Tango and two picnickers outside Mojavé
The horse (Equus caballus) is a mammalian hoofed quadraped native to Earth. For centuries, these animals have been used for transportion by humans, though in recent centuries horse-riding has become a solely recreational activity.
Horses were used by the soldiers on Earth in cavalry raids. (DS9: "Once More Unto the Breach")
In the mid-19th century, a number of horses were taken from Earth along with several thousand humans by the Skagarans and resettled on a planet in the Delphic Expanse. After the overthrow of the Skagarans, horses were still used as transportation by humans until at least the mid-22nd century Enterprise NX-01 crewmembers Charles Tucker and T'Pol acquired horses for riding while secretly investigating the planet, though T'Pol had some difficulty with her horse. (ENT: "North Star")
Christopher Pike once owned a horse named Tango prior to his service aboard the USS Enterprise. (TOS: "The Cage") James Kirk's uncle maintained a stable of horses in Iowa. It was while riding one of these horses in Idaho that he met Antonia. (Star Trek: Generations)
James T. Kirk's uncle owned a farm in Idaho which contained horses. Kirk often rode his uncle's horses through the countryside and would often jump over a large chasm, an act which "scared the hell" out of him each time. It was during one of these horseback rides that Kirk met Antonia in 2282. Kirk revisited the farm while trapped within the Nexus and, along with Captain Jean-Luc Picard, rode a horse out to meet Antonia in an attempt to "do things right from day one". It was only after having no fear when jumping over the familiar chasm that Kirk realized what he was experiencing wasn't real, and opted to leave the Nexus with Picard. (Star Trek: Generations)
Captain Jean-Luc Picard gave a statue of a horse created in the Chinese Sung dynasty as a gift to the Ligonian ruler Lutan in early 2364. (TNG: "Code of Honor")
Programs featuring riding horses were stored on the holodeck on the USS Enterprise-D. Captain Picard himself was fond of horseback riding and actually had a saddle aboard the Enterprise. (TNG: "Suddenly Human", "Pen Pals", "Starship Mine")
Additional Appearances
- TOS:
- TNG: "QPid"
- Star Trek: Generations
External Links
- Horse Forum - Horse Chat