Horse

Christopher Pike and Tango, a horse.

The horse (Equus caballus) is a mammalian hoofed quadruped native to Earth. For centuries, these animals have been used for transportation by Humans, though in recent centuries horseback 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")

In noting Scotty's timing with repairing the Enterprise just as they reached Spacedock, following her battle with the USS Reliant, Captain Kirk remarked that he "fixed the barn door after the horse has come home." (Star Trek III: The Search for Spock)

James 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 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:
  • "Shore Leave"
  • "Spectre of the Gun"
  • Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
• TNG: "Qpid"
• Star Trek Generations

External Links

• Horse at Wikipedia
• Horse Forum - horse chat
• HorseGalore.com - The $5 Horse Classifieds