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Horses have been immensely helpful to mankind through history; we�ve used them for work, transport, and sport. They even played a key role in confirming and then refining Darwin�s theory of evolution. But do they get anything out of this relationship with us? And what would have happened if we�d simply left them alone? Williams traces the history of the horse from its origins to the present day. She explores the horse-human relationship through history, taking us from Solutre, where thousands of horses were butchered, through to their domestic relationship with us which began 6,000 years ago. The Horse is a search for an answer to the question of what it�s like to be a horse, ending with a look ahead to what the future holds for humans and equines.