the day   and two weeks and three minutes in three now five  at three million five million three million five   with bidders like sheikh mohammed of  dubai competition for top horses can be intense bidding for this horse has only just begun they  don't call it the sport of kings for nothing   thoroughbreds are horses originally bred from  arabian ancestors for their spirit and stamina qualities that came naturally four thousand  years ago for survival in the desert   he didn't have to keep himself warm he had to  keep himself cool so he has a very very thin   layer of skin it's a very fine skin not thick like  you'd find on the draft horses in the 17th century   breeding of arabian stallions and english royal  mayors produced the first thoroughbreds for racing   on auction day at keeneland kentucky derby  winning trainers like john ward and neil drysdale   are looking at a horse's confirmation confirmation  is how the skeleton of the horse is built how each   joint goes together we're trying to look for the  most efficient mover the most efficient machine   we can buy athletes have to perform  mechanically whether they're human or horses and   so they have to have the correct confirmation to  be able to have the length of stride and as you   study the biomechanics of a human athlete  so we have the same thing with the horses   many horses for sale at keeneland are  bred at lexington area farms like three   chimneys here 2004 kentucky derby  and preakness winner smarty jones   is treated like royalty after a morning  workout he gets a bath and a rub down   then a breakfast of custom blended grains and  vitamins his stud fee is hundred thousand dollars   smarty's neighbor is dynaformer the  father of kentucky derby winner barbaro   at age 23 he has a gentler workout in a  mechanical exercise ring his stud fee 150 000   each stallion mates with up to 110 mares  each spring between the two that amounts to   27 million dollars for a few months work at  three chimneys this is where it all happens   the breeding shed the floor is a foot thick layer  of shredded rubber tires basically a mattress the   process begins as the stallion awaits the  mayor being prepped in another building   she would come be unloaded and in the other stall  we would have a teaser which is a male horse i'm   usually not a therm red but an intact male horse  and his job is to talk to every mayor that comes   in here there's a door in between the two  stalls as she came in we'd open the door   he would come to the window and they would be he  would basically proposition her so we'll bring   susie q in the first thing we'll do with her is  we'll put these breeding boots on her hind feet   every mare gets these on her hind feet and  they're basically like a boxing glove so if   she should kick the stallion or one of us it's not  going to hurt as bad then it's off to the races a   breeding transaction isn't considered final until  the mayor gives birth to a foal and begins nursing many mares stay at three chimneys during pregnancy  we have about 75 mares that'll come through here   through this season we raise them all in their  age groups but to keep the big guys away from   beating up on the picking on the little guys all  the time so this is amer her name is sweetheart   and we sold her yearling yesterday by dynaformer   for 450 000. at prices like that owners want  the best veterinary care nearby many choose to   birth their foals in lexington because it's  home to a kind of mayo clinic for horses   rude and riddle equine hospital employs more than  50 veterinarians and treats over 10 000 horses   each year the facility even has its own neonatal  intensive care unit days before modern marvels   visited this foal was born clinically dead but the  neonatal staff brought it back to life with cpr   under the watchful eye of the fall's mother dr  bonnie barr performs an ultrasound test to see   if the foal has a fighting chance it looks like  maybe we're seeing a little bit of an improvement   from the previous ultrasound which was  several days ago but overall she's got   pretty severe pneumonia in addition the biggest  other problem is what's going on with her brain every department at rude and riddle is busy in  radiology a polo pony is prepared for an mri exam   to determine why it came up lame the first step   anesthesia it takes five humans to gently drop a  horse without breaking a leg after an airway tube   is secured a power crane moves the patient to a  super-sized gurney for transfer to the mri scanner the machine is the same  type used for human patients   and body parts are examined individually  in this case a hoof and ankle after only a few scans dr catherine  garrett is able to make a diagnosis   a degenerative bone condition that will not  require surgery a lot of these horses are   treated with a combination of corrective shoeing  therapeutic chewing so making sure that their   feet are at an angle to minimize the tension  and stress put upon this area of the foot in   diagnostic imagery a three-year-old thoroughbred  is trained to get comfortable on a treadmill he hasn't been performing well in races and  dr brett woody suspects a breathing problem diagnosis requires that a camera be placed  inside the horse's nasal passage okay all right   what we're going to do we're going to place the  endoscope in the upper part of his airway so we   can monitor his airway function during high speed  exercise he has a an airway abnormality that's   present on resting endoscopy and we want  to see what the effect is at exercise   the test only proves useful when the horse works  its way up to full race speed 38 miles per hour so we're starting to see the left  retinoid or the left side of his vocal   left side of his voice box collapsing and exercise a combination of two surgical procedures to clear   the horse's airway should have him in  the winner's circle within a few weeks in one of two operating rooms  technicians anesthetize another   racehorse and prep it for surgery using an arthroscopic procedure similar  to that employed for human joint injuries   dr larry bramledge removes bone  chips causing the animal severe pain see this is the injury right there and the problem is the debris that this  this little uh flap of cartilage and bone   it sheds little small pieces  of bone into the joint   and if you don't take this out then that those  small pieces of bone become like sandpaper   if this is irritating him and reduces his  performance just a little bit one second in a   horse's race might be the difference between  half a million dollars and no money at all   less than two hours after surgery the horse  is out of recovery and back on his feet   surgeons at route and riddle perform  six to fifteen procedures every day   but foaling in racing seasons can keep two  operating rooms busy for thirty surgeries per day seven painted seven two and seven is all  the attention paid to thoroughbreds worth it   those at the keeneland auction obviously think  so particularly those bidding on hip number 127.   two now five and i'm gonna get in seven million  five seven million seven thank you very much   yes the top bid was 7.7 million dollars a lot of  money until you consider the potential stud fees   if the stallion can win big races if he  produces champion folds and if he stays healthy   it's a risky business on the other hand if  one's successful there's a very good large   reward like drilling for oil well a horse in  lexington may sell for 7 million dollars plus   thousands are available for adoption  for as little as 125 dollars   and they're icons of american  equine history wild mustangs of nine million horses in the united states  thirty thousand are wild animals that roam   the american wilderness they're  referred to simply as mustangs   derived from the spanish word mesteno meaning  stray when the first explorers came here desoto   and cortez and all the early  ones they brought with them   the horses of their native country and when they  would leave these horses would be left behind   and they would mix together in bands so almost all  mustangs come from basically the same backgrounds   in 1971 congress passed a law protecting wild  horses and boroughs from commercial sail or   slaughter but the population of mustangs and  other wildlife has grown to a point where there's   not enough grassland and water on government  property to share with privately owned livestock   to remedy the situation the u.s bureau of  land management or blm captures hundreds   of mustangs each year helicopters are used  to drive the herds into temporary corrals   the horses are then trucked to  holding areas and training facilities   where they're made available  for adoption wild horses are   living symbols of the pioneer spirit of the  american west and they represented a cultural icon   that they felt should be managed in perpetuity so  that we would always have them mustangs are sent   for taming and training to several locations  but the largest is in canyon city colorado   it's part of the correctional industries  program of the colorado state prison system the horses are broken and cared  for by inmates from the nearby   4-mile correctional facility we had a lot  of older horses that needed to be gentled   and there weren't people to do it so the blm  and correctional industries got together and we   decided we'd form a partnership and we started  training horses back then and it's just you   know grown from that on average the mustang  population at canyon city runs around 1300   when each new truckload of horses arrives inmates  and supervisors begin a vast sorting process   they look for medical and behavioral problems  try to find the best natured animals for   the fastest training and identify  specific colors or character traits   if adoption requests have been received  from agencies like the u.s border patrol then it's up to the inmates to break  tame and saddle train the mustangs   most inmates have never worked with a  horse before being assigned to the program   it's been great really it's probably the best job  i've had since i've been incarcerated really the   best job a lot of freedom out here you really get  to learn a lot about yourself a lot of patience   anger management yeah they teach me a lot not  only patience with them but patience with myself   and you learn about a lot about yourself because  they got a little personality to themselves you   know they uh they test you sometimes see what  they can get over on you know what i mean   inmates new to ranching start out feeding  the horses a ton of hay per day for every   100 currently 13 tons each 24 hours then they  learn how to trim the hooves of the mustangs   the horses are loaded into a mechanized chute  the walls compress to the point where the horses   can't move but aren't hurt the entire chute  then rotates to provide access to the hooves   inmates are then able to give the wild  animals something they've never had before   pedicures mustangs don't wear shoes so they build  up dead skin cells similar to human calluses   right now when you go through you want to get down  to your live soul so everything here that's chalky   real chalky and dead looking crumbly stuff you  want to get all that out of your way until and you   know when you hit your live soul everything starts  to look like a waxy sheen you know it's kind of   bright every inmate's goal is to get to a point  where he can ride a newly tamed mustang this is   the first time inmate stephen valdez has attempted  to put anything on the back of this horse   he's going to be a border patrol horse so this is  his first day in saddle we're going to go ahead   and try and get a saddle on top of him and and  start the process to hopefully be on top of him   in about five days you have to be extremely  patient you can't force this issue kind of got to   let them find their way he stays in nice and close  go ahead and pull him up don't let him hang on you   here right here he's just gonna  throw that rope over pick it up   and give her a little bit of snugness around the  girth right where the saddle the cinch would set he's taking that really well steven and cody thought it would take up to five  days to get this horse comfortable with a rider   they're surprised that it took less than an hour  and all i'm doing is help out a little bit of   pressure for this first ride so the rider all he  he needs to worry about about steering not so much   applying pressure i want him to stay in the middle  of the horse not worry about driving forward too the ultimate goal in the wild horse  training program is for mustangs that   once behaved like this to get comfortable  behaving like this and be ready for adoption   the price is certainly right one thousand  twenty five dollars for fully saddle tran   only 125 dollars for untrained right off  the transport truck it's a system that   works for all concerned the buyers the blm  the inmates and most importantly the horses the population of wild horses continues to grow  but the number of adoptions has decreased in   recent years so the capacity for holding horses in  canyon city is set to increase from 1300 to 2500   while the mustang has become a  symbol of freedom in u.s culture   other nations view the value of horses in  different contexts canada it's simply a   matter of taste the average lifespan of a horse  in the united states is between 20 and 25 years   most aging horses need to be put to sleep  after suffering debilitating injury or disease   million-dollar racehorses may be buried in private  cemeteries others are cremated or composted where   law permits poor slaughter houses no longer exist  in the united states and horse meat is not sold   as food for humans or pets but it's a known fact  that horses are exported to slaughterhouses in   other countries it's not a myth that hooves  have been used in the past to make glue   some of the finest violin bows are made from  horsetail fibers many nations including canada   france italy and japan allow the processing  of horse meat for human consumption   the french and some canadians consider one  part of the horse a delicacy the tenderloin   at la paulette restaurant in toronto diners  come specifically for the house specialties   a horse tenderloin steak prepared rare to medium  rare and horse tartare finely chopped raw meat   from the same prime cut great so we look forward  to seeing two of you at eight o'clock tonight   when they first began serving horse  eight years ago it wasn't on the menu   it was something we would surmise at a table  we'd kind of look left and look right and   think if they were responding well to the idea  of our stake and our exotic game specials then we   could introduce the idea to the secret horse dish  that we have and it proved to be instantly popular   and the horse now horse tenderloin is  front and center on the la palette menu   the only thing not in writing  is a surf and terp equivalent   a combination of duck comfy with horse tenderloin  appropriately nicknamed quack and track   tenderloins two elongated mussels are  located along a horse's spine between   the shoulder blade and hip area because the  muscle does very little work it remains tender   tenderloins served at la palette don't come  from horses killed for human consumption   la palette's meat supplier harvests the meat  from horses that have died of natural causes chef brook cavanaugh prepares the tartar with a  touch of spice and serves it just as steak tartare   would be served worldwide for the tenderloin  a light seasoning and searing is all it takes   brooke doesn't want to disguise the natural taste  of the meat which he says is very nutritious a lot of it comes from what the animal eats so  if an animal is fed corn in large quantities   it becomes very fatty if that same cow were  to have eaten grass it'll have a much lower   amount of saturated fats and it'll have a  higher levels of omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids   the good fats so horse meat compares to  that in that because the horse is eating   grass mostly it doesn't have the the high  amount of saturated fats it's much leaner one toronto couple who regularly dine  at la palette decided to take the plunge it's really soft oh it's really good yeah yeah it's it's really  tender i don't know because of the the look of the   of a horse compared to a  cow if i expected it to be   more muscular or or but it's really i mean just  even touching it it's so soft it's a cultural   line that's been made that we don't eat horse  here and when you tell someone that you're eating   horse they sort of gasp and that if i grown  up eating it it would feel a lot different consuming horse meat may seem politically  incorrect especially in the united states but   perhaps it's not surprising that we should  gain sustenance from the animal after all   the horses arguably helped advance human  civilization more than any other creature   and today it continues to earn our  respect for its speed power and nobility you

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Published: Thu Dec 31 2020